Outfit of the day, October 3

The limit does not exist!

That's right. It's the day immortalized by Aaron Samuels asking Cady Heron what day it was. 

I also wore this:

Navy with Cognac

Dress: Golden Tote

Belt: Golden Tote (came with the Boho dress from September)

Bag: BCBGeneration, from Little Black Bag

Shoes: Italian, from my trip to Europe last summer. 

All items were purchased by me.  No special compensation or consideration was received for this post.

Outfit of the Day, September 9

OotD September 9

Top: Coral and cream stripes with sheer back. Lauren Conrad (Kohl's)

Jeans: Seafoam green, Lauren Conrad (Kohl's)

Boots: Shoedazzle

Bag: MMS from Little Black Bag

No special consideration or compensation was received for this post and all thoughts and opinions are my own. All items mentioned within were paid for by me.

OotD September 5

Ootd September 5

Scarf: Gorjana, from June Popsugar Must Have

Tee: Black long-sleeved V-neck from Old Navy

Jeans: Lucky Brand Zoe Straight

Bag: BCBGeneration from Little Black Bag

Shoes: 9 West from DSW

I loved my two little pops of neon orange: the soles of my shoes and the edge of my scarf. Nice and comfy for a hectic work day. 

No special consideration or compensation was received for this post and all thoughts and opinions are my own. All items mentioned within were paid for by me.

Little Black Bag Review August 2013

Little Black Bag is a service that allows you to purchase an item from a gallery (jewelry, shoes, accessories, handbags, etc...) at a discount.  You can also "bundle" your item and they will surprise you with 3-4 other items for a slightly higher over all cost. You then have 1 week to trade your items for other things in the gallery.  See my explanatory post HERE.

I returned some items that I got in my July bag because I didn't like them.  I shipped them for about $11 at my post office, plus tracking, which was another dollar and change.  LBB was really fast at getting them entered into their system and three days after I mailed the items I had the return credits listed in my account.

I picked out some items from the return gallery and that was that! I paid shipping and handling on it, but it was totally worth the extra $17 or so to get items that I like better than the ones in my July bag.

LBB August, after removing all of the paper packing.

LBB has switched to a new warehouse and they said shipping and processing should be faster.  Shipping seems to be through FedEx.  My box shipped the 29th and arrived today, the 31st.  This is MUCH faster than previously, where it would be about a week from the time I was notified of shipping to me actually having it at my door.

LBB has also switched the way they package their items.  Before, you had to be careful when digging though your packing materials because they would just toss the little baggies with jewelry items in willy-nilly.  Now there are padded envelopes with the smaller items.  This is a great switch! Good job, LBB.

Robert Rose star ring

Back of RR star ring

I like this ring a lot and turned down some excellent offers on it.  It's adjustable because of the hinge, but it's not as annoying as I thought it would be.  It doesn't pinch the back of my fingers.

Two's Company shell bowl with my other items in it

I added on the shell bowl after I saw the dimensions.  I wanted something to hold my earrings, as I currently have them in a little travel first aid container.  Yeah.  It's time for an upgrade.  This is pretty, but not as high quality as I was hoping for.  It feels like flimsy plastic instead of shell.

R.J. Graziano gold and white ball necklace

I traded a bracelet from the exchange gallery for this necklace in the hopes of wearing it with some dresses I have to nice events like weddings.  It is a litter cheaper looking than I had hoped for, but we'll see how it looks with my dresses.

MMS Design Studio cream studded bag

I love this bag! It's awesome for the upcoming fall semester.  This had insane offers on it but I liked it too much to want to trade for something different.  I was worried the studs would be sharp and pointed, but they are flat tipped and won't hurt me when I'm carrying it around.

Everything all together

If you would like to sign up for Little Black Bag, and you use my REFERRAL LINK, you will get 25% off your first order!  

No special consideration or compensation was received for this post and all thoughts and opinions are my own. All items mentioned within were paid for by me.
This post contains a referral link.  If you sign up for LBB using it, when your first bag ships, I will receive an item in my next bag. You will also get 25% off for using it.

