DOTD: Color Me Happy

Hola Divas…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
So I am writing this post from the comfort of my hotel room in Richmond Virginia. I am dealing with a lot at work and I am trying my best to not let all the negativity get to me. I am finding that some people will find the negative in anything. Which is why I’m making a late new year resolution about finding the positive in everything. I know it will be hard but negativity is like a cancer. It wears you down and kills your spirit. It is toxic and I don’t want it near my life any more. I know that may not be much of a resolution, but it is becoming apparent that if you see the positive in everything… sometimes… eventually everything is positive.
So what has everyone losing it at work. Well, the company I work for has been bought by a larger company. And I want to see the bright side of it, but everyone is killing my vibe with their negativity. I just want to focus on my job and do it to the best of my ability. I won’t spend my time speculating on the “what ifs”. I just want to make sure my checks keep coming, and my company keeps moving forward. That is my ONLY concern… the rest will work itself out. Anyway… onto the fashion…
The last time I wore this skirt, I wore it with with a pink top which I loved… but I really wanted to wear it with a yellow top. And since I don’t own a yellow top… I decided a yellow (mustard) scarf was the next best thing. I know this isn’t fancy, but I like how it turned out. My lastest package from Gwynnie Bee didn’t come in time for my trip, so I had to make what I already had work overtime. I love going on travel, however, I hate packing. I always forget something. This time it was deodorant and my hair oil for my edges. Bleh. Doesn’t matter… I bought some deodorant and I am happy. I really am… I woke up this morning in a glorious mood. And I have to admit… its the beginning of what great things… I am certain of it…  But before I leave you…  How often do you travel? Do you have a fail safe way to travel so you don’t forget anything? Does your fashionista still shine or do you pack the bare mininums? Welll… I’m glad I got the first post of the year out of the way… Hasta la proxima ~besitos~
P.S. I actually wore the wedges to work today and will wear the oxfords tomorrow with an alternate outfit
 

 

What I Wore While Trying to Stay Happy:Black Tee: Asos Curve
BodyCon Skirt: Asos Curve via Gwynnie Bee
Tights: Assets by Spanx via Target
Black Wedges: Bakers Shoes
Mustard Scarf: Target
Earrings: Beauty Supply

Wanted to post a close-up of my makeup... really loved how it turned out today... 

DOTD: Back at it… AGAIN

Hola Divas…
So I know I’ve been gone for a long time. I know that in that time you have given up on me and you now believe that I am no longer a blogger… but… I’m BACK!!! And for good this time. Here is what happened…

I was swamped at work (love my job and I don’t mind that I was/am swamped) and because of that I didn’t have time to take pictures. I would get home so late that I was too exhausted or frumpled (combination of frumpy & rumpled) to take pictures. If I did get home at a decent hour I had to find a place to takes pictures so that I didn’t get too much attention by passersby. Here is what changed…

I MOVED INTO A HOUSE!!!! So now I can take pictures on my deck (or wherever) instead of stalking places to use to take pictures. And because hubby fell off a ladder (yeah… I know) and has a fracture in his foot (along with 2 screws after the surgery) he is home to take pictures for me. And before you ask, yes, he is feeling much better. He is in physical therapy and on the mend.

Boy if you knew what happened leading up to the house you would be like… WOW. Here’s a quick recap: Was robbed (someone broke the window of my SUV and stole my purse in the backseat), hubby’s truck was towed day after his surgery by my old apartment complex, and got into an accident with the rental truck on moving day. Anyway… all those things were sent to try to break me… but I was stronger then I thought. Now we are living here and I am the only one working right now so things are tight. But I couldn’t be happier. I am sooo much happier. Now… if I could only get unpacked… lol

Now that I am back to blogging… I will be back to reading blogs and commenting. I hope that you will come back and be a fan again. I’ve missed you all so much. If you have instagram please add me… I am @deepqueendiva  I do a “Daily Shoe Porn” where I give you insight to the shoes I’m wearing… and you know how I feel about shoes.

