Lo Quiero Ahora: Pre-Birthday #2 (Torrid)

My birthday is a little over a week away and I am just super nuts for like a million things. It doesn’t help that so many things are on sale. Like today starting at 12noon, Torrid will have Rush Hour Sale that will get you 30% off any regular priced item for only DivaStyle Members. This caused me to mosey on over to the site and pick my wishlist for my birthday… at this rate… I would need to be a millionaire in order to get everything I want.

Black and Purple Body Con Dress

Floral Print Lace Trim Corset

Tripp NYC – Leopard Corset

Blacked Pieced Buttoned Pencil Skirt with Belt

Emily Orange Snake Wedge Sandal

Did you get anything during the sale? If so, leave me a message below letting me know what you got!!!

DOTD: Real Housewife of Anne Arundel County

I am not a Basketball Wife… I’m a Contractor Wife. My husband does home improvement. I don’t have a mansion… I don’t drive a Jag. But today… today… I felt like a million bucks. I felt like I could hold my own with any of the “Real Housewives” so I am now a Real Housewives of Anne Arundel County. Does this group really exist? Probably not… but doesn’t change the fact of how I feel. I love maxi dresses, if you search my blog you will see just how much I wore them last year. But until today… I had not found my maxi match… okay… I thought I had… but I love love love this dress. The colors… the feel & flow of it… Its giving me life.

Now I was going to type something else… but I swear just seconds ago… my mind just went COMPLETELY blank… lmao… that is the old age… goodness greacious… oh well…

What are you wearing today? What do you think of this maxi dress?

Outfit Breakdown:
Dress: City Chic
Denim Jacket: Ashley Stewart
Shoes: Old Navy
Bracelets: Torrid
Sunglasses: Baby Phat (Wal-mart)
Earrings: Beauty Supply??
**All the eyeshadow used is MAC**

Lo Quiero Ahora: Pre-Birthday #1 (City Chic)

If you read atleast one other blog in the blogasphere… I’m sure you already know about the 60% off sale at City Chic. I purchased only a few things (as I am on the tightest budget in the universe). But it doesn’t change the fact that I am madly in love with so many things on the website that I can’t afford currently. But I felt as a fashion blogger I could maybe put it out there and you could purchase it… wear it & blog it… and I could live vicariously through you… I should warn you… I’m in a bare shoulder addiction type thing for this spring/summer…

I want this first corset most of all because I have some sequin harem pants I want to wear my birthday weekend… and this corset would be hot with it!! OH YEAH!!!

Sequin Corset

Denim Ruffle Corset

Fine Stitched Corset

Love Heart Corset

Also, loving this top as well…
Color Dream Top

And you know my wish list wouldn’t be complete without a dress
Zebra Mirror Dress

DOTD: Party like a rockstar!!

TODAY ROCKED!!! When I say today rocked it was like the best day EVER!!! Everyday after today will pale in comparison to how awesome today was… Now of course once I tell you about my day you may be like… “really… what’s so awesome about that?” But hey… I live for the little things.

So first I need to tell you that after my post on Friday, I went out (in that same outfit) with hubby. Only I was not happy because when hubby showed up at home he was already 10 sheets to the wind (drunk) and we were supposed to be going out to my friends b-day party. So I showed up to the party upset… only to find out that we couldn’t enter because hubby’s shoes were Timberland, which were not permitted. So we go back home to change his shoes and head back. Good thing that we lived close, otherwise Friday night would have been a bust… Anyway… we made up towards the end of the night. I’m sure it was sometime around the time I had some Patron… but I’m not sure. I then fell down and bust the bubbles out of my knee. OUCH!! It didn’t stop me from dancing all night. Cause it didn’t hurt… yet!!! Saturday morning I woke up and wanted to DIE!!! If the dude from SAW had shown up and asked to saw of my leg… I would have nodded and said “Do what you gotta do!” But I sucked it up because the kids have school photos this week and they needed to get their hair done. So I dressed in comfort clothes and drove to meet hubby at the salon. We were supposed to go bowling last night but you know what… I couldn’t… between the knee and the allergies swelling my face like a balloon (really the only way I know its swollen is because my eyes & lips itch like FIRE) I was not able to make it to the bowling party. I took some meds and passed out into a happy coma.

So today… (I know you’re thinking “finally… she takes eons to get to the dang-on point” lol) I woke up late for church. This knee woke me up like 3 times (every time I bend it in my sleep… I wake up) so I was running late. I grabbed something I had thank goodness planned to wear on Sunday like days earlier. So I practically ran out the door to get to church 30 minutes late. But I knew it was going to be a good day because the sermon spoke to me. I had been going to this church for a month or more and today… something spoke to me to tell me today is the day you need to join this church. So… I did. I am so happy… I think this church is going to help me do somethings that I want to do in the area of plus size mentoring… SO STOKED!!!!

After I left church I began the second phase of my awesome day… I went to an estimate with hubby and met one of his clients… super super super nice guy that recommended a place for hubby and I to have our “date lunch” (I was too sick the day before for my date night dinner). The restaurant is Obryki’s… OMGee the best crab cakes in the UNIVERSE and it sucks because this is apparently their last season… they are closing their doors officially on November 5th and if you are in the Baltimore area and have not been… you have to go… they also do medium or large crabs… but I wasn’t dressed for that today. But we are going back for my BIRTHDAY… which leads me to the bestest part!!!

