Another OOTD (Olive and Mia)

Actually it's a OOTE (Outfit of the Evening), that I wore yesterday night to a parents get together organized by my daughter's nursery school (it took place at one of the parent's place).
I have paired the Mia perfect skirt in dusty blossom with my new Olive top (you know that I had liked it a lot when I tried it on and I couldn't resist to pick it up with the 20% off last Sunday). It was a little bit warm yesterday night to wear a wool skirt but I loved the outfit so much that I gave up on the tights instead (which caused my feet to almost bleed as we were walking back home. I hope that the Juliet don't hurt as much if worn with tights because I own three pairs). I actually steamed the Olive top just after taking this pic, sorry for the wrinkles, it looked much better when I got dressed for real:



Have a nice Friday!

PS
Am I the only one to have a crush on this guy? I think that Glee is totally cheesy but I love the songs and I can't stop watching it because of Will. If you have missed the last episode, watch his best (and sexiest) performance so far here

Tees on Sale and OOTD

Just a quick post (no, it's not the giveaway yet) to let you know that a bunch of in-store only tees went on sale earlier this week, including the "Headache" tee (I saw one at the Madison Avenue-Midtown store), the "doggies" tee (I saw 2 Large at the same store) and the "Savon au Fleur de Lys" tee. They are all on sale for $19.99 I believe, but there were only two or three of each in the store. I picked up the Savon au Fleur de Lys (I love it, if you are interested in this one the Madison Collection store has two S) and the sparkling rose tee in the pewter color that went down to $29.99 and is also available on the website.

I'm wearing the Savon au Fleur de Lys tee (I had to wear it immediately) but earlier this morning I was wearing the new gingham shirt that I bought during the shopping event at the Columbus Cirle store last Sunday. I wasn't really convinced about the shirt but because we had a 20% off on all the purchases (it came down to $51 and it was one of the few things that they had in my size) I took it home.
I like this shirt but I don't wear shirts that much now that I don't work (I prefer blouses or tees and cardis) and I was afraid that it would hang in my closet unworn with many others that I've bought in the past. In other terms: I don't "need" this shirt. But I tried a few outfits with it and think that it looks adorable under the Gap schoolboy blazer (so it's a keeper):



It also look nice over a tissue turtleneck for added warmth. Today I was wearing it without boots because it's very warm and at same point I had to take off the blazer.
If you want to call a store, the item style is 23950. I'm wearing a 0 an it's perfect on me but if you're tall you might consider sizing up because the sleeves are quite short.

Have a nice day!

A Cardi for the Beaded Ribbon Top

I apologize for not being a good blogger these days, but the hours go by without me having the chance to get anything done and at the end of the day there I'm just too tired to blog (I still read my favorite blogs though, even if you don't see me commenting much). Where did that blogging time go? I guess that the problem is that 1) my daughter hasn't been a very good napper recently (my daughter's nap time = my blogging time) and I don't even attempt any longer to sneak out of her bedroom and blog when she's up and around because she knows which button has the magic power of turning off the computer and I can't even get mad at her for trying to get my attention (bad, bad blogger mommy) 2) my husband kindly reminded me that I have some family duties that involve fun stuff like ironing his shirts (or at least laundry them) and that blogging cannot be considered as a family duty 3) the battery of my camera had been out of charge for over a week and I couldn't find the charger ANYWHERE. Then yesterday it popped up in one of my daughter's toy bins and all of a sudden I could take pics again (I'm just too bad at writing posts without IRL pictures).

So my blogging will probably be sporadic until at least the next week, when my husband will be traveling again (for ten days) and I will be all bored and with a lot of time in my hands during those long evenings.
But I absolutely wanted to post this while I can and before it's too late (my daughter sleep pattern seems to be better today) in case you have the Beaded Ribbon-Front Top in antique stone and you are looking for something not too dressy to wear with it. Well, I found a good match for this top so I will finally be able to wear it at the next occasion (and maybe you can too).

