Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones...But Chains and Whips Excite Me...

I want this...



Corset Tshirt

I've always thought corsets and bustiers were very sexy, in a dominatrix kind of way. They make me think of whips and chains and thigh high patent leather stilettos. Being kinky and letting go of all inhibitions.....

Okay, okay I'm getting a little warm in here.  

(I never knew a little corset tshirt would excite me so much)

Out of all my years, I've never worn one; a corset that is. I do own one though, I've just never worn it.  I purchased it from TJ Maxx last season so I can't wait to style it. Since there is still a little chill in the air I decided to first try a corset inspired Tshirt just to see how I would like the effect.

LOVES IT!!!

I paired it with my all time favorite red cardigan from Old Navy (it's at least 5 years old and it still hasn't lost it's flava) , some thrifted wide legs, and my bronze Steve Madden kitten heels. I actually went to have dinner with my BF's family in this 'fit and his fam totally loved it. I was worried though that the 'corset like' design would be too much but it worked.

My pants are not high waisted, but oh well, right!

 

Corset Tshirt-Miley to the MAXX via Walmart $3



I got inspiration for this outfit from this TwoBirds Inspiration Monday pick:

Inspiration Monday

How do you rock your high waisted/wide leg pants?

You can visit TwoBirds to see how everyone else interpreted this week's inspiration.

In other 'Word on the Street' news, the BF and I rented Stone starring Robert DeNiro, Edward Norton, and Mila Jovovich.

MY RATING-6/10

In Stone, a convicted arsonist looks to manipulate a parole officer into a plan to secure his parole by placing his beautiful wife in the lawman's path. Again, another film dealing with law and the justice system. I would have loved a little more action (and maybe even some type of twist) but if you're in the house with nothing to do on a rainy day then maybe you can go and pick it up. I wasn't too thrilled by it though.

  

What's your 'Word on the Street' this week?

Any favorites?

(fashion trends, new bloggers, books, movies, events, etc)

SIDENOTE: Don't forget to enter my'Spring Break Beauty' Giveaway. It contains lots of goodies. For details on how to enter click here. 

You'n Wanna Start With Me...Because the 'F' is For Finisha

AWKWARD

-My attempt to recreate this weeks Inspiration Monday look. Here is the inspiration:

Kim Kardashian

And here's my awful interpretation

Inspiration Monday

White is so incredibly hard to wear-no matter what time of the year it is. It looks gorgeous but you have to be dead on when styling it, otherwise you look like a complete fool as I do in the pictures above. I didn't post this on Monday because I was totally embarrased by the way it turned out-it looked good in my mind but in all actuality, I think it sucks. So much so that I think I'm gonna go ahead and donate these white cotton chinos to someone who can wear them better than I can. Anyways, you can learn more about and participate in the Inspiration Monday challenge by visiting TwoBirds.

-How to correctly rock the color white! Comments are encouraged.

-My job telling me that the tuition reimbursement funds have been depleted for the year which means that I have to pay 100% of the out of pocket costs for any classes that I will be taking this summer. UGGHHH! Speaking of which, I still have a balance from last semester so they won't even let me register for any new classes. They are soooo gonna kick me out of school!

-Old ladies having 'fun' parties.

AWESOME

-The after holiday sales. That's the only time I can rack up on seasonal decorations and gifts without feeling like I've spent a fortune.

-Good music. I'm a huuuuggggeee music fan-a lover of all types!! So I couldn't resist this one. This is my new favorite band! They go by the name of Karmin and they are straight ANIMALS! Loves them:

-Old ladies having 'fun' parties that are more fun than the parties thrown by the ladies who are my age.

-My 'spur of the moment' purchases for the week:

Savin' Maven (Walgreens)

$1.26 Walgreens purchase.

Everything listed was on sale and I had coupons for each one of the items. The Butterfingers were $.39 and I used 2 ($1 off 2) coupons which made them FREE. The Skittles were $.44 and I used 1 ($.50 off 2) coupon. The Capt. Crunch (my favorite) was $1.99 and I used a $.50 off coupon, so $1.50 for my favorite cereal= me being psyched!

Savin' Maven (Rite Aid)

$1.83 Rite Aid purchase

I got 6 packages of candy for the price of 2-how great is that!! How I spent more on this trip than I did on the other one is beyond me though. If you've been following me and ny weekly trips, you should be fully aware of the fact that I have enough candy to last until hell freezes over! (J/K)

-My 'Spring Break Beauty' Giveaway. A lil' of this, a lil' of that-all beauty related. Entry begins on Monday.

What's in your beauty bag?

In New York...Concrete Jungle Where Dreams Are Made Of...

Here's to Spring Break.

Monday marked the start of my 5 day Spring Break and I couldn't be happier. It's been such a loooonnnnggg year so this break couldn't have come at a better time. I decided to treat myself to a mini vacation and travel to New York. I've always been into live entertainment shows so I figured it would be fun to try and get tickets for the Wendy Williams show.  Mind you I applied for the tickets back in February and up until a week before my spring break I still hadn't heard anything sooooo.....I applied again (even though the application clearly stated that you shouldn't apply more than once). I figured it was worth the try. Apparently it was because about 2 days later, I got an email saying that I needed to RSVP by a certain date and time or my tickets would be forfeited. One of my besties, who is originally from New York had the day off so she went along with me. This worked out perfectly because without her I would have been so lost in the 'big city'. Once we arrived, everything was smooth sailing. There were soooo many people though; people from as far as California traveling all the way to NY just to see Wendy. That must feel awesome. Anywho, here are a couple of pics from the trip:

The ladies over at TwoBirdsBoutique have thought of the wonderful idea to host an Inspiration Monday segment in which they pick an awesome outfit and have everyone link up with how they styled their fit based on the picture for the day. I figured that my mini vacation was the perfect opportunity to for me to rock this (which also serves as my pattern segment of the

 Color Rotation).

Blazer-Zara(Thrifted)/Shirt-TJ Maxx/Pants-NY & Co/Bag-Vintage/Shoes-Target(Thrifted)

The fit was actually inspired by this Gwen Stefani getup:

 How did I do?

You can re-create this look for yourself and link up over here.  Even though MeganBird disclosed that she hated styling this outfit, I on the other hand, absolutely loved it. It was right up my alley!!  Right up my alley to sit in the audience at the Wendy Williams show and almost jump up out of my seat with excitement (during the live taping) when Wendy announced that everyone in the audience would receive a $50 Speigel gift card so that we could cop our very own accessories much like the one's she featured in her 'Spring Trend' segment of the show. Ahhhhhh, I could've screamed when she told us that. Meanwhile, my bestie was WEEEAAAAKKKK because alllllll I talked about on the ride to NY was the giveaway. What girl doesn't love free shopping money!? Needless to say that Speigel doesn't have a store in NY so I have to order something online and pay for shipping. *insert mean face*

Our next stop after the show was of course-the MAC store!! A friend of mine was training at their 'Pro Store' while we were in town so he invited us to come and take a look around. For those of you  who don't know, the 'Pro Store' is where all of the MAC employees go to get their stock.  They have all of the merchandise that you don't see in the 'regular' stores. Basically, it's a warehouse-a MAC warehouse!! How sick is that? When I entered, I instantly became oblivious to any and everything that was going on around me. Here's why:

I was in Heaven!!!

 IF you had the opportunity to visit this MAC store, what would you purchase?