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.

Constructing Christmas: Mint to Twee

Dessert blocks: Best Choice Products, Macy's

Rainbow Christmas Necklace

Shoes: B.A.I.T., Zulily; Socks: Amazon

Season's readings.

Sunglasses: Wild Fable, Target

Bangles: B Fabulous; Rings: PinkBopp

Tag brag.

Cardigan: Candyland for Dolls Kill

Christmas isn't Christmas without sugary goodness.  Not only to give as gifts and gobble at galas, but to devour after battling crowds and wrapping presents that may or may not be returned.  No doubt about it, cookies and candy take the edge off.  Yet as much as I love eating treats, I love looking at them even more.  So to kick off Christmas, I donned my Candy Land cardi and built a wee wonderland from Charlotte's dessert blocks.  It made me feel not only festive but peaceful, like I could hide from all the holiday hoopla in a fortress of saccharine solitude.

To paraphrase Green Day, wake me up when December ends -- and leave Andes mints on my pillow.

The Great Indoors: Camera Crew Who?

Coat, top: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Hulla-Ba-Blue Necklace

Catching some rays.

Hair clip: Kate Spade New York for Target

Shoes: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's; Socks: Amazon; Tights: Zulily

Bag: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

Dress: Zulily; Top: So, Kohl's

Bag: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's

View with a hue.

Shoes: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's; Tights: A New Day, Target

Dress: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's; Shoes: Nine West, Amazon

More leaves, because Y not?

Bag: LC Lauren Conrad, Kohl's; Bag charm: Michaels

Headband: Headbands of Hope, Kohl's

Now that Halloween's history, I'm back in my regularly scheduled fall fits.  And it feels cozy, like eating apple pie in front of a fire.  A fire in a fireplace, that is, because there's nothing cozy about camping.  Unless you have a double deluxe, vanilla-slash-lavender-scented Porta Potty like Barbara Howard on Abbott Elementary.  Which is the sort of reference you'd expect from someone who does her stargazing via sitcoms.

Anyway, I was adventurous enough to try one new thing, namely taking my own outfit pics.  It recently dawned on me that I don't have to bug the husband every time I need a glamor shot.  Because nothing says mother of the year like interrupting your baby's breakfast to catch the best light.  So I ordered a tripod, took a bunch of bad pics, and got good enough to take some I could live with.  Spoiler alert: it isn't easy!  Especially if you take your show on the road, which I haven't had the guts to do yet.  So kudos to all of you who've been the cameraperson since day one.  I'm in awe of you.

And of anyone brave enough to bunk with bears.