Before finding what I think is a perfect cardigan for this top at another retailer, I tried a few Jcrew options.
The first one is the Mohair souffle cardigan in heather grey. Even before ordering I knew that it probably wouldn't work. However, because I scored a 20% off on it with CS, I thought that I would give it a try.
The thing with this top is that you need a long cardigan, because there is no way that it can be tucked in and the advantage of the mohair cardigan is that, well, it's long (at least on me).
In fact the style wasn't bad, but I think that the light grey color kind of dulls out the ribbon's beads and the color of the top in general:


Plus, and this is totally subjective, I felt like cuddling on the couch with a hot cup of tea in my hands (and I don't even drink tea), instead of going out and sparkling around in my ribbon top. That's the effect on the mohair cardigan on my mood. I never thought that a piece of clothing could be an energizer (or the total opposite), but I really had this "cocooning" feeling while I was wearing the mohair cardigan. And I forgot to mention that the itching factor is really an issue when wearing this cardigan with a sleeveless top. So back it went.

The second Jcrew option that I tried was a supersale spring item: the glimmer cardigan in natural (it disappeared from the website, so I cannot create the link but you probably know which cardigan is). I remember trying this cardigan in the dusty rose color when it came out and I remember thinking that the XS was really tight in the sleeves, so I ordered it in a S. Which was probably a mistake because the shape was a little bit lost. Anyway, the biggest problem with this cardigan paired with the ribbon top was the lenght (too short):




I liked the beige color better than the grey with the top but let's face it, this is a very thin summer cardigan that is not going to do much to keep me warm in the cold NYC winter. So back it went too.

At this point I decided that I would wait to see what the next rollouts had to offer, but I kept my eyes open while shopping at other retailers (which, I have to say, happens less and less often. I'm becoming a lazy shopper, which is all good for Jcrew).
So I was at Zara looking for a coat (Zara has the jackets and coats that fit me best), when I saw a cardigan in a hue that I thought would look great with the antique stone of the beaded top. And it was a long cardigan. And 100% cashmere (warm!) and for only $89!
The color is very similar to the warm wisteria, that is one of my favorite colors offered by Jcrew this season (now, if only they could make a cardigan in this color! But it doesn't matter any longer because Zara made it). Here it is (the color IRL is more similar to the color in the first two pics than in the third one):







I think that the color of this cardigan has the effect of enhancing the color of the top (quite the opposite of the grey mohair), and I also like that it makes it more understated and wearable. I like this casual version of the outfit with boots but I also plan to wear it with last year's crackled silver Mary-Janes or this year's Pippa flat that I have ordered recently and are on their way.
I was already won over it, but I happen to have another top that can benefit from this cardigan. It's the Silk Tiered Cami in deep aubergine. I know that I didn't like this cami when I tried it on for the blog but the deep aubergine is a more flattering color and I got it for $39 instead of $88, which changes everything, right? On the downside, it's a size 2 but I don't think that it really makes a big difference compared to the 0, especially under a cardi and belted (I'm on a belt kick, I'm belting everything, please indulge me):




I really recommend this cardigan, even if I understand that Zara is not accessible to everyone because it isn't available online yet (but the good news is, they are getting there and the WSJ reported that the first online store will open next year in Europe). However, I thought that this find could inspire you to look for something similar in this color.
If any of you is interested in this particular cardigan, the style number is 5145/811/659 and it comes in S, M and L.

My next post will be the long-time due first giveaway, but I don't know when it's going to happen, so stay tuned!

Some of the New Arrival (and Some Not So New)

I apologize for disappearing for three days but it wasn't my intention. In fact this post was ready on Tuesday afternoon (really, I was spell-checking it) when my daughter, who is becoming more and more jealous of the computer, DELETED all the text in the post leaving just the first paragraph (I still can't understand how she managed to do that in two clicks, I tried to do a paste hoping that the text had been copied in the notepad but it didn't work), and the Blogger autosave function kicked in just when I was about to close the window without saving HER work, so that was the end of it. You should have seen my face. Or maybe not.
Anyway, that left me a little bit dumb for the rest of the day and then yesterday was one of the busiest days ever (I had barely the time to check my emails and I couldn't even checkout what I had patiently put in my cart in the three days of the 20% promo, meaning that I didn't take advantage of it after all that work).
Only today I could face the task of writing it again (it's going to be less detailed than the first time but better than nothing, or so I hope).

So I checked out the new arrivals on Saturday at both the Rockfeller Center and Madison Avenue stores and I was really underwhelmed. More ruffles, more deja-crew embellished tees, more unseasonal sleeveless tops (I get the layering thing but all these really low necklines for winter?) and expensive items that look nice only in the catalog. But as someone mentioned on the JCA blog today, this rollout was much bigger on the website than in the stores, at least as per last Saturday, so there is hope that some gem wasn't out on the selling floor yet.
And WHERE ARE THEY HIDING THE COATS? It's getting REALLY cold here and I'm still waiting to see many of the coats IRL.
I warn you Jcrew: some other retailer (probably Zara) is going to get my coat budget if you don't pull out the coats ASAP.

