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Some days, my outfit is inspired by my mood, others days it’s inspired by the weather, but today, my outfit was inspired by my hair— which was quite unremarkable, might I add.

On Friday, I’m scheduled for a Brazilian Blowout at my local hair salon, Hopscotch (Editors Note: Check out Hopscotch on ELLE’s “Top 100 Salons” in the August 2010 issue). Until then, I’ve decided to do as little as possible to my hair, which unfortunately means it will be in some form of an updo until Friday morning.

Today, I tried an easy bun I saw in the Beauty & The Blog post, “The Art Of The DIY Updo: Only 8 Bobby Pins Required.” It required me to separate my hair into two sections, twist and pin. For extra flare, and in an attempt to keep my the bangs I’m trying to grow out out off my face, I parted my hair on which ever side it wanted to be parted and French braided the front.

The end result looked like some sort of lazy ballerina hairstyle, and I knew my outfit had to match.

So, for the first time this summer, I threw on my favorite pair of dark wash skinny jeans, a black Twinkle by Wenlan top, and my perfectly high, black Calvin Klein platform pumps.

The end result was relaxed, comfortable, and work appropriate— if you work in a casual environment.

Only three more days until my blowout. Let the countdown begin!

Shop the Off-Duty Ballerina Look.

Sorry for the lack of posts of late, I’ve been working and distracted by the beautiful weather. I’ll try to do better, but the sun is going to keep warming my face, beckoning me to play outside.

I spent my Sunday afternoon watching the guy play baseball, sweating my toosh off, and batting away bugs while sitting under a tree.

I wearing an American Eagle Outfitters dress I bought over a year ago and Betsey Johnson sunnies.

More soon!

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Yesterday, My day started off with a coworker saying, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you wear pants!” As a matter of fact, she hadn’t. I usually come to the office in a dress/skirt and five inch heels. My alternative outfit is a slightly shorter dress/skirt and flats. However, yesterday I wore pants—cuffed khakis to be exact.

I recently read an article in Real Simple called “How to Cuff Your Jeans Stylishly”, and in a light bulb moment, I realized, I should wear cuffed pants and super high heels to work.

Cuffing or rolling one’s pant leg doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult, but there is a real skill to it. Real Simple broke the process down into two easy steps:

“Step 1: Grasp a bottom hem and fold it vertically so there’s a ½-inch tuck in front.

Step 2: Hold the tuck in place while you roll up the hem by about two inches twice. Repeat with the other leg.”

My pants were a little (read: a lot) more than bootcut, making my tuck much larger, but the end result was just as cute.

As for my pant wearing, I may break them out from time to time, but I will never forsake my flirty dresses and sassy skirts.

This morning, I plopped myself on a bench at my train station forsaking the God-awful hour I had to wake up. Then, I say a girl giving the strangest sideways glance at me. As she passed, she simply smiles and says, “I like your shoes!”

I couldn’t help but laugh to myself because: A) I could have sworn she was thinking something terrible (talk about giving people the benefit of the doubt) and B) These Michael Kors shoes aren’t even mine, they’re my mom’s.

Maman, as I often call her, happens to be a giant fan of Michael Kors— by fan, I mean she would stalk him if she knew how. She’ll buy anything as long as there is a MK somewhere on it, and these sexy platform sandals, which happen to be too big for both of us, are one such purchase.

However, I’m not complaining. Not only did I choose to wear the unbelievably cute, not to mention tall, sandals, but I was complimented on them within the first 30 minutes of use. Think of all the compliments I’ll get in 12 or more hours of wear!

Michael Kors, I salute you, for adding to my vanity and making amazing clothes and accessories.

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It’s almost Mother’s Day, and I could probably write forever about why she means so much to me. However, she doesn’t read my blog, and she’d never know.

I will say my mom is the only person who can affect my wardrobe decisions. Not only do I often go shopping with her, but if I put on a outfit, and she doesn’t like something about it, I’ll complain and try my best to stand by my wardrobe choices but will inevitably go and change.

She’s a genius, she’s caring, she works her ass off, she’s classy, and she’s the reason I wore this surprisingly sexy Calvin Klein wrap dress yesterday.

I bought this dress while shopping with my mom at Marshall’s last weekend. It was the first time in a long while that I’ve made a purchase without trying it on. All I knew was, I needed the dress because it was a wrap dress and it was bright red. What girl doesn’t need a bright red dress?

According to her, the dress inspired her to create the ultimate scheme, a surprise half-birthday diner with my guy. Since I was young, my sister and I would always celebrate our half-birthdays in an effort to score a few more presents. The presents rarely came, but the tradition stuck, and since her death I hadn’t done much toward birthdays or half-birthdays.

In an effort to get me out of my funk, my mom went to my boyfriend with this silly plan, and he went along with it. Their plan was totally successful and beyond cute. My mom not only told me I needed to wear this new Calvin Klein dress, but also told me I “needed to update the shots on my blog.”

Of course, I wore the dress and took the pictures.

Thank you, Mom/Mommy/Madre/Maman. I love you thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much! You’re most definitely the best.

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