: June 2015

Monday, June 29, 2015

Happy Birthday to Me!! + Mahogany Closet Mondays Fashion Link Up

So if we are friends on social media then you know that last Tuesday was my birthday! Yayyyy!! I kept it pretty low key on my birthday, I just went out with some of my friends.( The weekend before I celebrated with my honey but I will blog about that later :-) )We went to my friend's new spot Basic Cafe which was really nice. They have a killer warm kale salad and a great mimosa sampler, the apple flavored mimosa was my favorite. After we hung out at small neighborhood bar that makes great drinks for only $4. Can't bet that!!! :-) ... Even though we were keeping it pretty low key for my birthday I still wanted to have the it's my birthday pizzazz. I started off my getting my make-up done at the Mac counter. Blanca did an excellent job. For the outfit I opted for a cute little skater that I have had for a long time (this style works excellent with my body shape) and paired it with my new lace up gladiator heels.

Dress - Forever 21

Heels - JustFab

Clutch - Cole Haan

Mahogany Closet Mondays Fashion Link-Up

I love hosting this link up. It is meant to be a way for bloggers to share their person style, connect with other bloggers, and gain new followers. Bloggers can submit a link to one of their fashion posts using the Inlinkz widget below. I will share a couple of my favorites on social media and in a blog post. Link up will open on Monday and remain open throughout the week.

Featured Fashionistas from last week's link up...

There were so many great looks from last week, it was really hard to pick 2. Here are the two lovely ladies I picked for this week's featured fashionista

Kishina's Kurvy Korner

Melody Jacob's

I want to thank everyone who linked up last week and can't wait to see your outfits for this week!! Share your favorite outfit(s) post of the week.

Rules:

1. Follow your host on Instagram, Facebook, and/or Bloglovin.

2. Use the widget below to link to a specific outfit post, not your homepage

3. Visit and leave a comment on at least 2 other links, preferably one from before and one after your own

(This is the most important rule. The point of this link up is to network, become better, and help grow our blogs. The only way this will work is if we start by connecting with and supporting each other

An InLinkz Link-up

Monday, June 22, 2015

Black White Blue and Red All Over + Fashion Link Up

Red tank top, Cobalt blue strappy heels, Black and white plaid pants, DIY crocodile print clutch handbag, African American Black Plus Sizer Fashion Bloggers

What do I get when I combine my favorite pants with one of my favorite color combinations??? This amazing look! lol You may remember when I wore a similar color combination here or when I wore these pants before here. The shoes have an interesting story because I ended up paying $0 for them. Yes free! I went to my local buy sell trade store called Cross Roads in Berkeley, CA and traded in some clothes I had that I wanted to get rid of. What I traded allowed me to get these shoes and a lil cash in return. Not a bad deal in my book.

Tank Top - Old Navy

Pants - Ross

Shoes - Cross Roads Trading Company

Clutch Purse - D.I.Y. (yup, I did that :-) )

Earrings - Were my mom's

Mahogany Closet Mondays Fashion Link-Up

Featured Fashionistas from last week's link up...

Sandy a la Mode

Regally Soled

Bohemian Bunnie

I want to thank everyone who linked up last week and can't wait to see your outfits for this week!! Share your favorite outfit(s) post of the week.

Rules:

1. Follow your host on Instagram, Facebook, and/or Bloglovin.

2. Use the widget below to link to a specific outfit post, not your homepage

3. Visit and leave a comment on at least 2 other links, preferably one from before and one after your own

An InLinkz Link-up

Monday, June 15, 2015

Mahogany Closet Mondays Fashion Link Up

With everything going on with work, the kids, and my dad's health, I have been feeling like I haven''t been a able to give my blog the time and attention it deserves lately and I have been feeling bad about it. But school is out and I am off of work for the summer!!! (Yayyyyy!!!!!!) Which means I will have more time to devote to my blog. Well first I plan to do almost nothing for about a week to help recuperate, but then I am committing to really spending time on Mahogany Closet and working on making it better. Do you guys have any suggestions?

I kind of just threw this outfit together, but I really liked how it came out. It all started with the shoes, I bought these on Shoedazzle and fell in love. I really wanted to find a great outfit to wear with them. Before I go on, can I just say that I think my online shoe shopping may be getting out of hand. Hi my name is Melissa and I have a problem. I have been getting amazing deals, which it what keeps pulling me back in, but I have bought so many shoes lately that I have boxes and boxes of shoes that I haven't worn. More shoes keep coming before I can wear the last pairs. I think I need someone to just take my computer away lol. Seriously though, I am really going to commit to not buying anything new for a while. Nothing new until I at least wear everything I have bought so far ... Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled outfit discussion. The striped pencil skirt and tank top I got from Old Navy like 3 years ago, but I hardly wore it because I stayed away from wearing fitting clothes. I didn't like how my stomach poked out, even when I wearing control top underwear, but now that I have figured out a good under clothes control situation I am starting the love these kind of looks. The sunglasses I got on eBay for $2 (boy, I love a good deal) and the purse I made. When I went to go pick up the purse, my 10 year daughter told said "Mommy I don't think that matches your outfit". It may not exactly match, but I really like how it goes with the outfit. It's not matchy matchy and I am kind of dinging the mixing of prints and the vibe. What do you think?