OOTD: Summer Stripes

I posted a few months ago about my love affair with stripes. Apparently the affair is still going strong.

L: Dress - Target; Shoes - JC Penney
R: Dress: Ross; Shoes (not pictured) - Target silver flip flops

Please excuse my blindingly white limbs. It's just too darn hot here in the Northeast to worry about my flabby appendages. But maybe the stripes will distract.

In more culinary adventures, I made a diet soda cake this morning. But my impatience got the best of me, and I flipped it out of the cake pan before it was done cooling. Oh sad sad cake - you're ugly, but delicious.

Sunday evening duties call. Hope you all had lovely weekends!

OOTD: Breton Stripes

Um, have I mentioned how much I adore stripes right now? All colors, all widths, whether dress, tank, cardi, scarf, gloves ... love it all! Up until a few years ago I believed in the fashion rule that horizontal stripes make even the skinniest of people look fat. Well, rules are for breaking.

While I'm not a participant in blogger group Everybody Every Wear, I am amazed at how many different ways you can style this pattern. I want to run right out and load up several shopping bags with stripes!

And to prove my love of stripes, I threw together a mini collage of how I took my little Old Navy mock two-piece dress from spring to summer to winter.

I wouldn't turn my nose up at any of these items either: 

dELiAs > Nautical Stripe Knit Dress > dresses > casual
$40 - delias.com
Stripe dresses »

Volunteer Club Cardigan
$40 - modcloth.com
Striped tops »

Old Navy Womens Striped Boat Neck Tees
$3.97 - oldnavy.gap.com
Long sleeve tops »

Old Navy Womens Oxford-Stripe Skirts
$25 - oldnavy.gap.com
Striped skirts »

Stripe Scarf
$20 - delias.com
Striped shawl »

Clothing at Tesco | F&F Stripe cuff gloves > winter accessories >...
4 GBP - clothingattesco.com
Gloves »

Navy Stripe Snood - New In - Topshop USA

$32 - topshop.com

Who else can't get enough of stripes?

Crazy for Cardi Clearance (Prices)

I have a huge cardigan addiction this year. On non-sweatpants days, 9 times out of 10 I'm wearing a cardigan. This season it's been a lot of boyfriend, hip-length cardis to go over my dresses. Two weeks ago American Eagle caught me in a weak moment, tempting me with clearance prices.

So I bought two items online. The first is an exact dupe to the gray waffle shawl-collar sweater I bought on Cyber Monday, but in a dark/olive color:

Buy here

The second I'm returning. I thought, "grey stripes? How can I go wrong?" But the fit isn't spectacular, and I dislike the back is solid gray and not striped like the rest.

Buy here

OOTD: Sailor Life for Me

Stripes are supposedly another hot trend for Spring 2010. In the past I've been reluctant to wear many stripes; how many times have we been told over and over past stripes make you look wider? Well, readers, I don't need any help in looking wider these days, but after seeing the gorgeous Andi of Saltwater Dreams wear her pretty nautical stripes a few months ago, I decided to try it out.

I gained some more style inspiration from Teen Fashionista (same dress!) and Justine at Fetching Fashions.

Dress: Old Navy

Belt: Bronze bow belt I nabbed for $3 at ON

Leggings: Target

Boots: Mossimo Kady in Cognac, Target

Cardi: Target