So don’t be surprised that the clothes may look familiar… but I am not shopping right now because… well… obvious reasons. So that leads us to the question of the day… Have you put yourself on a shopping diet lately? What was your reason for doing so? Has it made you be more creative with the the pieces you have? Hasta la proxima ~besitos~

What I Wore While Getting Back In The Flow:
Top: Pure Energy (Target)
Teal Tank: Mossimo (Target)
Bodycon Pencil Skirt: ASOS Curve 
Rust Suede Booties: Lolashoetique
Necklace: Target (years ago)
Earrings: beauty supply

DOTD: Bluer than Blue

Hola Divas…
Ever have somewhere important you have to be and you can’t for the life of you think of something to wear. That is what happened to me Sunday night. I had a big meeting with our client on Monday and I couldn’t think of anything to wear but leggings (which would have probably have cost me my job). Lately I have been having fashion block. I have had some cute outfits here and there but since my camera is acting stupid and makes all my shots blurry… I just don’t feel like taking pictures. I will be buying a new lens soon… just don’t know when.

So here are the updates on what has been going on with me. I still love my job… yes… that hasn’t changed. My son is doing better and has decided to make it his goal to be drafted by the NBA (clearly after he gets a college education though). He is doing much better even though he does occasionally makes me want to commit teenager homicide (was I this annoying when I was a teenager? Probably lol). My daughters have decided to pick their own hairstyles and they are rather trendy… at least in my opinion. My hubby is still working for himself even though he is currently on crutches due to the fact that he fractured his heel falling off a ladder. We are also looking for a house which will greatly impact my shopping… but my family will no longer be in this apartment. I’ve joined the gym. Haven’t lost any weight… but he has changed how I’ve been feeling lately… and that is really why I wanted to work out.

I miss my readers… your comments and commentary actually make my day, week, month, & year… If you ever want to see more of me and I haven’t blogged lately… feel free to follow me on instagram my name is @deepqueendiva
I do a post there daily of my shoes of the day… which you know I love love love shoes.

Here is what I wore to my meeting… It was a last minute idea… and I liked how it turned out. Are you on instagram? Would you like me to follow you? Leave you instagram name in the comments and I will follow you…  Hasta la proxima ~besitos~

What I Wore While Being A Grown Up:
Navy Dress: Target 
Teal Snakeskin Shoes: Shoedazzle
Necklace: Burlington Coat Factory
Earrings: Wal-Mart
Bracelets: Torrid 

P.S. This entire outfit cost less than $75

DOTD: ReVamping This Dress… Again

Hola Divas,
I know I’ve worn this dress only a few posts ago. But if I had been blogging as frequently as I would like… then this wouldn’t be as noticeable. But when it was so so hot on the East coast… it was just too much to get up each morning and to care enough to take a picture of my outfits. Its not because I didn’t want to… but because I just couldn’t bear to be out in that heat for longer than 5 minutes.

I know it sounds like I’m being overly “Diva” but actually I get severely sick when my body overheats. You probably can’t tell it now but I used to be a HUGE book nerd as a kid. So much so that while other kids were outside playing, I was indoors living inside my mind with the characters of my favorite books. Enter me as an adult who wants to spend the day at a theme park in the sun with my children… only to be told by my doctor that I can’t. Why? Because my body never adapted to life outdoors as a child… doing it now is not an option. My body overheats… I get the ugliest blisters on my skin and I have occasionally blacked out when the heat became too much. So the last 2 weeks… have not been fun for me… an hour outdoors has a tendency to leave me so drained I can’t function for like an entire day afterward. Anyway… today I noticed it was a perfect 79° this morning so I wanted to take advantage of a great outfit… and a low temperature morning. I’m very happy to be back on my game (please August… try not to suck). Hope you like this outfit… I LOVE the shoes!!! On to the fashion… Do you have any health issues that this heat is flaring up? How have you stayed cool during these super hot days? Has your fashion or blogging been affected by the heatwave? Hasta la proxima ~besitos~

What I Wore While NOT Overheating:
Flower Wrap Dress: Igigi (so old)
Teal Tank: Dots
Teal Shoes: ShoeDazzle
Watch: Charming Charlie
Brown Wood Earrings: beauty supply

DOTD: Colorblocking… Finally

Hola Divas…
I love Colorblocking. I sit on Pinterest as much time as I can and I can’t get enough of images of bloggers, models, and everyone in colorblocking pictures. And I think to myself that I would love to colorblock. I know you’re thinking that you’ve seen me colorblock. But there is always a piece that draws the colors together. A necklace, shoes, or earrings…always a piece that have both colors together so that I didn’t have to actually work so hard at the colorblocking.

