BB Dakota

A Follow-Up

04.15.2011 by Linda Lotich //

Target Wedges

Jenny Present Necklace

The Limited Belt

American Eagle Jeans

Get the look: BB Dakota Dress, American Eagle Jeans (Similar), Target Wedges (Similar), JCrew Flower (Similar), Jenny Present necklace, Forever 21 (similar) & Awkward Bracelets, DKNY White Watch (similar)

For those of you who didn’t see, I did Awkward and Awesome’s on Sydneys site yesterday. It was Awesome! Well, one of my awkwards was:

Being at church and the pastor tells you to shake hands with the people next to you, so you extend your hand and the guy on the left turns around and has a hook.

I had a few people ask about it and thought I’d tell you the full story. It actually didn’t happen to me, but my sister.

Here’s a little back story, which makes this even better. So, she was in college and was part of a traveling singing group. It was a Baptist college, so they would travel to churches around Missouri and perform. So, most of the places she went, people would say, “Oh, thank you so much for coming!” To which she would always reply, “Thank you for having us.”

OK, so cut to that Sunday morning when we’re in church and our pastor (who always tells us to say something different to the people around us to kind of break the ice) tells us to tell our neighbor, “Thank you for coming!” So This guy turns around and has some sort of hook apparatus instead of a hand. No big deal, but it totally caught my sister by surprise. Well, he just reached his left hand out and shook her hand that way. Smooth move Mr! So, then he says, “Thank you for coming!”

Well, my sister has been traveling so much and is used to being in other churches that she starts her “Thank you for have…” She realized she was saying the wrong thing and she didn’t know how to recover so she just stopped talking and turned around.

So, “Thank you for have” is of course one of those things we still all say.

PS: Last night I completely and utterly fell in mad love with this watch. Any ideas how I can pay for it?

What To Do (Outfit 12 & 13)

11.22.2010 by Linda Lotich //

OK, so at the beginning of the challenge I ordered 2 things online and was going to incorporate them in my 30/30. Well, they came in the mail and I actually hated them both. Seriously. Now I have this stinking dilema on weather to keep it at 28, or try and figure out which 2 items I should have incorporated in my mix and wear those instead. What do you think?

I asked my friend Gertrude to do the challenge with me and she said she likes wearing lots of layers too much during this time of year and so our challenge to each other became for me to wear as few items as possible and her to wear as many items as possible. Ha ha! I’m feeling pretty good about what I’ve worn so far. So I kind of want to see how few I can get by with. But I also have a hankerin’ to wear some other stuff. This denim shirt, for example, I could wear everyday, but I think you’d get bored with it. Unless I should try to wear it everyday and see how many ways I can actually style it! Ha ha!

What do you think?

American Eagle Shirt

H&M Sweater

Jenny Present Necklace

BB Dakota Skirt

Aldo Boots

American Eagle Denim Shirt

Shirt: American Eagle

Outfit 1:
Cords: Wax Jeans
Sweater: H&M
Boots: Local Boutique
Necklace: Jenny Present

Outfit 2:
Skirt: BB Dakota
Boots: Aldo
Necklace: Jenny Present
Watch: Francesca’s Collection

Obsess Much?

10.18.2010 by Linda Lotich //

I have a confession to make. I have been secretly obsessing over clothes for the past month.

“No biggie!” you might say. But it is. When I say obsessing, I mean it. I seriously thought about clothes most of the day every single day for at least a month. It’s so bad. Here’s the thing. I knew I was going to come into some money (by way of my birthday) and because I am on a limited budget*, I wanted to spend it on the right things.

I used to be a carefree shopper, but when I married my husband, I realized how important my purchases are (mainly because he cut me off) and started making better decisions. But this has caused one major problem. I obsess.

I obsessed about a certain pair of brown boots for at least 30 days. (Are you laughing? Because I am!) 30 DAYS! And I’m pretty sure if I mentioned them again to Bob, he’d tackle me.

I finally fessed up and told my friends and realized they do it too! My friend Anna (that’s right Anna, I’m taking you down with me!) told me that one night we went out she obsessed all day over what she was going to wear! My friend Gertrude (and you too, Gertie!) spends like 10 minutes trying on one item deciding if she’s going to buy it or not. She sits, she stands, puts her hands in her pockets, walks around the room, squats, does a quick yoga workout, etc. My little sister cries almost every time we go shopping, or even talk about clothes! Seriously.

Wow! Talking it through is making me not feel so bad about my horrible boot obsession! So, tell me, do you do this too? Are you as crazy as me?

*When I say budget, I don’t mean I have to call my husband before I buy something. I mean I have a certain amount I can spend each month and after it’s gone, it’s gone.*

Gap T-shirt