My Everyday Looks

       My Everyday look consists of simply fabrics and casual comfort.  I work everyday and have to dress up so on the weekends I like to throw on a comfy pair of capris, these are stretchy jean capris and a flowy shirt.  These are both from Lane Bryant and something I have had for a long time and I am sure are no longer available.  In the fall, I am almost always in a great pair of jeans and a hoodie or a long sleeve tshirt.  I am in love with comfort.

Every once in awhile I might throw in a more fitted piece of clothing or a dress to break up the monotony, but I love my look and no matter how you dress there is always a way to tie in a current trend or color that you are drawn too.  I am hearing the new color for fall is purple, I am not a fan usually but I have picked up a couple of shirts with purple accent prints that I actually love.  

 Proud to be a part of this blog collective where we all blog on the same topic.  Check us out at Ahead of the Curve and see everyone's Everyday Style.  

Happy Blogging,

Valerie xoxo
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A Day to Night How To

 The Ahead of the Curve Bloggers are at it again, but this month we are exploring Day to Night options.  I am more of a day time gal and really don't have very many events where I would need a night time look.  I do love a challenge, so I thought an easy how-to look would be fun.  First off, the outfit details: the maxi dress is from Forever21, I am almost positive it is no longer there because I got it on clearance.  It is a 3x and fits me great, I wear it all the time.  The day time look includes a sleeveless jean jacket from Maurices in a size 4 (26/28).  I am also wearing a cobalt blue lace tank top from Lane Bryant which I wear a tank from them almost every single day.  

 Here comes the hair...I am definitely not a stylist and generally my hair looks way less than fabulous but for the day look I had someone curl it with a big barrel curling iron and added some dry shampoo for texture.  My hair is very, very thick so it holds curl very well anyways.  For the night time look I grabbed a headband from Maurices that matched the dress and simply tucked all my hair into the elastic part on the headband.  This is so simple and fool proof.  Viola, I have a night time look by taking off the jean jacket and adding a simple up-do with a headband.

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Peace and Love,
Valerie

#prayforpeace