Toadstool Cool: Skirts and Sweaters

Sweater and skirt: So, Kohl's

Bag: Amazon

Coat: Nine West, Kohl's

Shoes: Nine West, Marshalls

Lipstick: A Little Magic, Sephora, Kohl's

Red bangle: B Fabulous; Love bangle: Boscov's; Black and white bracelet: Mixit, JCPenney; Flamingo necklace: Ella & Elly, Zulily; Headband: INC, Macy's; Ring: Miami accessories cart; Necklace: The Tote Trove

Sweater: Jessica Simpson, Amazon; Skirt: XOXO, Macy's; Shoes: Nine West, Amazon

Colonel Cutie Necklace

Bag: Dancing Days, Banned, Modcloth; Yellow bangle: B Fabulous; Zigzag bangle: Strawbridge & Clothier; Green bracelet: Parade of Shoes; Ring: Making Waves, Ocean City

Skirt: Wild Fable, Target; Leggings: French Connection UK for Sears; Boots: Penny Loves Kenny, Amazon

Bag: Olivia Miller: JCPenney; Blue ring: Mixit, JCPenney; Brown ring: Charlotte Russe

Sweater: Volcom, Macy's

These outfits are all about the timeless -- yet eclectic and unexpected! -- combo of skirts and sweaters.  Also, a bag that looks like a mushroom.  Believe it or not, I've been waiting a year to bust it out of the accessory forest that is my closet.  Not that I wasn't wooed by its woodland whimsy (in one of these pics, I appear to be clutching it with the dreaminess of Gollum and his precious).  But there are a lot of carryalls competing in that closet.  Sometimes when I walk in, I imagine them chirping, "Choose me!  Choose me!  My dress is the prettiest!" like the mannequins in the Beverly Hills Teens cartoon my sister and I watched constantly on VHS.  (Hey, I had to balance out that Lord of the Rings reference with one from a show I actually like.)  Yet no matter how many bags I hoard, there's only one that makes me feel like Smurfette while also expressing my love for those mushroom cannisters that everyone and their mom (mine included) had back in the '70s.

So, as I always say about pizza, make mine mushroom.  It's the fungus that we want among us.

Unlike those maniac mannequins.

Courtesy of Cosmo: What You Could Have Bought: Sundress Extravaganza!

Express Yourself Strapless Dress, Lulus

Freeze Frame Two Black and White Dress, Lulus

Bumble Rumble Strapless Dress, Lulus

Day Spa Turquoise Striped Dress, Lulus

Belted Charm Stripe Dress, Charlotte Russe

Roxy Stripe Lineup Halter Dress, Zappos

My Better Half, Etsy, The Petite Chouette

Spot On Polka Dot Dress, Lulus

Hawaiian Lei One Shoulder Fuchsia and Purple Dress, Lulus

Matrix McQueen Chiffon Dress, Zappos

Ruffle Trimmed Floral Print Dress, Body Central

Paintball Splatter Corset Sundress, Etsy, Avante Garb

Volcom Evo High-Low Dress, Zappos

The North Face Nandini Dress, Zappos

Vans BonBon Dress, Zappos

Steve Madden Tropical Floral Smock Dress, Zappos

Volcom Southern Summer Cover Up Dress, Zappos

Watercolor Wonder Print Dress, Lulus

Chevron Stripes Dress, Forever 21

Fruit Cocktail One Shoulder Dress, Lulus

Tantalizing Tiramisu Pink Ruffle Dress, Lulus

Maelstrom Descant Strapless Yellow Summer Dress, Lulus

Belted Floral Dress, Venus

Multi Stripe Knit Sundress, Charlotte Russe

Bahama Mama Floral Dress, Lulus

Creole Cuisine Ivory Print Dress, Lulus

Rose Print Pencil Dress, Charlotte Russe

Feather Print One Shoulder Dress, Charlotte Russe

One of my favorite standbys in Cosmopolitan is the "What You Could Have Bought" section. Each month you get to find out how forgoing seemingly insignificant expenses such as ATM fees, coffee, and vending machine items saves you enough cash to spring for something fun. The July issue reveals that cutting out fast food meals twice a week will save you a whopping $768 a year, enough to score 16 sundresses! My imagination really started running with that one, and before long I found myself trying to come up with enough places to wear such a wardrobe! Thus inspired, I scoured the Web for the sunniest, splashiest frocks that Cyberspace had to offer and posted the best ones here for your viewing pleasure. (I meant to stop at 16 but couldn't help myself and ended up with close to 30!)