WIW...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Boo!!
Hope everyone has a spooktacular day!  On Monday you saw what I wore {here} for my Halloween costume and today I will show you what my fantastic girlfriends and sister wore to the party!  Even the dog Stella dressed up; and I would like to add she didn't fight it at all!

Cindy dressed up as a Parisian clown known as a pierrot.  She looked amazing!!!  

She went all out with this and it totally payed off! oh la la!

 

Anglea, THE BIRTHDAY GIRL, went totally 80's to support the decade she was born and I have to say it looks great on her!  Sequins, teased hair and some neon, hands down always a winner!

 

My sister went as 'the hockey lockout'.  For us Canadians this costume signifies the depression we will now go thru this winter! lol  Doesn't she look darling!

 

 This is Shannon's version of a last minute costume!  Really!  She decided to join us literally the night before and she makes one amazing poodle girl.  Every girl loves some crinoline.  Also side note: this is Shannon's first WIW post on the blog and I couldn't thank her more for doing it! 

 

And now for Stella.  My pup.  I call her adoringly pumpkin (and noodle, long story) and she couldn't be cuter.  I couldn't get her to sit still for a proper photo-op but I wasn't going to complain since I did dress her in this costume and she didn't once try to take it off.  Insert an AHHHH here! lol

 

And now for the obligatory group shot of the party!!!

50/50...

I haven't done a 50/50 post in a while and over the weekend I was hit over the head with the colour chartreuse and I was like, 1 min I liked it, the next I was like ugh, chartreuse! lol  It is such and odd colour.

How this all came about when I was watching horror movies Friday night with my girls Cindy and Shannon, and during {The Exorsist} the main character was wearing chartreuse, and I was like wow, that colour is hardly worn now.  Then on Saturday night we had {Scream} playing and Courtney Cox's character shows up on screen in chartreuse suit; insert laughter and girl chatter about the colour. Then, yes then, Angela walks in with fingerless chartreuse gloves for her Halloween costume.  Dumb-founded I was like what is with this!!  Come Monday morning and checking the blog roll I see Amy Adams and Cameron Diaz BOTH wore chartreuse to the {LACMA} event in Los Angeles over the weekend.  I was dumbfounded that this colour had been everywhere in one weekend, yet it has not been popular in YEARS!!!  Even Cindy mentioned last night at our volley-ball practice a character in the television show {Park 666} was wearing the colour in her Halloween costume as Tippi Hedren of the {the Birds} for the episode Sunday night.

I have to say you might be 50/50 on this colour but there is no denying it is bright, stunning, clearly fashion forward and yet 'old' and classic.  Next time we should not judge a colour so drastically, we might just fall in love with it if we see it enough in one weekend.  I am now off to find some chartreuse to add to my closet!

Images {JustJared}

WIW...

Lots of posts coming this week from the weekend of Halloween fun had!  Thought I would jump right in and show you my outfit!

I went as Col. Carlie.. some sort of armed forces member! lol  And thank goodness it was Halloween or those boobies of mine would have been more covered; But somehow cause it is Halloween you can get away with it.  And based off other outfits (not my friends) my outfit was fairly tame on the 'sexy' side..lol

Tomorrow I will post what my girls wore, including the pup's costume!

HAPPY early HALLOWEEN!

Wearing Aldo boots | HM hat | Lane Bryant dress | Aeropostale bracelet | dog tags from costume store

DIY...

Today's DIY post is a great addition to any closet.  Either you have plastic hangers or wire ones (I shutter at the thought) or you are lucky enough to have poofy lace covered ones;  I am not that lucky.  And sometimes they don't have the little hooks for holding stuff up, why they all don't I will never know. 
A great tip is take some yarn and wrap it around, a touch of glue at start and finish will help keep the yarn in place.  This will help all those silky items, skinny straps stay in place and not fall of the hangers!

You can add bold colours like the picture below or do something sleek like black on white hangers or monochromatic, green hangers, green yarn.  So many choices!!  Plus look at the fun added to your closet with some colour!

DIY those hangers people!

Giveaway...

A while back I saw a feature on {ExLibrisJournals} on {Apartment Therapy}.  I immediately knew I wanted to have a few of these prints in my house.  All the cute sayings or graphics are printed on book print which makes for totally unique wall decor.  I have ordered a few prints that will grace my hallway and one for a special girlfriend, who shall remain nameless until I give it to her!  The prints below are great examples of the variety that Meaghan makes so you have to check out here Etsy shop {here} and browse all that she has!

 giveaway time!!!!
(now closed)

Now this is the great part of this post!  Meaghan also makes TOTE BAGS!! And.... dum dum dum.. She is giving away two bags to my Friends in my Closet readers!!  How wicked is that!  I chose these two bags for the giveaway and I hope you like my choices!

How to enter:

Leave a comment  below with your email address and let me know which bag you would like if you are randomly chosen!

that simple!

for BONUS entries:

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Leave a comment saying which you did so I know to give you 'extra' entries   

(if you already follow FimC on Facebook still put it down for an entry)  

Giveaway winners will be announced Wednesday 31st, so you have a week to enter!

Trends...

Animal Love... 

 Last week I expressed how small animal graphic prints are popping all over stores, see that post {here}.  Also showing up on all the top bloggers sites and in stores are the LARGE animals! lol  Not so much a print as it is a statement.  Think, this is something my Grandma would knit me, and then spice it up and make it all your own!  Below are a couple images on how perfectly stylish this large ANIMAL can be!

So are you more of a fox girl, an owl girl, or a cat lover all the way?

 

Fall Fun...

So what did you do this weekend?  You ask what did I do? Well, Friday night I modeled at the {National Women's Show} no biggie! 
AS IF!!! 
This was huge deal for me.  New to this whole modelling thing, to have this opportunity was amazing.  I modeled dresses for {Rent Frock Repeat} an online dress rental retailer that I also did their National plus-size campaign for.  Log in and you can see me in all their dress options!  They do all sizes, 2-24, so if you are Canadian you MUST try out their services it is such a great alternative for events!  All their dresses are STUNNING!  For the rest of you, just search for a company in your country that does the same thing.

Kristy and Lisa, thank you over and over again for this opportunity.  I had an absolute blast and I received so many compliments post show I was flattered to represent your brand.  And shout out to my Mum and Aunt in the crowd who's big smiles made me feel so comfortable as I strutted my stuff.  And trust me everyone.. I STRUTTED!!! hahaha  Also thanks to Mum for taking these pictures to share with you all!

the stage!

look #1

look #2

my final look and also my FAVORITE dress!