Wonderous Clusterf#@k: Not in the Stars

Remember that time that I asked for advice on what to wear with this dress? The couple responses that I got were fantastic, and after I got them I had this perfect vision in my mind of what I wanted to get: the cardigan, the shoes, the jewelry...all of it. I knew exactly what I wanted. Problem is, wanting something and being able to find that something are two very different things! For instance, the red cardigan. Seemed easy enough, right?! No, not so much. Since I had bought my dress just as all the clothing stores were moving into summer colors finding a deep red cardigan proved practically impossible, especially since I'm not a size small and I don't want to blow $100 on a flippin' cardigan. Example B: the shoes. I thought I had found a great pair of yellow flats on Ebay. And the best part, they were $15! But when I got them they were just the wrong color for the dress (read: bright yellow instead of a slightly muted, mustard yellow). They were so bright and obnoxious looking that they kind of made me look like a clown. Strike two. Luckily the jewelry proved to be a little easier. I had already purchased a pair of gold arrow earrings on Etsy. The search for a bracelet wasn't nearly as simple, but I managed to find a vintage gold cuff on Etsy for just $8.

So, even though I had found the jewelry, I still didn't have a cardigan or non-clownish shoes to go with the dress. Finally I decided to give up on my dream of a red, or hell even yellow cardigan (you'd think summer = yellow...you'd be wrong! Apparently summer = terrifying neon yellow-green). Since the belt was black and I had recently purchased a little black cardigan with floral detail at Kohl's (on sale), I figured that was as good as I was going to get. Now onto shoes. I found a couple pairs online, but after the misrepresentation of color I experienced with the first pair I was wary to buy another pair of shoes online! So I was forced to settle for a pair of cute black flats (that would get much use after the wedding). Now, since my outfit had become a little overloaded with blackness, I decided opague tights in black or gray might not be the best route, especially for a summer wedding. So instead I went for nude pantyhose (since I, for some strange reason, can't stand having completely naked legs).

There you have it. In the end I haven't ended up with nearly the outfit I hoped for, but I suppose it'll do. I have yet to try the look on in its entirety, but I guess I'll be seeing it this Saturday at my friend's wedding. As far as styling goes, I'll be sporting my favorite up-do...