So, even though my birthday was on a Thursday, I took the liberty of celebrating throughout the weekend. I celebrated with all the most important people in my life, on separate days of course. After a night of drinks, another night of movies and fabulous food, and several get out of "diet jail' free cards, I was finally ready to celebrate the last day of my birth week with my mom and fam.

Funny enough, during all these outings and celebrations, I ended up alone and doing absolutely nothing on my actual birthday. I participated in festivities on every other day....strange right? But I did want to take my actual birthday for myself. I needed to reflect....dead serious. Lately I have been living deep inside myself and trying to make sense of all the new neuro-connections that have come about within the last year.

For this last celebration of my birthday, I wanted to feel cute and comfy...when don't I want to be cute and comfy...when does anyone not want to be cute and comfy? Anyway, I decided that since it was a tad chilly I would rock a sweatshirt and jeans instead of what I originally wanted to wear, which was a dress. I threw on some shiny flats and kept it pushin'.

You can't go wrong with your most perfect fitting jeans, holographic python flats with metal plated tips, and a sequin mustache sweatshirt. Not to mention the most perfect bag that I purchased so many moons ago and had sitting in a dust bag for over a year... waiting for the right moment to rock it.

What I'm Wearing:

Mustache sweater from Forever21.com. $24.80
Necklace from a street-fair in Chelsea. $2
Bracelet from Forever21. $4.80
Jeans from Forever21. $22.80
Flats from Fabco Shoes. $15 (BOGO Sale)
Bag from Stawberry. $30

Here's a close up of the shoes.

Le Camera-Phone Images.

**Sharing in the Birthday Celebrations with my Cuzo, she thought she was slick and blew out the candles before I could.**

Super thankful that my mom has awesome taste in pastries and took the time to help celebrate my personal New Year. I love her so much!

When I say warm and cool i'm not talking about the mood-swings of mother nature as of late, i'm talking about the pairing of gold and pewter. There is just something about the combination that excites me and makes me feel complete. Pewter is my favorite type of metallic hue...ever...

The way it can lean on the dirty silver grey side or the dirty silver lavenderish- purple side, makes this metallic incredible unique and versatile. Just like it's second cousin twice removed, copper.

I think I may also be infatuated with pewter because it's dirty....in a good way....like me....OK, that may be a little too much info. Pairing warm tones and cool tones isn't typical by any means, but it makes for an unexpected pop of interest to any outfit. So all in all i'm here for it.

I acquired this dress when I went to a blogger "Shop & Swap" last year, that's when I first met some of these fabulous bloggers in the curvy-girl community.

Let me tell you, I wasn't playin', I got there a good half hour prior to the start of the event because I am a ruthless shopper. I would be damned if I would've missed out on a glorious piece due to my tardiness.

When I saw this dress, from Shainna of A thick Girls Closet, I lunged at it and immediately tried it on.

MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN!

I thought this was the most interesting little dress I've seen in a long time, it has two zippers, one on the front and one on the back, and has the capability of being zipped all the way up or all the way down. It's completely adjustable for whatever mood you happen to be in that day and it's the perfect color (refer to the beginning of this post). It posses my favorite silhouette, it has a drawstring that helps to accentuate the waist, and the exposed zippers make for an edgy touch that I am undoubtedly a sucker for.

Not to mention how ridiculously comfortable this dress is but....it's ridiculously comfortable.

What I'm Wearing:

Long-sleeve from Target.com. $12
Dress from AThickGirlsCloset.com. $20
Leggings from Rainbow. $7
Boots from Avenue.com. $33.60
Bracelet from Burlington Coat Factory. $5
Necklace from CharlotteRusse.com. $5

Sequin Mustache

Here's a close up of the shoes.

Warm & Cool.

MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN!