Petite Panoply

Today I present you with the first style challenge of the new blogger collaboration group, The Fringe Off: styling a Christmas sweater. By the name of the group and the use of "jumper" instead of "sweater," you can tell I'm the American outlier in this group! The bloggers who started it are from the U.K. and also have great "bangs" as we call them here in the U.S. We wanted to show you a few ways to style these delightful seasonal items just in time for  National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day  on December 18. I actually didn't have a Christmas-specific sweater when we got the challenge but I promptly made sure I hunted one down. I had a wonderfully horrible thrifted one for a funny family Christmas card a couple years back but it has since been re-donated. Luckily Target had their "ugly" Christmas sweaters on sale a week or so ago. I tried out some in the regular women's section but decided to check out the kid sweaters since the...

Happy Wednesday and happy almost Thanksgiving to all my American friends. It's been a little while since I shared a work outfit now that it gets dark before I get home, but here's one I managed to capture before daylight savings time ended. These wide legged floral pants can be dressed up or down, which is good because they feel like pajamas and being pajama comfy at work is great. This time I styled them with a button down shirt to make them more work appropriate. I had some chunky heels on with this too, but you can't see them because of the grass. (Oops!)  I enjoyed the way my army green shirt looked with the muted florals on the pants. I tend to wear these army green and olive green shades during this time of year. They can act as neutrals just like navy blue. I think it's pretty great to wear a color as a neutral! P.S. - Sorry for the lack of pictures here but the lighting really wasn't on my side.  top: new york & company | pants, earri...

When ASOS contacted me and asked me to style a work outfit, I was absolutely on board! I'm always interested in finding new, versatile work clothes since starting my real adult job early this year. I knew I'd be able to find some great pieces for work at ASOS , especially since they have a petite line .  I wish they had all the pieces here in their petite line, but the blouse was and I can tell you having a top made for short people is magical. The sleeves are the perfect length and, more importantly, the shirt hem ends well before the end of my butt. It makes a difference when you tuck your shirts in!  I picked out a pair of ankle grazer pants because they're cut shorter than regular ones. They still needed to be taken up a good inch or so though, which is why I have a rolled hem on the pair I'm wearing. Having my pants hemmed to a proper length is important to me because otherwise it feels like I'm a kid wearing adult clothes. It's always importan...

Happy happy Friday to you! Do you suffer from freezing office when it's burning hot outside too? Well, my current office isn't as cold as school was or my previous office was, but it can still be chilly. Wearing trousers keeps my legs protected from the air conditioning so I'm glad I have a few pairs of cute ones. These sailor pants are light enough to keep me from having heat stroke on my walk to work but keep me warm in the office. Win win! For this work outfit I added a floral print top to my skinny sailor trousers and threw on a short sleeved cardigan for extra color. I finally put some of those back-of-the-ankle cushions on my little tan loafers to keep them from tearing up my ankles too, so here they are! I'm excited to wear them more often now. cardigan: ann taylor - thrifted | pants, top: forever 21 | loafers: xappeal - rack room shoes I'm so happy it's the weekend. I'm looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow and not having any big p...

I wore this pastel-colored outfit over the weekend because I probably shouldn't wear donut print to work (though it's not out of the question). I don't own a lot of pastel colors so when I wear them I have the urge to find all the pastel things I own and put them together. Does anyone else do that? Modcloth sent me this awesome mint green Brit-Stitch satchel bag and the first thing I thought to pair with it was my donut print bodysuit. The green frosted donut nearly perfectly matches this purse! Then I added some very 80s-looking white jeans with my blue wedges and some white sunglasses.  bodysuit: forever 21 | jeans: c/o boohoo | shoes: xappeal - shoe carnival | sunglasses: walmart | have style, will travel bag in mint - c/o modcloth This purse Modcloth sent me is so high quality I'm in love. It's entirely leather and feels like it won't fall apart after using it a few months. This was a bit of a surprise collaboration to me too! I contribu...

Behold! I found a pair of bell bottoms for short women and they came from Old Navy! If you're short, you know how difficult it is to find properly fitting jeans outside of the straight leg or skinny styles. Skinny jeans and straight jeans can be hemmed and they'll generally look fine. With flares, you end up chopping off most of the flared part of the denim. Not only that, but the flare itself starts so far down on your leg it looks ridiculous. Needless to say, it was a journey trying to find bell bottoms made with a short inseam without having to spend over $150.  At a recent mall trip I noticed Old Navy had high waisted bell bottoms so I tried them on even though I knew they'd be way too long on me. My local Old Navy stores don't carry petite sizes so I had to cross my fingers and guess at a size to order online. The  high-rise rockstar flare-leg jeans  ended up fitting wonderfully with a pair of tall wedges. Unfortunately they don't carry the medium-was...

Happy Monday everyone! I'm excited to finally show you this ridiculously colorful shirt I picked up on clearance at Target. I swear I find the best things on clearance there. I've worn this shirt a few different ways already because I love it so much. Here I paired it with another new item to my wardrobe, these navy blue sailor pants. They're so cute! I love that I'll be able to wear them casually but also in a work environment. I just really enjoyed how this outfit turned out! top: target | pants, shoes, earrings: forever 21 | sunglasses: sam's club Unfortunately I don't have a whole lot to say to you today beyond talking about my outfit. I'm starting a new job this week and am looking forward to The Color Run this weekend though. Things are starting to happen for me so that's good! I'm just ready for my eye to heal up and everything will be going well. Plus my only "normal" pair of glasses broke yesterday so I'll be ha...

Happy Friday everyone! Jeanie and I took a trip over to Georgia Aquarium earlier this month because I had some free tickets leftover from my internship. I enjoy wandering around the Aquarium, especially since I feel like I have plenty of interesting facts about the animals to share with whoever happens to accompany me. I really did learn a lot while I worked there even though I spent a lot of time in an office! I made sure Jeanie and I took some fun pictures with the dolphin statues out front. You can see a few of my favorite animal shots I took too. Since it was a nice cool spring day I wore my floral pants from H&M and an olive green v-neck sweater. These bronze shoes are incredibly comfortable so I thought they'd be a good choice for walking around all day. I wish I had a close-up picture because I added a sand dollar necklace in honor of being at the Aquarium! Once we were done looking at all the animals we walked down the street and found a Korean deli. It was basical...

I know I'm not usually so super comfy around here, but sometimes I want to lounge around the house while still being dressed in something that isn't pajamas. This outfit was born out of that situation! These wide legged floral pants are so comfortable they may as well be high-waisted pajamas. I threw on a white top I've had since high school and a slightly oversized mustard yellow cardigan.  You may also notice the rare appearance of glasses in this post. I've been having some eye comfort issues so this was a glasses day. I hardly ever wear my glasses so when I order new ones I tend to order a cheap and slightly ridiculous pair. Yes, these giant pink glasses are indeed in my prescription. Luckily I'm going to get my eyes checked out today so I hope my contacts and eye makeup will be back on my face soon! Even though the glasses were necessary, it's fun to mix it up once in a while and wear my them in an outfit post! pants, shirt: forever 21 | cardigan: ...