Back to Black

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I see other bloggers using the title “Back to Black” all the time, but never has it been as appropriate as this. On Saturday I celebrated the end of the Black Out challenge by piling on black leggings, a black dress, a black scarf, and a slightly black patterned hat. Ahhh, feels good to be back. What felt even better is that I took the whole day off from school work. I went shopping, went bowling (well, I watched, anyway), bought groceries, had breakfast for dinner, and watched all the TV I wanted. It was glorious.

Besides wearing black and relaxing, another thing I haven’t done in a (very long) while is play with effects on my photos. Generally I don’t do it because it takes away from showing how I look in “real life,” but what can I say? I was feeling cuh-razy this weekend. Plus, sometimes “real life” (a.k.a. gloom and rain all day) gets in the way of getting great photos photos anyway, so you might as well have fun with it.

Have a great week, everyone!

similar Hat (on sale) // Boots (finally got this stuff to shine them up!) // similar Jacket // Heart Bracelet* // similar Cuff (on sale)

*Heart bracelet provided courtesy of Dainty Wrist Jewelry.

Black Out: The End

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Looks like we made it. Look how far we’ve come, my #BlackOutStyle babies. This was my January 31st outfit, the triumphant end to my two-week wear-no-black challenge. Can I be honest? I’m glad I did it, but I’m also glad it’s over. I’ve never been a big wearer of black, but I definitely missed it some days. I hope those of you who joined in officially (or maybe just tried to wear a little less black but didn’t tell anyone) had some fun and challenged yourself to try some fun color combinations.

Speaking of fun color combinations, how about mustard and cobalt? I’m a fan.

similar Boots // similar Sweater // similar Belt // similar Stud Bracelet // Cluster Bracelet // similar Coat // Jeans (on sale)

Let me recognize my fellow participants one more time – you guys rock.

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