The Return of Wardrobe Wednesday

I've been doing What I Honestly Wore Wednesday with Caitlin for a few months now.  I think a lot of you responded to it since we all have frump days and not everyone looks like they stepped out of a magazine every day.  But I've let the frump get me down.  This post baby body is not what it used to be and I've been feeling like wearing my pj's or ill fitting clothing is not helping my body image.  While it was fun for a while, I kind of feel like I need to get dolled up to start to feel more comfortable in my own skin again.  I hope that makes sense.

I've been wearing my old "fat" clothes for a while and since my body has changed nothing really fits very well.  So last Sunday I bought the beginning of my new wardrobe.  I bought some skinny jeans (Old Navy's Rock Star jeans are PERFECT!  Mid-rise with a good amount of stretch that doesn't end up baggy) that fit nicely, hug my curves and are the perfect length.  A bunch of new fun tops that are out of my comfort zone but make me feel kind of fabulous.  And a few new pairs of shoes.  I've decided to put an effort into looking good when I leave the house, even if it is just to run to Target.

Today I took Margaux to the mall for one of the children's programs the library puts on and I decided to get dolled up despite the fact that she woke up for the day at 5am.  I found this new blog Wonder Forest and she has some really awesome makeup tutorials.  I saw her tutorial for mermaid eyes yesterday and it inspired the look I went with today.

Top, Jeans, flats - Old Navy, Bracelet - Flourish, Earrings - F21, Glasses - Ray Ban

I had these earrings in my drawer that I bought ages ago but never wore.  I saw them this morning and realized they kind of match my new hair color perfectly.  I love that!  My color was fading out so I went to Sally's and picked up Manic Panic Shocking Blue.  I LOVE IT.  It was one of the colors that was in my hair but since I was going to do it myself this time I decided to just dye all of it (at least what was dyed before) the one color instead of trying to weave 4 different colors in.  It covered all the other colors quite nicely and left a nice variation on the pieces that were pink.  I think I'll keep this color for a while.