HOLIDAY DRESSES.

c/o eShakti dress

It's that time of year again. Lovely ladies everywhere are looking for that perfect holiday dress. Whether you've got a Christmas party, New Years party, or even just a family get together, a beautiful dress is a must.

When eShakti contacted me to review one of their products, I chose this dress with my work's Christmas party in mind. I had gotten another dress from H&M, but I didn't think it'd be fancy enough, so I returned it. This? I can work with this...

The best thing about eShakti is you can customize. For this dress, I removed the pockets because I didn't want anymore fabric added to my hips. I also customized the length by choosing "above the knee". Technically, I would consider this knee-length. I expected about an inch or two shorter, but it's still pretty as it is. And it's better to be too long than too short, since it's for a work function.

Anyways, I'm totally excited to style this for my work party! The lace overlay is SO delicate and the hemline is gorgeous. I encourage you to stop by eShakti to check out their dresses because today the entire site is 35% off! That's a mega deal.

Happy weekend to everyone!

* This dress was provided by eShakti for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own.

CASUAL DRESS.

Old Navy dress; Call it Spring scarf; Payless boots

I wore this to work the other day, and my boss goes "Oh... Why are you wearing a dress?".
I guess I don't wear dresses often. Somehow this outfit was a shock to him.

Should I wear dresses more often?

I just really like pants...

An outfit and a clothing sale.

H&M sweater dress; Walmart tights; Call it Spring boots and scarf; Aldo bag

Hey look! I have decent photos on the blog! Know why? I had a photographer. Thank you to Marianna for these awesome shots, and for asking me to work it against the stairs, on the stairs, and on top of the stairs. ;)

These were taken Saturday when we both hit up the Dress for Success "Hidden Treasures" clothing sale together. I had never been so I wasn't sure what to expect, but I would definitely call it a "success"! (see what I did there???)

I came away with this dress for $10. Perfect for work. I may get the sides taken in a little because nothing structured ever fits my hip-to-waist ratio, but it's a great, professional little black dress!

If you haven't heard of Dress for Success, it's a non-profit organization that helps disadvantaged women by providing professional clothing, support and career development services. The Ottawa chapter held their "Hidden Treasures" clothing sale last Saturday to fundraise and clear out old stock for fall donations. Love supporting an awesome cause!

Little striped dress.

 

This doesn't happen very often, but I am blogging the outfit that I am currently wearing. How is that for real life?!

Today I went shopping and splurged on a few things- another pair of jeans (same style as these, but in a different wash), a light chambray top (cause I still didn't own one), a couple scarves and other basics. With a limited shopping budget, I'm trying to be very careful about what I'm spending my money on. I think I did pretty good today. No more shopping for the next month for me!

Do you stick to a strict shopping budget or are you flexible with what you buy?

A last hurrah for summer.

Target dress; Call it Spring sandals; Fossil watch

This weekend I'll be taking one of my last summer trips.
Tonight I'm heading to a cottage with my bff and her fam-jam.
It's going to be 4 days of bliss, sunshine and relaxation. Seriously, I need it.

I won't be bringing my computer, which means I'll probably suck at being on the blogsphere/ commenting on blogs/ generally being a good internet person, so no hating, kay?

But I will be back with mucho fresh content as I will likely have my camera out 99% of the time.
Have a great weekend friends and see you all on Tuesday!

Little white dress.

American Eagle dress; Call it spring sandals

Sometimes a little white dress is enough. 

A minimal, no accessories, easy outfit.

It's summertime and things must be breezy in this heat.

Trendy bargains.

Suzy Shier denim jacket; Costco dress; eBay scarf; ALDO oxfords

So erm, I scored this pretty sweet t-shirt dress at Costco for $15 the other day. Even though I have a $0 clothing budget for the month. Thanks Costco for having random wonderful finds. The stripes are right on trend, the dress is the perfect length to be worn at work, and it is so ridiculously comfy. For serious.
I kind of want to go back and get the black one...

Dress dilemma.

Dress: c/o eShakti

Ahh dresses. I don't wear them often enough. Why? I don't think they've very versatile.

But this dress... This dress is special. It comes from eShakti's new spring collection, which is totally rockin' btw. But because it isn't spring yet, and I couldn't wait any longer to show you, I've styled it with snowflakes in mind. Guess what that means? A dress that transitions through seasons. What more is there to love? Plus these buttons are super awesome.

Probably what I'm most pleasantly surprised with is the fit. eShakti offers sizes from 0-36W, and allows customization of their garments. You can add/remove pockets and other embellishments (I kept the pockets, they're fun). But they have a great size scale because my dress fits me like a glove. I requested my hem-line above the knee, and they were able to do it while keeping the dress modest enough for the workplace.