I finally did it. I colorblocked and did so without a linking piece. I love red and teal and this morning I was so pressed to wear them together and I have to admit… I am in LOVE with how this turned out. I wore black basics to draw the pieces together but I am glad I colorblocked with 2 colors FINALLY…. now my next goal… to colorblock with 3 colors… hehe… I’m so proud of myself…. I’m also proud that I did 2 posts in one week.

Now to the honest part… I really wanted to wear this with a different pair of shoes but I couldn’t see me making it the entire day in any other shoes. I love these shoes because they are one of the few pair of heels that I own that can be walked in for more than 6 hours. I mean I can do these shoes almost all day no problem. I had to go see my son’s PO (who said that my son is doing amazingly) and I had to go and rip my leasing office a new one (seriously… everything bad that happens in this neighborhood is not my son’s fault… PERIOD)… but I digress… Today was long but productive and now (thank goodness) it’s almost over. I plan on posting this and then reading or being on Pinterest until I fall asleep. How was your day? Did you do anything eventful? Have you colorblocked yet? If so, how do you think it turned out? Hasta la proxima ~besitos~

P.S. I just realized that I’m wearing almost all Forever21+…

What I Wore While Blocking the Color:
Black Cami: Forever21+
Teal Lace Top: Forever21+
Red Skinnies: Forever21+
Shoes: Off Broadway Shoes
Ring: Charming Charlie
Earrings: beauty supply
Sunglasses: Flea Market

DOTD: Longest Day Ever… no seriously

I got off work at 10pm… yes… you read that correctly… I am learning how to do the job my previous boss (Pecana) was doing. I love all the time she has taken to train me even though she doesn’t work there full time. I have to admit that if you had told me last year that I would be doing much of her job… I would have called you a liar… but wonders never cease.

So needless to say… I got to work at 8:45am and left at 9:59pm… color me exhausted. However, I love the outfit I was wearing today and since I haven’t blogged an outfit in what feels like months, I wanted to post this look before I passed out asleep.

I am soooo behind on blogging due to work & just life in general… but know that this weekend I plan on catching up with all of your blogs… scouts honor. I hope you like this outfit… Have you ever worked a day as long as I did today? (who am I kidding… this isn’t even the longest day I’ve ever worked… lol). Is there something you would like to see on the blog in coming days?

P.S. Hubby is doing much better. I know I never gave you all an update but he is feeling much better. Some days are better than others… but end result is that if he eats healthy… he will be fine **YAY!!!**

What I Wore Until Practically Midnight:
Teal Tank: Target
Multi Top: Target (Pure Energy)
Skirt: ASOS Curve
Shoes/Watches: ShoeDazzle
Necklace: Target
Earrings: Charming Charlie

DOTD: Post Christmas Fashionable

I am soooo glad Christmas is over. It has become one of those stressful times of year that used to make me soo happy. This year I was the saddest I’ve ever been and I haven’t the foggiest idea why. I love to bake and decorate for Christmas but for some reason this year I couldn’t get it together. I think it had a bit to do with my finances… but who knows.

Yesterday, I put on twitter that my outfit for today was going to be super cute… and I still think so… but I hope I didn’t overstate the cuteness of this outfit (I was even thinking that cute-ness is relative to the individual… I’m sick… I know).