Sorry for the ranting but I still had the $25 off $125 card (I was one of the lucky few to get it in the last catalog) to spend ((it was the last day before expiration date) and I didn't know what to spend it on. Crazy! I got a pair of ankle toothpick jeans in black wash (on sale for $69.99) and I really had a hard time to find something to reach the $125. I ended up buying the calf-hair belt that I had been eyeing for a while but didn't want to spend $68 on.
Anyway, I took some pics of what I tried on (but not everything because the battery of my camera was almost dead) to show you.

Let's start with the winner of the "it looks good only in the catalog" prize: the Pleated Paulette top, that retails for $168. This is how it looks unbottoned (the button holes are hidden under the placket, which makes it very difficult to actually button it):



By the way, this top, DOESN'T LOOK GOOD worn alone (it's very boxy and I think that it's supposed to be worn more like a vest than a top, or at least it was styled like that in the store). After 10 minutes I gave up on finding a way to place the fabric belt without cutting through the pleats, as you can see (the SAs have probably been given an instruction manual, but I didn't feel like calling someone for this).


The next one is the Classic-stripe tissue tee, that many JCAs including HeidiG, Dinagedeon and Summerilla have loved. Personally I didn't like it, I think that is one of those item that looks much better on taller gals. Plus it's super-thin and I think that season for this is already over here in NYC (unless you want to wear it under a sweater, but again being that long is not the ideal layering tee IMO):



Next, a in-store only new arrival, the woman's version of the Men's secret wash lightweight point-collar shirt that made an appereance under the Downtown field jacket and the Minnie pants in the September catalog (page 64). This one is cute (for $64), and has a holiday feeling to it (although I only saw the navy, no red for the time being). Is not as fitted as the perfect shirts IMO (I'm trying a 0) and the actual color is a little bit lighter than in the pic:



The only tee that I hadn't seen before was this one:

And you thought that neon was a summer thing! I don't remember at all the price of this tee but I remember it being very thin. The color of the sequined flower is much more like a punch in the eye than the pic shows. What were they thinking?

Anyway, it would look good with the Ruffled Celosia (?) cardigan in bright coral.
I wanted to show you this pic because the S was enormous on me, so size down in case you want to order this cardigan:



I have to say that the description "extrafine merino wool in a 14-gauge knit, so soft it feels like cashmere" is perfectly true (is thick merino and soft as cashmere at the touch). It's truly a beautiful cardigan and it's almost sold-out in the stores, so I'm happy that is now being offered on the website. I wouldn't wait too much on this one if you want to get it.

Because it's getting chilly here, I tried a cashmere turtleneck to get an idea of the fit for a future purchase (I never buy cashmere FP because sooner or later there will be a promo and even if I miss the sales is not like they are going to stop producing cashmere turtlenecks anyway). I had read some JCAs report that this year's version was big in the body and snug elsewhere, but I didn't get the same impression, unless you want your turtlenecks really fitted. Here is in the Jalapeno color that is part of the colors offered in the new rollout (beautiful if you love green):



I also tried the Cashmere boatneck popover. This one is pure perfection: perfect fit, perfect lenght, perfect color (the beautiful CSP - Cinnamon Spice - that I don't see on the website).



It's going to be hard to resist this one, especially if the temperatures continue to drop. In the last three years I didn't get much wear out of my cashmeres because the winters have been pretty mild here but it looks like this year we are going to have one of those winters with freezing temperatures, so it might be a better investment than yet another sleveless top.

And now the item that I liked over everything else. This isn't new but it was the first time that I saw it IRL. You maybe remember that in my last "new arrivals" post I had tried on the Olive dress and I wasn't carried away; this time around I tried the Olive flannel top and I LOVED it. This is the 0 in heather carbon (currently waitlisted on the website):



It's perfectly fitted and the cowl neck is not as low as in the dress. It can look very sophisticated but it can also be "dressed down" with jeans and a belt:



I almost pulled the trigger during the 20% off promo but the fact that it was waitlisted until basically Thanksgiving turned me off. I will probably wait for it to go on sale now but if your lifestyle allows you to get a lot of wear out of this kind of pieces (it's perfect for the workplace), I have only one advice: GET IT NOW!

