Kitschy 'til the Cows Come Home: Neon Trees and Jujubes

Top: Madden Girl, Kohl's; Skirt: Wild Fable, Target; Boots: Betsey Johnson, Zulily

Sunset Ranch Necklace

Bag: Zulily

Clips: Marshalls

Hand cream: Cath Kidston, Kohl's

Top: ModCloth; Skirt: Trixxi, Kohl's; Bag: Dolls Kill; Shoes: Madden Girl, Amazon

Glamazon of the Galaxy Necklace

Lipstick schtick.

Purple clip: Lisa Frank, Kitsch

Yellow: Always appealing.

 Skirt: So, Kohl's

Clips: Every '80s baby's Kitsch wish come true.

Bag: Amazon

Top: Care Bears, Dolls Kill

Just kidding.  There are no jujubes.  Just two candy-bright fits that I wore to work and one I wore in my yard.  Partly because I can't drive in those boots and partly because even I have my limits.  Still, my coastal-cowgirl-going-to-a-rave look holds a special place in my heart.  Maybe one day I'll get to wear it for real.

Stagecoach, here I come.

Fit Flashback: The Circus Knows No Season

Props courtesy of Charlotte.

Tee: JCPenney

Skirt: ModCloth

Bag and charm: Madden Girl, Macy's

Skirt: Bubblegum, Macy's

A. C. Moore

Pop Heart Necklace

Bag: Dolls Kill

Sweater: Madden Girl, Macy's

Shoes: Madden Girl, Kohl's

Top: New York & Company; Skirt (a dress!): Zulily

Brooch: West End Garage

Vase: Aritimi

Bag: Amerileather, Zulily

Top: New York & Company; Skirt: Tinseltown, Macy's

Bag: Marshalls

Top: Candie's, Kohl's; Skort: So, Kohl's; Shoes: INC, Macy's

Bag: Betsey Johnson, Amazon

Sunglasses: Amazon

A. C. Moore

Rad Romance Necklace

Here at The Tote Trove, it's never not circus season.  That's why I'm flashing back to last summer's fits.  You know how it is; so many fits, so little time.  So why not post the unposted?  Because we all need color when it's cold and dreary.  

And clowns are less scary than Santa.

Christmas Past Blast: Over the Moon for Rainbows

Shoes: Madden Girl, Amazon

Coin purse: Kelly & Katie, DSW

Top: ModCloth; Skirt: Dickies, Dolls Kill

Jumper: Tinseltown, Macy's; Top: ModCloth

Season's Gleamings Necklace

Top: Madden Girl, Kohl's; Skirt: So, Kohl's

One of my favorite Christmas gifts ever was the Rainbow Brite doll I got in 1986.  I was so enamored with her ROYGBIV beauty that on Christmas morning I refused to play with anything or anyone else.  There's even VHS footage of me snapping at my little sister and her Cabbage Patch baby to go away because I was otherwise engaged.  So, when I saw that Amazon had the same doll in all her original yarn hair glory, I had to get one for Charlotte.

Sure, she's eighteen months to my four years when I got the doll, and the box clearly states that it's not for children under three.  (Apparently, there's danger of tykes choking on Rainbow's sprite sidekick, Twink.)  But there's no harm in letting her look at it.  Truth be told, I'd rather keep the toy mint for a while.  I'm not ready to see Char Bar unleash her considerable fury enthusiasm and mangle poor Rainbow.

To me, Rainbow Brite symbolizes Christmas and joy and nostalgia and all of the things.  And I want to instill that in Charlotte so that she can find her own merry muse, be it Bluey or Elmo or a character that hasn't hatched yet.  Because that's what Christmas is all about.  

Well, that and antagonizing your siblings.

Fun Finds Rewind: Subconsciously Stuck in the '80s

Jacket: Crayola for Kohl's

Top: Madden Girl, Macy's

Clearly Candy Necklace

Pink clip: Wild Fable, Target; Blue clip: Kate Spade New York for Target

Bag: Marshalls

Dress: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Bag: Dolls Kill

Valerie Valentine Necklace

Shoes: Mix No. 6, DSW; Socks: Amazon

Sunglasses and bow: Wild Fable, Target

It might seem like no coincidence that I'm sporting a top with an 82 and a bag with the Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake.  Because I was born in 1982, and '80s babies love the Bears and the Berries.  But I wore these fits weeks apart, then put them together based on their colors.  A pop culture coup it wasn't, just a byproduct of my subconscious.  A subconscious which is, admittedly, nostalgia-and-rainbow-soaked and all of the things.

So I guess it's true what they say after all.  There are no accidents.