Critique Auntie T's Outfit- take 1!

Our first instillation of "critique Auntie T's outfit"!!!



Hi! I'm Auntie T. As sister of this fashionable blogger, you'd think that I'd have picked up some fashion sense along the way - not necessarily the case. I've been dependent upon my big sis for her fashionable words of wisdom for most of my life. Here you can follow our dialogue of my attempts to dress well and the critiques that my sister gives me as I attempt to become more attuned to good taste in clothes.

As you can tell, I like to dress for cheap. Sometimes this works out well for me, other times... well, you'll see.

Clothing Lineup!

White Banana Republic sweater: $0.00
Freepile at Ridge House Berkeley Student Housing Cooperative

Green tank top with beaded and lace trim: $2.50
Ross - mislabeled in the children's section

Muslin cotton skirt: $1.99
Basement thrift store in San Diego's gas lamp district

DKNY strapless bra: $9.99
Macy's clearance rack

What I was thinking?

For this outing to a rocky beach on the California coast, I wanted to wear something that was lightweight and comfortable. I chose a green top because I thought it would look pleasant with the hues of the ocean, and the natural cotton skirt because it didn't draw more attention than the blouse. I wanted to skip along the rocks and wade in the shallow tide pools, so I chose a skirt that fell above my ankles and offered a wide range of movement. I decided to wear layers because I wasn't quite sure how chilly the ocean breezes could be in December.
Overall, I enjoyed my clothes that day. I felt entirely prepared for the chilly weather. There was one disadvantage to this outfit, though. I mentioned the strapless bra in the lineup because I feel it was a bad choice. I didn't expect to need the sweater, but I ended up wearing it the whole time. With the sweater, it wouldn't have been an issue to wear a bra with straps. Instead, I was pulling this strapless back into place every five minutes.

I dont know what you were thinking wearing a SKIRT to the TIDEPOOLS in DECEMBER! Especially considering you told the boys to wear crocs and jeans that could be rolled up and specified that they would need windbreakers. One could assume that the adult in charge of the outing would be similarly dressed.

Over all- its a cute outfit, but not appropriate for that specific outing. There you have it... my 2c.

taking the blog in a new direction....

my sister emailed me with a brilliant idea yesterday. The idea was for my sister to email me pictures of outfits she'd put together and critique them.

Sounds great, right?!

SO - as soon as she sends me a picture, critique this outfit starts!!!!

my skirt...*used* to be a pair of jeans...

not bad, huh?!

last day of payless bogo 1/2!

new clothes!!

I just had a birthday, and my aunt and my mom gave me $$ and told me to spend it on new clothes...

well I just had a baby and since I didnt gain much weight, all my "fat" clothes (post Scooty, pre 10lb ish weight loss for my sister's wedding) mostly fit, but its always nice to have a few new things to get you through the summer...right?

Here are my birthday money scores:

my sister picked these out at kohls (all clearence...the tags are long gone but they were about $12 ea I think)

I love the back of this one!!

and then we found this at tjmaxx I want to say it was $14



jeans from target -$5!!! (clearence)

(and you know what, another mom at school was wearing these yesterday and they looked better on me because I have some junk in my trunk)

(a mom at school took this one of me- cute huh...HA! lol ...she's so sweet though, she said I'm the cutest mom she knows lol)

My mom and I hit Kohls last night (they had 90% off racks!)

and I got these:

these are everyday clothes

these are sunday clothes

this one I plan on wearing with the kahki skirt I bought with birthday money last year

(that I aparently never took a photo of?!)

this one I can wear with the black and white skirt above...

PINK! (double post)

...so I've decided that curly brown hair is over rated.
Actually I decided this when I was like 15 but I wasnt allowed to dye my hair when I lived at home, so I just put it on the back burner. I've been pregnant or growing my hair out for stuff since then (like my sister's wedding or locks of love) so brown hair was it. I was actually forbidden to do ANYTHING to my hair but wear it down for her wedding. And my boys had to cut their mohawks off.

Last summer my friend offered to "pink up" my hair. I was ALL FOR IT until I found out I was pregnant. I decided that I'd just have to wait.

Well I'm not pregnant anymore...lets pink up some hair!! Nobody takes me seriously anyway...so why not have a little fun??!!

Sunday night I went to my friends house for a "girls night" and this is what I came home looking like-

pink curls, and pink swirls in my "mommy hair" bun!

and this is what it looks like if I wear it down

I am totally loving it!!!!