That's it until next Sunday, when I will visit the Time Warner store for the first JCA event in the city ever, thank you so much Summerilla for organizing it! I'm so excited to meet some other JCAs who live in the city!

As usual, any question let me know!

Columbus Weekend Outfits

Good morning! I hope that you all had a great weekend (and for those of you who don't work today, enjoy the day off courtesy of Columbus and my Italian compatriots!)

I thought that I would do a quick post of my weekend outfits to start off the week.

Saturday I went to two of the bigger Jcrew stores in the city to check out the new arrivals and the sales section, so I dressed comfortably and I tried to avoid the total Jcrew look. In fact I didn't wear any Jcrew item, which is pretty rare these days for me. Because we had a typical fall weather in the morning, I wore a plum Gap blouse from many years ago, jeans and a Free People knit coat:




I have added the gold and crystal-cluster necklace (that I bought on sale last week and appears to be currently sold-out on the website), and the wide leather gold belt (currently on sale for $29.99, down from $55) for the evening:



Sorry for the blurred pic, but it was almost dark outside and I know that I wouldn't "replicate the outfit" the day after. I ended up wearing my pijamas instead of this because we decided to order in instead of going out, but I loved the easy transformation of the outfit from day to night. By the way, I highly reccomend this belt, the leather is incredibly soft and its bronzed-tone goes with just about everything. I'm a sucker for Jcrew belts (more on that in another post), they are totally worth the money IMO.

Yesterday, I went very casual but the outfit is worth showing because I wore one of my favorite sweaters. It's a crewneck merino sweater by Tory Burch and I couldn't wear it in the last two-three years because of body changes due to the pregnancy (it was fitted to start with but it became even more fitted after I put it in the washing machine. Now I dry clean it only, which aso explains why I don't wear it as often as I would like) but I can finally pull it off again.
The Tory logo is, I think, my all-time favorite logo and I love the chic simplicity of the brown patent leather and navy in this sweater:



Because it was pretty cold in the morning, I wore my Jcrew sherpa hoodie from last year over the sweater (an advantage of the sweater being so fitted), half-zipped up (to show off the logo, of course). The cords are last year's matchstick in sea salt:



Happy Columbus Day and stay tuned for a post on Jcrew new arrivals and my first giveaway!

October Wedding: What I Wore (and What I've Learned)

So you're finally going to see what I wore at the wedding last Saturday. I hope that you won't feel "betrayed", because as you will see, I changed my mind at the very last minute (that's typical me, I'm a INFP personality type if this tells you anything at all) and I ended up wearing something that I had in my closet and I hadn't considered when I wrote the post with my different outfit options. But it's not like I had always known what to wear and I was just kidding around. I had litterally forgotten about it until a few hours before the wedding.
Also, a warning: it's going to be a long post with few pics (I didn't take the camera with me to the wedding). But if you read through the end I promise that you will have some fun.

But let's start from the beginning. As I said in my previous post, I hadn't the time (or the energy) to go shopping for an evening cardigan/shoes/wrap the week before the wedding, and that actually put outfits number 3 (the dress) and 5 (the skirt) out of the contest because those really needed some kind of investement. That basically left me with only one choice (by your overwhelming response I excluded the first two outfits with pants), ie outfit number 4, the one with the deco skirt, that also had the advantage to be my husband favorite after the pants.

So, I had everything planned out and at 10 in the morning I went to my appointment with the hairdresser where I had my color done and I chopped my hair a little bit (you have to know that besides the occasional blowdry, I go to the hairdresser for a cut and color very rarely, like once every 4 or 5 months. Thanks God for weddings and other festivities, otherwise I would never go. I have too much hair and the only though of spending at least 4 hours sitting in a chair while I could be elsewhere, like Jcrew or a movie, makes me to postpone undefinitively the call to take the appointment and with my kind of hair is just not possible to show up on a Saturday and be taken, especially when your stylist is the one who does Ramona from the Real Housewife of NYC! Yes, I have a celebrity hairdresser. Sorry for the digression but I thought it was worth mentioning).
As soon as my hair was done, it started to rain (literally a few steps after I had walked out from the salon), so instead of going for a mani as planned, I went straight home because I didn't have an umbrella with me even if I had checked the weather.com site before leaving in the morning and they said that it would rain (typical me again).