What do you think about dresses? How do you keep them versatile?

This just in: Lookin' to score yourself a great eShakti dress? Get 20% off when you use code: KELLYBLGGE until next Sunday, Mar 10! I've also been eyeing up this great polka dotted pencil skirt...

Note: Dress was provided c/o eShakti for the purpose of providing a product review. All opinions expressed are my own.

Better late than never.

Dress: American Apparel

My New Years Eve outfit.

Better late than never, I guess.

Pictures of that night didn't turn out, so I recreated it with less make-up and curl.

Obviously I went for the dress.

It's a bit short, but I practically pet myself all night because it was soft.

So I was okay with it.

The dress.

So I know a number of you wanted to see my birthday dress. Sorry for iPhone quality photos, but that's all we had:

Why this dress? Because every single other one I tried on sucked. And this one had studs. Anything that makes me feel bad-ass is good in my books - if you don't remember, I discussed it in this post. 

But it was pretty perfect. I tried to explain to a friend what I was looking for, which was: a dress that was fun but not too crazy, sexy but not "I'm a hoe", pretty but not too girly, said "let's party" but not "all I do is party". Somehow this dress was able to meet all criteria! 

And here's a picture of some of my bffs for good measure:

And now I'm going to say that I've decided to take a short break from the blogging world. Not that I don't love you all, but I'm feeling a little burnt out. I'll make a short stop in on Friday because I'll be guest-posting for someone special, but otherwise I won't be back 'til Monday.

Hope you all have a wonderful week filled with more motivation than I seem to have right now!

This is a fall outfit.

H&M sweater; Walmart tights; Forever 21 belt and necklace; Payless boots

This is a fall outfit. Just in case you didn't know already.
Sweater dresses are my favourite. I need more.
Please ignore the wrinkles, I didn't realize how noticeable the were... Stayin' classy!
My belt and boots match - this was not planned.
My necklace kept hitting by belt when I walked. It was distracting.
I don't know why, but I don't feel like writing full paragraphs today. Apparently yesterday too.
All the Sandy coverage last night was a little scary. Hope everyone stayed safe last night!

All about watermelon.

Self-made dress; Forever 21 shoes; Dynamite belt

Let's take this post to talk about watermelon.

If you know me at all, you know I have a food obsession. Yes, it's probably unhealthy. No, it'll never change. I love my food. I eat what I love. I don't care. Moving on.

Watermelon is the fruit of the summer. I could eat half a watermelon in a sitting - I have done it before. And I'm talking a serious watermelon, not one of those mini baby things. My favourite way to eat it is cut up in chunks with a fork because I hate getting my hands sticky, but there are a few other ways I must try:

1. Watermelon/Strawberry Slush. This looks amazing and extremely refreshing, especially on super hot days.

2. In a salad. I've had something similar at a restaurant and it was the perfect mix of flavours. I need to re-create this at home!

3. Who doesn't love their tortilla chips? Well here's a recipe for some watermelon salsa. Sounds seriously awesome.

So if you don't like watermelon, sorry about this whole post. You won't have learned anything very exciting. If you love watermelon like me, I hope you enjoyed some of my links and maybe we can have a cook-off and introduce new ways of eating watermelon into each others lives?

Do you have a favourite summer fruit?

Maxi.

H&M dress; Forever 21 sandals; Suzy Shier sunnies

Can you believe this is my first time wearing my maxi this year?! I know - how the heck did THAT happen? This summer has literally flown by and mid-July I realize I haven't broken out my maxi. Or about 1/2 of my summer dresses. This MUST change before the end of July.

Over the weekend I went shopping with a cousin of mine. I found some great finds from Forever 21 that you will have the pleasure of seeing over the next few weeks on the bloggy blog. Other than shopping, I watched a bunch of movies. Magic Mike on Friday, The Last Song and part of Marley and Me on Saturday, and Hangover II and an indie documentary about a random sushi place on Sunday. Sometimes I wonder if it's possible to run out of movies to watch?

What did you guys do this weekend? 

A dress.

American Apparel dress; F21 cardigan; Globo (Luca Ferri brand) shoes

I haven't worn a dress in so long! I felt so breezy and comfortable alllllll day. Note to self: wear dresses more often...

Today I graduate. I'm off work for the day because the ceremony is at 9:30 and then another awards presentation that goes until 3. A full day of basically sitting and waiting. But at least I'll be official graduate after today! I'm sure I'll post pictures of my graduation outfit very soon - where I'll be wearing another dress. See, I'm already learning!