This morning when I was dropping Clowny Pants off at school, I leaned over to give him a kiss and the little girl standing next to him said "Your mommy has RED hair!" Clowny Pants corrected her and said "no, actually its PINK." well said Mr. Mohawk!

Come on...its not everyday you see a pink haired mommy dropping off a kid with a mohawk at school...

unless you go to our school! lol

blah!

yeah...I know its been a while since I blogged about clothes....
we moved and my full length mirror was left behind (glued to the door!) and I havent bought a new one so I havent been blogging. Plus do you really want to see my 2 month post partem body? Too bad. I dont want to see it! lol

New Shoes

and just for fun- my 33w belly (doning non maternity jeans that I was wearing pre-pregnancy) and one of the few maternity tops I have left that fit! lol

Saturday-look I even have cute hair!

oh good greif, didnt I get dressed this week? I know I must have- I was seen in public everyday...

ugh...

oh well, here's what I'm wearing today:

-one of those under $4 kohls tops (not maternity believe it or not)

-non maternity jeans

-black ballet flats (not pictured)

and my 23w bump

Check out mah cute hairz!! Ok I was bored and decided regular stupid ponytail was...well stupid and borring so I twisted some hair around the ponytail holder and pinned it in place... and yeah, if I twist my hair around my finger it totally looks like that...LOVE my naturally curly hair! (well...sometimes...!)

tuesday

NOTHING maternity today!!

-black top
-blue old navy layering tank
-levis jeans
-fuzzy boots
-3/4 sleeve jean jacket not pictured
(its a chilly 60 degrees here today!)

and my 22w bump NOT in maternity jeans! HEE HEE!
Weird, huh?! I've only gained 6lbs so far so I'm thinking its all baby...these jeans USED to be tight around my belly and buns though, so I dont get it!

would you try to fix this?

my dad gave me this vintage levis jacket this weekend...NICE- right?

one problem...

the sleeve was eaten alive by battrey acid over 3 decades ago (dont ask me why he kept it...I dunno)

I can patch that up- right? Maybe? Without it looking totally stupid??

monday

-black liz lange for target $3ish tee

-old navy maternity cargo capris (thanks Grace!)

and my 22w bump!

Saturday

Today's outfit:

-Star Top

-blank tank top (freepile!)

-maternity jeans

-

and my 22w belly!

friday

Today we're doing turkey day with my fam- here's what I wore:



$3.60 non maternity top- Daisy Fuentes a la Kohls
hot jeans again
ballet flats (wow, I'm getting a lot of miles out of those!)
look you can see my outie sticking out! lol


and my 22w belly! (ew and a fatroll on my back)

Turkey Day!

Here's my Turkey Day outfit for dinner with Hubs' fam!

my $3.75 liz lange for target top, my "hot" non maternity jeans, and ballet flats

and my 21w belly

Thursday- $1.80 top!

Another one of my Kohls scores! This maternity top was $1.80!
I paired it with a pair of liz lange for target shorts and black ballet flats.
Looks like I can wear this shirt for a long time!!


Side view of my 20w bump!

Wednesday again...I changed into my $1.35 top

my $1.35 kohls score :)
Its not maternity, so when I outgrow it, I can stash it in the closet to wear after the baby :)



and the 20w bump!

Wednesday-new shirt!

My mom and I hit Khols yesterday and for just under $20, I ended up with 5 tops and a dress!!

Their clearence is awesome right now, 25% off the yellow ticket mark down price! (I got a top for $1.35!)

here's one of the tops- this was the most expensive one at $8.20

its paired with a pair of old navy maternity pants and ballet flats :)

I have a lot of wear left in this top! Thank goodness because I have just over 19w to go!

And for the bumpwatchers...there you go but you can't really see anything in this uberflowy top..

Tuesday

-Black(ish) motherhood jeans

-white motherhood cami

-non maternity calvin klein sweater (freeplile!)

and the bump...and Scooty's hand

Friday- and another home made bella band

This time I used a regular t-shirt with a bit of streach to it...cut it off right at the arm pits.


see how nicely it covers up my crack and the too low ugly maternity waist band?



Today's outfit:

- old navy tank
-home made bella band
-whatever jeans I had on half the day yesterday
-fuzzy boots from my sister (I'm changing those, its too hot)


19w today!