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!

So, I'm sure I'm not the only blogger out there who has a boat load of photos and/or outfit posts that never make it to the actual blog. Whether it's because you had a heavy hand in editing, the angle was all wrong, you made the stupidest face imaginable, or the outfit was just not at all what you envisioned. though I like certain elements of both, in my opinion, they both fall short of glory.

Never intended to post these looks on my blog, just didn't feel like it. But someone in my life told me that I should...so here it is.

I have a true affinity for work-wear, as you should know by now, so naturally that's the silhouette I showcase most often.

The outfit to the left was the outfit I was going to post for the astrology sign Caner, didn't exactly feel right for the sign so I nixed that idea, the one on the right was an outfit incorporating a top that I purchased one size too big and had no idea how to wear it until almost a year later.

If I had to choose which polka dotty look I liked best, I'd pick the one on the right. it's interesting to see how vastly different I look from image to image with just a few key changes in hair style and accessories..

It's like Good Jamila vs. Bad Jamila.

In any event, here are the two looks, don't hesitate to give your opinion on them. Adios amigos.

What I'm Wearing:

Top from Sears. $17
Skirt from Forever21.com. $10.80
Shoes from Rainbowshops.com. $ 19.99
Silver bangles from Fashiontofigure.com. $10

What I'm Wearing:

Necklace from the wholesale district. $5
Top from Target. $20
Skirt from Forever21.com. $11.80
Shoes from Forever21.com. $24.80

Sequin Mustache

Here's a close up of the shoes.

Work Ready: Polka Dotty