Closet Shopping

You know where the best shopping is?

Your closet...when you actually clean it instead of it being a ploppy mess.

I finally got around to organizing and cleaning my closets {yes, it's plural, and yes I know I'm a skunk}, and I was so excited to find stuff that I forgot that I even had! 

Aka: cords, black skinny jeans, long sleeve t's, and more socks. SCORE.

{Closet #1: Sweaters, Blouses, Boots, Dresses}

{Closet #2: Jackets, Skirts}

{Scarves, head warmers, belts, and socks in Closet #2}

 I'll just preface this by apologizing for these nighttime pictures. 

It's been a crazy day and I was adamant about taking pictures of this outfit.

Sooo we ventured out into the freezing cold for these pics. Thanks hun!

I looove layering :)

I'm ashamed to say that I've had these boots for almost a year and a half and have only worn them twice.

I've needed to break them in AND I'm not a huge fan of the folded top boot thing-a-ma-bob.

With this outfit I like em' though! I'll have to start wearing them more often.

Now that I've found them in my closet again...

Sweater: Loft. T-shirt: Downeast Basics. Corduroys, Belt, Denim Jacket: American Eagle. Boots: Charlotte Russe. Necklace: gift. Ring: Breezy Days Shop. 

I have a clothing addiction, or it could just be that I haven't grown in a long time {still a midget} 

aaaaaand I love to shop.

It's a toss up. 

<3 Bri

I'm a Barbie Girl...Not.

CONFESSION.

I have virgin hair.

I've never dyed my hair, shocking I know, I'm naturally this blonde! {Not in the dumb sense, my brothers would sometimes disagree...} 

No hairstylist will dare dye it because they say other people would die {pun} to have to my hair color. I used to mess around with new hairstylists and offer them 200 bucks to dye my hair dark brown, they all would laugh and say "HECK NO". I love my hair, don't most girls? 

When I'm in the Cali sun it gets BRIGHT blonde, while in Utah it dies down {bahaha pun}, and it gets a little darker and it looks like I have highlights. Love it :)

But, because of my hair color, I used to be adamantly against having two colors in my wardrobe, yellow.....and pink. 

Yellow because I would look like a banana, wayyy too much yellow goin on. 

And pink because I didn't like being called Barbie. I know you're probably thinkin':

"Doesn't everyone want to look like Barbie!?"

I'll break it down for you:

Me: Natural & curvy hourglass figure. A REAL body.

Barbie: The proportions are so ridiculously off, and those numbers give unrealistic expectations to everyone.

Me: Difficult to find clothes because I don't want to look like a skanky pin-up.

Barbie: Easy to find clothes, they are specially made for her.

Me: Short, 5'3 and have to tailor EVERYTHING.

Barbie: Perfect in every way. Supposedly. 

Only things in common? Blonde hair and a well endowed chest.

So do I want to be compared to her? ehhhh not really.

You know what I do love? The sun, fall, fall leaves, fall colors, Christmas decorations, Christmas food, Thanksgiving food, family get togethers, boots, fuzzy socks, and

SWEATERS.

A curvy girls best friend is a sweater. I swear half of my closet is sweaters. Different colors, prints, cuts, fits. They go with everything, they are relatively cheap, they skim your curves, and gives you a pulled-together look. Favorite places: Forever 21 for cheap and cute ones {be warned: their clothes are made for skinny-minnies, be very very picky there}, my absolute FAV place for sweaters in Ann Taylor Loft. They have amazing sales, the sweaters are true to size {actually everything is}, and they are so deliciously softtttttttttttt.

{I recognize that there is a blonde hair on my jeans. I shed! I can't help it!}

Sweater, Jeans: F21. Top: Loft. Necklace: LA Fashion District. Boots: Qupid. Belt: AE. 

 {No-Shave November}

We are on day 14....oh please be over soon.

The winner of the giveaway??

Congrats to Hannah Stiff from the "For Scarlet" blog! 

Email me at: brios0928@gmail.com    :) 

<3 Bri