Accesorizing 101

I am have a rather conservative sense of style when it comes to my clothes. I like clothes that fit well, are versatile and can go from season to season.  However when it comes to my accessories I tend to go crazy. I love my big shoes, I love my big bags and my most recent love affair........costume jewelery.

Mind  you, growing up my mom and my aunts were big into thier gaudy gold chains and diamonds. What can I say, we are Italian. But thank goodness the Carmela Soprano gene didnt go to me. I only ever wear my wedding ring, watch and diamond studs.

Since I am not working and I am a professional student, my dress code has been rather casual, and albeit just fun. Ive been experimenting with costume jewlery.....I am nervous about the ensamble I have pulled together for a wedding in a few weeks.

Im wearing this dress

and I plan on accesorizing with:

( yes I know my nails need filled......)

as far as shoes go, Im thinking black suede peep toe Loubies ( it is fall after all) and a clutch of some sort.

What do you think?

Room #1 - The bedroom

When we bought our house, the room I was the least excited about decorating was the bedroom. While I had my linens picked out, and E and I bought new furniture before our wedding, the odd shape of the room had made it hard to decorate. My FIL, who is fabulous professional painter, came up with a great silver blue to paint our walls with, and we did an acent wall with silver stripes. If you notice in the pictures, our sleigh bed has chrome slats, so it works well.

Right now we have the bed in the corner of the room because of its odd shape but I like it.

You can see the pretty blue color and how it accents the dark furniture. Here is a good shot of the stripes:

Also in the room we have custom blinds to match the paint color and the bedding we have now isnt going to be for much longer, we are going to go with This set from Restoration Hardware:

Which leads me to my current issue.....how would you decorate and accessories the room, some faux flower, or maybe some mirrors? Im not to sure as decorating my house is not my strong suit. Please post any ideas that you may have, or if you see any cute bedding, that might go with it.

Next up: The dining room.

*The Purse of the Month*

This is a new blog feature I want to do, a new purse once a month, LOL. Too some that may seem excessive but I like to diversify my bags. Also, when it comes to dressing Im pretty classic in my style, I love lots of plain, well cut clothes, thus, I like my accessories to stand out. Theres wine of the month clubs, pie of the month clubs, so why not bag of the month clubs?

This month, from Valentino's Fall collection:

Black Patent Leather Historie with gold hardware.

And its a great bag, I wore it to a recent job interview, wonder if it will bring me luck? The thing I love most about this bag is the shape and the braided detail. To some this bag may be trendy but to me, its a classic. I dream of pairing it in the fall with some dark wash flaired jeans, a long white tee and a cute cropped jacket or a long cardigan, straight leg jeans and some fab boots. Or a navy blue top, gray pants and some patent leather revas.

I wonder whats in the bag ( hahahaha) for September

Coming out ( a fabulous) closet.

Well for the longest time my blog was made private, but I decided to make it public again. I had some recent drama with some haters, but you know what, if they are going to be lame then that's on them. Please note the above image is not my actual closet.

Life has been interesting lately. I'm leaving my job in a few weeks to attend school full time, in pursuit of my BS in Human Resources management. I graduate this year, and I'm ready to dive in to my career. There are so many goals I have professionally and personally ( separate posts) that I'm ready to reach. I have a very near and dear friend who told me I should do what scares me the most.

And I am.

Recently I had my hair dyed brown by the most fabulous Aubrey at Salon Vivace in Mt. Lebanon. What do you think?

The new color makes a new trip to MAC necessary for a

new make up regime.

So my message to you my dear friends, do whatever it is that scares you, if its climbing mt. Everest, moving, finding a new job, leaving comfort zone. or whatever it is. DO IT. Even if its something as trivial as a darker hair color. God I sound all inspirational but that's my goal here.