Also, today was my boss’ (Pecana) last day. I didn’t know how much it would affect me but it did and I’m sad to see her go. I don’t know what do now… my future is soooo uncertain. Anyway… I am waiting for the New Year because I want to believe that 2012 will NOT be as awful as 2011 was to me… I have every believe that my blessings will come into the new year. I am not much on resolutions (seriously why make a list of things I never complete… lol). Are you ready for the New Year? Are you going to make any resolutions? If so, what are they?
P.S. The ring in the pictures is NOT the ring I wore all day… no clue where I took it off (hope it’s on my desk)

What I Wore That I Thought Was Super Cute:
Teal Tank: Wal-Mart
Black Skinnies: Torrid
Khaki Blazer: Curve Appeal Consignment
Scarf: Gifted from work wifey
Nude Stilettos: Steve Madden 
Bracelets: Torrid/Lane Bryant
Ring: flea market
Leopard earrings: beauty supply

DOTD: Not Feeling So Diva… Currently

Hola Divas…
Well I haven’t posted anything on my blog since my post on Dec 1st. So let me tell you what has happened over the last week….

Last Friday: I came home from work nauseous and completely sick. I thought that since my children had been sick during the week that I had not been so lucky at avoiding it. I went to bed hoping it would be a 24 hour bug as it had been with everyone else….

Saturday: It starts to look like I am seriously sick as the pain has gotten worse and I can’t eat anything without getting really sick. I only left my bed for a few moments to go to my part-time and to quickly return to my bed.

Sunday: Did not get out of bed all day and hubby left me to sleep because I am so sick at this point I barely sleep… it is at that moment that I realize that is most likely NOT a stomach virus. As any movement at all makes me cry out in agony. Hubby tries to get me to go to the emergency room but I tell him I’m fine (when I’m clearly not).

Monday: I don’t go to work because I can’t move… still. Hubby FORCES me to go to the ER. I oblige as I feel as though I’m dying. While in emergency they check for pregnancy, appendicitis, and who knows what else. Turns out I have ovarian cysts. I am sorry if that grosses anyone out… but as I had cervical cancer a few years ago… I am scared of anything that has to do with my “lady parts”… lol. They tell me that the cysts should shrink on their own and that the pain should go away in a few days. If not, I have to go see my doctor to ensure that the cysts are not tumors. Yep… we’re back to that again…. ugh!!!!

Tuesday: I went to work… pain and all… Kinda foggy as I was medicated.

Wednesday: Work again and then the most horrific thing happens… my husband comes home to find my 15yr old having sex in my living room when he is supposed to be at school. We flipped out… and kicked him out to go live with his grandparents. I can’t… my health is fragile and he is doing everything in his power to make me lose my sanity. My mom makes it seem like its all my fault and that he needs attention. Attention?!! I’m working 2 jobs (one of which is cleaning up after grown a$$ folks who act as though I’m their maid and not just the lady who mops and empties the trash) just so I can buy a house in the next six months. But I should give that all up so he can get “attention”. As someone who was an honor roll student and literally was spoiled my entire teenage years and got all the “attention” I could stand (I was even in the newspaper for tutoring failing seniors while in the 9th grade)… I have no idea why he should get attention for all this negative behavior. Also, on my way home in a downpour of tornado proportions… I get a flat tire. Seriously… I damn near snapped.

Thursday: Woke up to excruciating pain and a swollen stomach… finding that stress is not allowing this to go away as quickly as the doctor had indicated. Got my tired “plugged” before work. Went to work while trying not to think about the stress my son is putting me under.

Friday (today): *le sigh* Just happy to see it is Friday and know that I can get some rest tomorrow and Sunday.

Some week…huh? The outfit you see below I wore yesterday. I had every intention of putting on makeup… never happened. I do regret that I wore leggings as it was the coldest day of the season thus far… even with tights under the leggings… I felt naked. So do you think this is TMI for my blog? Would you prefer I only talk shoes, makeup, & clothes? Have you had any health issues lately? If so, how are you dealing? Hasta la proxima ~besitos~

What I Wore While Not Feeling Quite Myself:
Black Cami & Leggings: Forever21+
Black Tights: Assets by Spanx (Target)
Teal Sweater: Newport-News
Teal Leopard Scarf: Came with a shirt from Wal-Mart
Booties: Bakers Shoes
Bracelets: Lane Bryant/ and a bday gift
Earrings: beauty supply