Breaking Free

No, I am not going to burst out in song from High School Musical. (Even though I think everyone should be privy to the same torture I am experiencing with Sam's addiction to Troy)

Everyone who knows me knows I am a very plain Jane type of gal. For years Val has been trying to convert me into something a wee bit more fashionable than my normal look. And since moving here my one neighbor has been trying to do the same thing. I am not sure what is wrong with the plain Jane look. I mean how can you go wrong with jeans and a long sleeve T or jeans/capris and a tank? Especially when it is almost always Old Navy or Gap. You know something like these.

Now don't get me wrong. I don't always wear that. I do on occasion break from my norm and wear something with a bit more flair. But in all seriousness when you are a SAHM who really sees how I am dressed? And 95 percent of the time the people I write for never see me since I work via the Internet. So why not be comfy and well, cheap.

So over the past 6 months or so I have been buying a few "non-Alexis" items here or there. But today I really broke free from the norm. My neighbor's sister owned a high end store that she closed not too long ago. She gave me a bunch of her leftover stock and a few of her own things, including t-shirts, sweaters, a Guess jacket, PJs, tanks, boots, a pair of Hot Kiss skinny jeans (yikes!) and three pairs of David Kahn jeans. The grand total for all the items was well over $1,000. All for (drumroll please...) free! To someone as cheap as I am these are like my best diet pills. I may have to change my will to be buried in the David Kahn jeans. Not only do they retail for $189, but they are the softest, most comfortable jeans I have ever put on my body.

My Hot Kiss Skinny Jeans. I am not even sure what shoes to wear with skinny jeans?

Cute Max Studio pheasant shirt in black.

Front of the David Kahn jeans. I have these in three different shades of blues and different leg cuts.
Back of the jeans. Aren't those cool?

I have to admit some of the stuff I will probably never wear. I just don't have a place to wear the furry black Guess jacket with bling bling buttons. Or these boots.
What do you even wear these with?

But hey free is free. And you never know. Maybe I will be daring once. But there was also some adorable stuff too like these sweaters and killer boots.

Nordstrom's sweater. This looks really cute on.

Another cute sweater.

These are the tight in the calves type... Emily calls them go-go boots.

And on top of the windfall my closet has received, I got a Coach purse (handbag?)! The most expensive purse I have ever owned was a Nine West that I bought at a resale shop in Illinois.

My new purse!!

So is this the beginning of a new fashionable Alexis? Probably not. I am just as happy with my Target or resale shop purses and Gap and Old Navy clothes. But hey. A girl can get fancy every once in a while ... even a SAHM.

You say I should wear what?

I guess by today's standards I belong on the TV show What Not To Wear. Somehow my jeans and long sleeve t's and capris or shorts and tank tops, all with flip flops, are just not up to snuff.

Emily came home last week telling me all about the shoes that everyone who is anyone is wearing at school.
Sperry Top Siders. These "lovely" little things come in a variety of colors and will only cost you a mere $80. That is right $80 for shoes that look like you should be sailing on a boat somewhere in the Florida Keys. Basically everyone is wearing boat shoes. What's next? Penny Loafers?

Next lets discuss skinny jeans. A style that never should have come back in style.
These jeans are everywhere, including on men. I'm not even sure how some of them are put on. Paint maybe. Just looking at them makes me feel like I am suffocating, let alone actually wearing them on my body. I hope this is a fast moving phase.

And how about sweater dresses?
I remember having one of these in 7th grade. I think mine was pink with butterflies. Back then I was actually in style. And on occasion I would be really stylish and wear my sweater dress with my stirrup pants. I'm just not feeling this style either. Luckily we have such a short season here to wear such an item I have an excuse not to be trendy this time.

And last but not least, how about the style of shirts.

I work hard to not look pregnant, why would I wear a shirt that makes me look so? Pleated tops, empire shirts ... blech. It's too bad because I really love that first shirt. I just refuse to look like I am expecting my 5th kid.

I have heard that sexy corsets are soon to be a big hit as well. Yuck! So sign me up for the next episode I guess. Otherwise I will forever be unstylish.