Operation "De-frump"

One of my personal resolutions was to try and "defrump" myself.  I'd gotten into a rut of wearing stretchy pants and oversized shirts and basically one pair of boots or my running shoes.  It got pretty bad and I was pretty frumpy so I decided to do something about it.  I started thinking about what I put on for the day and even started wearing earrings, which if you've read this post you'll realize why that is a big deal.

I started posting some of my outfits, which happen to be of me standing in the bathroom on the toilet so the pictures aren't that good, when I've felt especially cute over the last few weeks and I thought I would share some with you!

If you'd like to join me in the transformation I've started, or at least I'm using, the hash tag #operationdefrump.

Jeans- New York and Company 

Boots- WalMart (3 years ago)

Button Up blue jean shirt- thrifted

Sweater-thrifted, Gap

Scarf- Old Navy

Leggings-Reebok, from Dick's Sporting Goods

Boots- WalMart

Coat- Old Navy

Sweater under the coat- it's gray from Target

and was only, $9! 

Shoes- JcPenny (super, SUPER, old)

Jeans- New York and Company

Shirt- thrifted, tag says Old Navy

Cardigan- thrifted, Gap

Booties- JcPenny 2 years ago

Leggings- just black, don't remember

where from

Dress- thrifted, tag says limited

Necklace- New York and Company 3

years ago

Purple moccasins- Target, last year

Jeans- New York and Company

T-shirt- Target

Sweater- Gap

Hat- Target, recent clearance 

Black wedges- Target

Black pants- WalMart

Shirt- WalMart

Black cardigan- thrifted, Gap

Earrings- Target

Happy Defrumping! 

  

Why I don't wear earrings more often.

When I was younger we moved around a lot. I will proudly tell anybody it's because I am an Air Force brat.  Both of my parents served and I say that with enormous pride.  That has nothing to do with the story but anyway.
We lived in SC for about a year and that is the only time I ever really had to ride the bus.  There was a girl on my bus who, in the 2nd grade, would wear dangling earrings all the time.  One day she came on the bus with tape on her ear and no earrings.  She and her sister had been fighting and her sister ripped her earring out! It went all the way through her ear lobe!  Ever since then I've been scared to wear earrings.  Not that I'm going to get into a knock-down drag out with anybody who is going to rip my earrings out but I can't get over it! I thought I could start with small ones and then work my way into the adorable ones that I see and would love to wear but I have a toddler who is just as grabby now as she was when she was a baby and now we have another on the way! Maybe I will venture out when they turn about 5...

Until then here are some cute ones that I've seen and would love to wear:

By ILoveJeans on Etsy.

By Diagrings on Etsy.

By vanistudio on Etsy

By Sarathomas on Etsy