Fashion Resolution Fail

So I decided to try and dress "older" this year in order to try and reverse the trend of being consistently mistaken for a high school student (or one in junior high on a bad day). While it may sound like a good thing, its very hard for someone to take your seriously when they think you're a sixteen year old with a very advanced vocabulary...

So what did I do? I went to Forever 21 with all of the other tweens and purchased the following:

I then added insult to injury by pairing it with leggings. Although my black Gap blazer on top was a stroke of genius...or something!

My latest handbag addiction

My regular e-commerce trolling sometimes results in my finding the most fabulous things in the most unlikely places: enter my Namaste handbag love. I have a couple of their designs, the Monroe Bag (but mine is peacock):

and the Newport bag:

They are amazing, last forever and have so many pockets - because they are designed as knitting bags(!)

I found my Newport bag at a local yarn store and have been in lust with them ever since. Check 'em all out at www.namasteinc.com

Muffie xoxx

Fashion Karma?

Monday I wore the yak-like fur vest - because I cannot return it, I felt like I had to get some wear out of it. While it is nice and toasty, it looks a little bit like I am wearing the remains of coyote roadkill. Plus, I had a horrible day on Monday, which I can only interpret as the fashion gods punishing me for being such a fashion victim...

The Joe Fresh Project: Day 5

Casual Friday! Super comfy Joe cords (which I felt the need to buy in multiple colours), navy shirt and argyle cardi - and because it was so bloody cold yesterday, I actually wore a second grey cardigan underneath the one in the photo!

Kiki's Kloset: a tragedy in taupe

I love this dress on the model, and hate this dress on me -- It's a beige nightmare.  I bought this from Talbots on sale, thinking it might make a nice alternative to my many black cocktail dresses.

For whatever reason, this dress on me looks like maternity wear.  I don't even think a wide belt can save it, even if I could find one to match this weird colour.  The worst part is, it was final sale.  Damn it!  Another online shopping fail.

The Joe Fresh Project: Day 4

Only I would choose a dress on a snow-stormy day...leggings likely would have been a better bet than the brown tights I went with!

Kiki's Kloset: I plotzed for plaid

I spent an hour yesterday trying to find rain boots made for extremely fat calves.  Finding ANY boot for my fat calves was nearly impossible, until one day I found OneStopPlus.com.  This site has a whole section dedicated to helping fatties find footwear.  LOVE!

As it happens, they don't have rain boots for sale at the moment, so I checked out ShoeBuy.com next.  And voila!  I found my new boots.

 Wide calf rubber rain boots by Nomad

It was hard to decide between this plaid pattern and the zebra pattern, but plaid seemed classier.  I ordered a size 10 but might have to exchange for a 9 after reading the reviews.  I hope these fit!  (The return process is such a pain.)

The Joe Fresh Project: Day 3

Work: navy pants, blue multi-colour long-sleeve t, periwinkle 3/4 sleeve cardigan.

Impulse Purchases: The Shoppers Drug Mart Edition

Okay, I'm super guilty of seeing something sparkly or shiny and suddenly realizing that that is the one thing that will complete my life (for the moment). Today I reached a new low - I impulse bought perfume - and not the $20 kind either. The bottle was just so perfect, don't you think:

L de Lolita Lempicka also smells divine...but it is evidence that I have a serious shopping problem.

The Joe Fresh Project: Day 2

The work outfit for day two involved some rather recent purchases - the black pants and striped tank are both new! The 3/4 sleeve black cardigan, however, is from a few seasons ago.

The Joe Fresh Project: Day 1

Black skinny jeans, ribbed tank and red tartan 3/4 sleeve cardigan.

The Joe Fresh Project

Those of you who know me now that I adore Joe Fresh. Cheap, cool clothing I can impulse buy when stocking up on cereal at the grocery store?! I was in love from their first season (and still wear the first lovely brocade skirt I bought for $19). I even sat (front row!) at their Fashion Week runway show a couple of years ago - and then proceeded to buy everything I saw on the runway as a pure novelty.

Since I can get Joe at the grocery store, I often just count my purchases as part of my "food" budget, which makes me feel better about the bottom line.

Needless to say, my closet is populated with a lot of Joe items - so I decided to spend a week wearing nothing but Joe Fresh - to work, to yoga, hanging with friends and even to bed. I'll spare y'all photos of the latter but everything else is fair game - stay tuned over this next week to see how I make out!

Muffie xoxx

Welcome to my closet Flavian boots!

I have been searching far and wide for a pair of black riding-type boots - something like my actual field boots for horseback riding:

but, well more wearable, comfortable and something I can remove on my own without having a family member nearly break my ankle trying to get them off. After many frustrating shopping trips, I turned to the Holy Grail of American department stores (Nordstrom - they're just so nice!) and lusted after the Vince Camuto Flavian boots:


Having very little self control on Boxing Day, I ordered them (they were on sale - I was saving, not shopping). They came in the mail today in a pretty box with fuschia tissue and made my week!

Kiki's Kloset -- a fashion crime in cobalt

Hiya!  I'm Kiki, and I, too, love online shopping.  I started online shopping because I'm plus-sized and I was having a hard time finding clothes in my size in actual stores.  The internet certainly has more options for me, but that can also be a problem... I don't always have the best taste...

I bought this dress with the intent of wearing it to the company Christmas formal. 

Imagine this model is a size 18 with a giant rack and big blonde hair.

Don't you wish you could unsee that?

Apparently I had convinced myself that I wouldn't look like I was recycling a bridesmaid's dress.  If only this could be returned.  Sigh.

The thrill of online shopping...

Getting a box or two full of sweaters, tops and a pair of Grease-esque leggings (don't judge me, they looked fantastic on the model) in the mail can totally make your day:

I Confess...

Hello all two of you readers, I'm Muffie and welcome to my fashion blog and online confessional of adventures in emotional shopping! The ability of clothes, shoes, purses and random beauty products to meet my emotional needs is complicated by a rather limited budget and the fact that I live in a small town in Ontario, Canada, which is apparently too "foreign" for major American e-commerce sites to even consider shipping to (Target, I'm talking to you). Thus, I end up with some rather eclectic shopping sources which can yield fashion finds of the fabulous type - as well as items of the "what was I thinking this faux fur vest makes me look like a yak" variety.

Sit back and stay a while don't cha!