Since we were already in Baltimore, I decided to stop by the salsa club where I wanted to have my birthday to find out how much it would be to host a party in the club… the manager is sooooooo nice and he said I could have the stage of tables all night for FREE!!!!! As long as my friends bought food or drinks (which I know won’t be a problem) so I’m in HEAVEN!!! We hung around and spoke to the waitress who is also a sweetheart. All in all I am now even more excited for my party… **Insert GINORMOUS SMILE here**

So that was my day… I am now home and its dark so my pictures are in the hallway… they don’t do the outfit justice… but who cares… today it was not about the clothes… it was about the man I was with (the sexiest latin husband in the WORLD) and just the events that made this day awesome. So what did you do this weekend? Was it awesome? What do you think of today’s look?

Outfit Breakdown: 
Dress: Wal-mart (had to have it after Bella Styles wore it)
Wrap Cardigan: SWAK Designs
Shoes: Steve Madden (BEVV)
Necklace: Target (its there but its “inside my boobies” is how my hubby said it lol)
Ring: Torrid
Earrings: Wal-mart

DOTD: Going to hell in a hand basket…

Okay, I live a a bustling area where it is difficult some days to find a place where I can take pictures. I finally figured out that churches are usually empty during the week (at least their parking lots are…) so I take most of my Divalook pictures in the parking lots of empty churches or other empty structures. I prefer they have greenery as a backdrop so that I don’t look like I did them in any random parking lot so it is sometimes hard to find a good location. So today… I wanted to take pictures before I ran to the post office and I used the parking lot of a church I used numerous times before. Well, it turns out its that church that sends those young boys (in white button down shirts and black slacks) to your door asking you to try their church. So they see me in their parking lot and they ride their bikes over to give me a “card”… to which I reply, “no thank you, I have a church home”. One of the boys was like “Really? I just thought since you are in OUR parking lot” but with a undertone of snide-ness that I thought was hilarious. Really? How quickly you abandon your Christian ways. I won’t join your church so now I’m trespassing? That’s how you make people want to come to a loving and open church… Really… lol!!!

After I finished my pictures, I went to the post office to send out the items I finally sold. I was about to spend $60 to send these things to Canada and I was about to cry. But because I looked nice and the guy working their was flirting… he showed me a way to send them without losing all the money I had earned selling my items. Phew!!! I thought I would die. So now I know what I need to do and will be able to sell more items and not have to worry about the cost of sending. I now know what I need to do to cut costs… so that makes my life a bit easier.

So today I decided to try something fun… I love coral & purple together… I think they are so great separately… and amazing as a combo. I don’t know how it will be received… but I really like it. What do you think of the color combination? Would you wear it?

Outfit Breakdown:
Dress: City Chic
Sweater: Newport News
Shoes: ebay (seller: bluke93)
Earrings: Wal-mart
Sunglasses: Baby Phat (Wal-mart)
** Sorry for the wrinkles… I pressed before I wore it… but had to drive to the location…**

Me almost fall down!!! LMAO!!!!

DOTD: Trying a New Look

Okay… its not a new look but New Look Cargo skinnies

I bought them, I realize a size too large… but I’m happy I did… I was so comfortable today… seriously… the best.

I ran around today with my girl Kia (from my previous post) and didn’t do much of anything productive… so I want to say something here… but… drawing a complete blank… So maybe you can entertain me with your comments below of what you did today… Really… I want to know…

What I’m wearing today: 
Olive tank: Wal-mart
Yellow Tunic: Dots
Olive Cargo Skinnies: New Look
Olive Stilettos: Shoedazzle 
Earrings: Beauty Supply

Diva Spotlight: Diva Kia #2

If this is your first time seeing a Diva Spotlight, then you need to know that it is where divas worldwide, with a blog or without one… can post a picture of themselves and can tell my readers why they feel fabulous in what they are wearing. Be it makeup or clothing… Its an opportunity to share in what was a day that you felt spectacular…

Today’s Spotlight is someone who you’ve seen before HERE… she still doesn’t have a blog but she does still look effortless fabulous!!!

Here she is DIVA Kia…

What she’s wearing:
dress: Syms
jewelry: ms. tinas consignment shop
earrings: beauty island hair store

In her own words how she felt in this outfit: Felt divarish… because the dress was classy and sophisticated and gave off sexy-classy quiet nicely. --Kia

DOTD: Old Skool and Broken Comments

If you’ve been to my blog lately… and tried to comment you may be one of the some who are having issues commenting on my blog. If you are one of these people… I apologize. I have Intense Debate running my comments and it appears to be really “glitchy”. If you clear your cookies and temporary internet files and still can’t see the comment box below then… I apologize because I haven’t a clue how to fix it. But its not about the comments… right… the fact that you took time out of your day to stop by is what really matters… and I appreciate you coming to my blog.

As for today’s outfit… I wanted it to be special because I missed a few weeks of church because of illness and then because it was the only day last week when hubby wasn’t working (and I need to spend time with hubby in order to make it through the week alone all day in this house) so I wanted to go back to church with a bang. So today is called Old Skool because I feel like I have stepped into a time machine. I am wearing a 50s inspired wrap dress and floral Mary Janes… I feel super awesome and flirty…

How was your weekend? How do you feel about the 50s inspired outfit?

Outfit Breakdown:
Pink 50s Wrap Dress: Curvy Girl Clothing (So many years ago)
Navy BF Cardigan: Asos Curve 
Navy Cami: Wal-Mart
Floral Mary Janes: ShoeDazzle 
Ring/Earrings: Beauty Supply
Sunglasses: Torrid