While I was waiting for the rain to stop a little bit (it was pouring), I pull out my outfit (I choose the tights and added a silk wrap) and steamed what had to be steamed, then I tried it on one last time and I didn't feel it completely. I still liked the outfit in itself but I felt a little bit "exposed" for a wedding, maybe because the skirt is very short and with black sheer tights is more noticeable. I started to regret the decision of not going with the dress. And that's when I remembered for the first time another old dress that I have worn in many "special occasions" and I had totally forgotten about this time around for I don't know which reason (probably because I was focused on wearing something new that I hadn't worn before). But at that point, it was just a thought, like "Oh, it's true, I DO have another dress".

Then I went for the mani and I saw that the people outside were wearing "fall" clothes involving some sort of jacket (despite the mild temperature) and all of a sudden my entire outfit felt inappropriate.
So when I came home (it was 4.30 already and we had to leave at 5.30) I reached for the dress and changed myself. When my husband saw me, he asked "Why are you changing yourself?". "Because I don't have a jacket to wear with the skirt". To which my husband replied "Does it mean that you have a jacket to wear with that dress?"
He had a point. I felt more dressed-up but I still hadn't an outfit and because of the color, a beautiful aqua, and the fabric, I couldn't wear my black wrap with it.
Then I realized that it was almost the same color than the Havona and that I had planned to wear the Havona with the spice olive satin soiree jacket, so I took the jacket out and really, really hoped that it would work. And it did!

So ladies, let me finally show you my outfit. I bought the dress at the Juniors department of Lohemann's a few years ago and even if it's a "cheap" dress (think F21), the color is stunning and it fits me like a glow (and my husband loves it):




And this is with the soiree blazer. I was actually very happy to wear a jacket because the temperature in the room where the ceremony was held was freezer-like.




I took the pics just before putting on a pair of sheer tights, but other than that, this is how I headed out (without a clutch, but I'm not a clutch person and I had pockets to carry my cellphone in case the babysitter would call, so it was fine). Granted, had I known that I was going to wear this outfit, I would have put more thought in the jewelry instead of throwing on the glass and pearl necklace, and I would have probably had a buff pedi, but I felt really great anyway.

Until we arrived at the wedding venue (which was a restaurant in Long Island City directly on the East River, that boosted a breathtaking view of the Manhattan skyline) and we were let in a "waiting room" were all the guests were gathered while the bride and groom were getting ready upstairs. And where ALL THE LADIES WERE IN BLACK. And I mean total black. The first ten seconds were kind of ackward, like I had missed a "Black dress suggested" on the invitation. I was prepared to see an evening gowns extravaganza and ladies much more elegant than me (as a rule I prefer to underdress at weddings because I always thought that the best dressed in the room should be the bride and one should dress up to show respect, not to steal the show) but I wasn't quite prepared to be crowned THE LADY WHO DIDN'T WEAR BLACK. A few ladies who, like me, didn't get the memo arrived after us (there was me, a lady with a long green chiffon dress, a lady with a full skirt in a flower print and a few purple dresses that could be mistaken for black) but more important the mother of the bride was wearing a long strapless chiffon dress in a delicate animal print (think DVF) which was pretty weird given that even the bridesmaids were in black.

Anyway, after the first shock I was pretty amused by the situation and it turned out to be a good conversation starter ("You know, this is my first wedding in the USA, why all the ladies are wearing black? We don't usually wear black ar weddings in Italy").
And I never felt ashamed, because I was feeling great in that outfit.
Moreover my husband was in the mood for dancing. If you haven't lived in France, nor have French people in your entourage you have to know that the Frenchies knows how to dance. And I'm talking Dirty Dancing meets classic Rock&Roll, where you have to swirl and catch your partner's hand at the last minute so he would pull you back before on the dance floor. My husband claims that they don't learn it at school but how is it that every Frenchman my age (even the ones that you would never tell) knows how to dance this way? I always feel inadequated when I dance with my husband because I know that I'm out of his league and he doesn't really enjoy it (I am a very good "solo" dancer though) but Saturday night something happened and all of a sudden I was doing all the good moves and catching his hand at the good moment and even taking the initiative. And you know what? I think that part of it was because the outfit gave me confidence in myself. At the end of the first dance my husband looked at me as if he was seeing me for the first time and he said "You got it! You were good up there!" and he wanted to dance with me again and again (the long necklace added some fun because it would move along with us).