OotD August 29

August 29 OotD

Sweater: NY&Co.

Dress: Forever 21 

Leggings: Love Culture

Boots: Talitha from JustFab

Earrings: Me Too- Triangle and Arrow Earring Set from Little Black Bag.

Necklace: Gorjana & Griffin from PSMH August 2013

This post contains items purchased by me.  No compensation or consideration was received for this post.  This post contains a referral link to LBB.  If you sign up with my link, I will receive a bonus item in my next bag.

OotD August 27

OotD August 27

Earrings: Wet Seal gold balls and gold wings

Bracelet: K.Kreative spike split bracelet, from Little Black Bag
Necklace: All the Rage leaf pendant, from Little Black bag

Shirt: Mango 

Jeans: Seafoam green, Lauren Conrad (Kohl's)

Boots: Scuttle in Taupe from ShoeDazzle

Scarf: Golden Tote

No special consideration or compensation was received for this post and all thoughts and opinions are my own. All items mentioned within were paid for by me. 

August 25 OotD

Since I'm all caught up on my old subscription box reviews (whew!), I thought I'd introduce a new daily (or almost daily) feature:

As long as I have something to publish every day, I won't slack off on my blogging.  So, this is my attempt to do that.  I do wear clothes almost every day.  Therefore, I should have something to blog about, right?

Let's get started with my inaugural OotD post!

I went to work today for about 5 hours.  Yeah.  On a Sunday.  

I needed to be comfortable but not wear anything sloppy enough that I'd be embarrassed to run into the chair of the department, who just about lives in the building.  I also knew I'd be working with some strong acids and didn't want to wear shoes I'd be sorry about ruining.

Sunday August 25

Shirt: Old Navy Perfect V-Neck tee in white

Jeans: Lucky Brand Charlie Skinny in gray

Shoes: destroyed Target (Mossimo) floral slip-ons

Bag: Balibelts Studio Stitched Satchel from Little Black Bag

Sunglasses: cheap.  Love Culture.

No special consideration or compensation was received for this post and all thoughts and opinions are my own. All items mentioned within were paid for by me. 

Little Black Bag, July Haul

My Little Black Bag for the month of July showed up today!  I outlined my trading process for this bag in this post here.

Even though I know what's in the box, I still get excited!

Double-checked on the packing slip.

Steve Madden Clutch

Little chevron print inside.

The clutch.  It's a little big and impractical for me; I'm sending it back.

The jewelry 

Unpacked Jewelry.  I'm keeping the Mata Traders earrings on the right and sending the others back.

The best part of the box, and my opening items.

Love these! Seychelles sandals.

As it happens with LBB, things looked much different in real life.  The braided bracelet was dull and not as brightly gold colored as it was shown to be.  The circle and tassel earrings are quite long, and while I could shorten them pretty easily, I don't wear gold very often and I like the other pair better.  The clutch is big and it doesn't hold a lot and it is totally impractical for my needs.  I've never returned anything to LBB, we will see how it goes!  You have to pay shipping costs on the way back.  I'm going to exchange instead of asking for a refund.  Plus, that way I can trade more ;)


My referral link to Little Black Bag is here.  You pick your first item and can bundle it with a few surprise items at a discount.  You then have a week to trade your items for other items.  See my linked post above for more details.

This post contains items that I purchased with my own funds.  No compensation was received for this post and all opinions are my own.  This post contains a referral link; if you use my link to sign up for LBB, you can get a 25% discount on your first bag and I will get a free item in my next one.

Little Black Bag: From Start to Finish

I thought it might be interesting to chronicle my trading in Little Black Bag.

This is a site where you can buy a starting item at a discount, then "bundle" it, meaning you will receive a few other stylist picks.  You then have 1 week to trade your items for other items that people have.  This post will go through my trading process for the most recent bag that I opened.

This will be quite image heavy!!