Purplelicious Autumn Outfit

Sometimes when I want to talk about the metaphysical meanings of colors, I feel like I should put this on my Portal to Esoterica blog.

I love wearing purple, the color of the third eye chakra. And today I really needed to channel my higher self. I've been dying to wear this purple top my friend gave me. I paired it with a green skirt I got from Holy Clothing. I kept my purple watch on, since it matched my outfit. I went with silver jewelry and accessories, because silver is the goddess color.  Sometimes when your top and bottom colors don't match you need to tie it all together, and just last night I started wearing this loom knitted hat I made and realized it went with my outfit this morning. If you make things with the colors you love, you'll find they often match your outfits.

The wizard necklace reminds me I need to use my masculine magical energy too. Sometimes I need to be less emotional and more logical.

When I started taking photos near the fence, the neighbor's chickens ran over to see where their seed was. I've been tossing them some seed when I feed the quail, and the chickens were like, "Hey what gives." So I put the camera down and got them some seed.

Top: Gifted
Skirt: Holy Clothing
Watch: Timex
Silver bracelet: Yard sale
Wizard Pendant: Craft fair
Moccasins: Payless Shoe Source
Hat: I made it on a knitting loom.

Back view

What's up chicken butt.

Country chicken.

Loom knitted hat.

Front view.

Purple top.

Neighbor's chickens.

Wizard pendant

Purple and Black Casual Outfit

I think I recovered from yesterday's sadness after various internet friends liked my photo on Facebook or told me in an IM they thought I looked fine.  Thanks guys.

So on to today. I put on my favorite purple striped top and paired it with a black skirt. It's super windy today so I asked my boyfriend to help with the photos. I wore my heart charm necklace to remind myself to love myself. I put my hair in a high ponytail to keep it under control in the wind. I think this would have looked better with my flat black Mary Janes but I don't know where they've gotten off to.

Purple striped tank top: Walmart
Watch with purple details: Timex
Necklace with hearts: Yard sale
Brown moccasins: Payless Shoe Source

Purple & Black Outfit: Front view

Windy Wednesday

By the orchard

Nice to wear make-up even if it is just for the blog.

Wind makes me feel energized.

Wind in the eucalyptus tree

Hanging on to the fence so I don't blow away.

A skirt in the wind makes for some difficult photos.

Green Outfit and New Heels

Today I went to Payless, about the only local store I can find affordable shoes in wide widths. It sucks to have wide feet and miss out on so many great styles, yet shoe manufacturers insist on catering to the narrow spectrum of shoe sizes.
There was another pair I wanted but they just weren't quite big enough.  I may find them at another Payless so the helpful clerk printed out the stock number so I can call around. The other pair is black with a shiny snakeskin type texture.

I also got a pair of shiny black ballet flats. I hate shoe shopping. I only buy what I need and wear them out before I get new ones.

This blouse I bought for my daughter's wedding years ago. I've already gotten my money's worth out of it long ago. The skirt is from Holyclothing dot com.

My Birthday 3/365

I wanted to dress up for my birthday. Now that I see photos of this outfit it doesn't look as good as it feels. I love these pants.  They are so comfy and it's nice not to have to wear stretch pants. But I don't think they look all that flattering.
I love this top as well, but it's already too small. I can wear it for a few hours but I always take it off the minute I get home.

Today's Outfit is a black blouse and green draw string pants

These are called 'Spoolies' and they usually work really well.  But I got them wet in the shower and the curl fell out.

I like my pictures fine from the waist up. But from the waist down, not so much.

Happy Birthday to Me

Day 2 Green Skirt and Wolf T-shirt

wolf t-shirt close up

back view

metal bracelet

metal ring

Gold Heart Hair Pin

 

I love this skirt that I got from Holyclothing.  I get a lot of compliments on it. As much as I think people judge too much by appearance and not by the content inside, for the first time ever the grouchy lady upstairs passed me on the lawn and said, "You look very nice today." Wow. 

If you look in your jewelry stash you'd be amazed at all the things you have that go together.  I found this metal flower ring in a bag in the bathroom. Then the bracelet I've been wearing also has a metal flower on it. It's too bad you can't see the accessories in the full figure shot so I took some close-ups. 

The top was an after Halloween bargain at Walmart. It's a bit tight, so I need to either re-purpose it or lose weight. I might trace the art and put it on a new t-shirt. 

The heart hair pin is really a brooch. I made a braid and pinned the pin at the top. I think I got it in a jar full of assorted jewelry bits I bought at a yard sale. So the most expensive thing in this outfit is the skirt, which was about $45. new at Holy Clothing.