So in the end, I had a lot of fun and that's the most important thing right? After 10 minutes it doesn't really matter what you're wearing if you feel good about yourself. In fact I think that the more easily you can forget about what you're wearing the more you can relax and have fun.

(However I also learned that I really need a backup dress and at least an evening bolero/jacket to complete my other outfits, so I will be stalking the sample sale sites like Gilt, RueLaLa or Ideeli look for it at Lohemans the next time)

Have a nice weekend!

A Beauty Find (plus a New Jcrew Necklace)

I have never blogged about beauty products before because I don't think that I have any beauty secret worth a post (in fact, I would say that I don't even have a real beauty routine or a favorite product) but I was wandering at Duane Reade this morning (I had just dropped my daughter at school and I had an hour and a half to kill - the full morning schedule isn't in place yet and the school is too far for me to go back and forth - but at 9 in the morning there isn't much to do) and I feel like sharing a "great find" with you.

I needed a pedicure and I was browsing the nail polishes, that is maybe the beauty product that I tend to buy more often because I prefer to bring my own polish to the nail saloon (am I the only one who feels stressed when it comes to choosing a polish at the saloon?). Actually I was trying to find the polish that HeidiG is wearing in this post (by the way check out her blog for fabulous beauty posts), that I've also seen, I think, on a mommy at the playground the other day and found being an amazing color IRL) and I stumbled upon this black polish that had its own display:



I have been tempted by black polish before but I never dared (I know that when you look at the Chanel ads it looks Oh so chic! but I'm wary of the potential Morticia Addams effect in real life).
Anyway, I never wanted to spend money on a black polish but this was only ... $0.99. Yes, 99 cents! I didn't even know that you could buy a polish for 99 cents! In NYC! So I decided to give it a try, especially given that Halloween is coming soon and worst-case scenario I can always use it as a complement of a scary last-minute costume.
I tried it at home (over my old polish, because I had no time for a serious pedi) and I can tell you that it has a nice, Chanel-chic shine finish, as you can see by yourself (I'm wearing a pair of BR peep-toe patent flats that I had completely forgotten about and I found when I was looking for my riding boots the other day. They were IN THE SAME BOX):



So now you will probably think that I suffer from a bipolar disorder because I just told you yesterday that I don't like wearing total-black and today I'm trying to convince you to paint your toenails in black (and as everybody knows, black nails call for a total black outfit). But I didn't say that I don't like wearing black in the evening, right (I am just checking that you were paying attention)? And even if you can't change your polish (especially a black one) as you change your outfit, we should agree that black polish should be reserved for the night if you want to avoid the "teen experimenting with her mama polish" look or the above mentionned "Gothic queen" one.

As if the polish was a sign, later I went to Jcrew to check if they had a pair of the (black) suede Juliet that went on sale this week (no chance here) and I ended up buying a new (black) necklace that they received with the new arrivals (more on that maybe tomorrow).

It's called the "Round Fireball Necklace" and it looks a lot like last year's fireball necklace but 1) it's black and 2) it's way cheaper ($35). The pics don't do it justice, but anyway here it is:



Now, it is cheaper than the "original" fireball for a reason. The hardware isn't the same quality (for starters it's a pullover, there is no clasp) and the chain is smaller and feels cheaper. Plus, there are only 6 "fireballs" instead of 7, which also makes it more difficult to wear because there isn't a center of gravity (the 7th fireball) and with the movement of the body I'm pretty sure that it isn't going to stay in place like this:



I also happen to own the original fireball (bought on ebay, but it's the original), so I took a pic of the two together for you to compare:




Anyway I really liked it at first sight and when I saw the price I liked it even better. Plus I have been looking for an easy necklace to wear with black and/or silver (ie not gold) and this one is perfect. I think that is going to be one of my fave, not to mention that it's perfect with the deco skirt that is maybe my favorite item of this season (so far).
I don't know if this is one of those retail-only items that is being offered in stores only. Anyway, if you want more details about it, I will be happy to share.

Do you wear black polish? Do you like this new necklace or you prefer last year version?

PS
We are a follower away from my first giveaway! I had decided that I would celebrate my 100th follower with a giveaway, so call a friend and let her know about my blog ;-).

PS2
Check back tomorrow for my wedding outfit post. I promise some fun.