Weekend Shopping: Zara & DSW

Happy Saturday lovely ladies! Before I start this post I want to say that I am going to announce the winner of the contest in a separate post so it's not confusing. So look out for that later today or early tomorrow.  

As many of you read yesterday, it was raining and flooding so we figured we'd try to spend Saturday indoors.  I thought the mall would be an awesome indoor place in which to spend some time so we headed to the Galleria mall to check out the 4th of July sales.

I got my iPhone outfitted today with a clear protector shield thing from the Best Buy Mobile store inside the Galleria. They put it on there for you (it's kind of like the process of tinted car windows).  I believe the shield was $21 and the application of it was about $6.99.  I think that's a great deal to have a protected screen, and it has a lifetime warranty. It can be removed whenever you like too, which is great.

I went to a bunch of stores today just to see what was out there...J.Crew, Ann Taylor, Club Monaco, Norstrom, Macy's, Aldo, etc.

I ended up going to Zara again and picked up two more dresses.  Both of them look very blah on the hangers, but on, they look incredible.  

The first is a dress is a flowy dress with a Grecian-godess-like draping at the front. It looks AMAZING on, when it's belted. I'll have to do an OOTD with it on so you can see.  It's work-appropriate length too! I got this one in a size medium.

I know it looks like a random sack of a dress on the hanger, but I promise it transforms with a belt!

The next is this totally adorable strapless number.  I had initially tried it on in a medium and it was just too big and had too much extra fabric...so if you're trying on this one, I would size down.  I purchased the size small for $39.99 (the other dress was on sale for the same price)

Once again, "blah" on the hanger, but on it is very fitted and sleek. It is also just above my knee in length so it's perfect for work or play.  For work, I would pair this with a belted cardigan and a cute necklace.  I just love it!

I also stopped by Bath & Body Works to pick up some of their body washes that were on sale for $3 (down from $10.50.)  They don't have a lot of the scents on sale, but they have about 5 of them. I got the ones below (the Dove body wash was later purchased at Walgreens on sale for $5.99- down from $9.99)

I love fresh, summery scents!  

After we went to the Galleria I decided to stop in at DSW to see if they had these cute jelly flats in stock (they have them online-here) but unfortunately they weren't in the store.  Can I just have an aside here about jelly flats? I seriously can't imagine a more convenient flat shoe.  They are perfect in any weather, rain or shine and you can wash them with antibacterial soap without ruining them! I love my J.Crew ones and want to build on my collection now.

Anyway, while there, I became unexpectedly attracted to some Calvin Klein platform heels and I just couldn't leave without them. I really think they are a unique looking heel.  What do you ladies think?

I like how they are open-toe and I absolutely love the cutouts on the side. I know I have a lot of black heels...but these seemed different enough to justify. They were $89. That's it for shopping fun!  I think I did well today :)

In other news, here's my nail polish du-jour.  It's Essie's "Exposure," a hot pink color:

It's fun for a change. I must admit that really light pinks and really dark colors are still my favorites, but every once in awhile I like to pump it up a bit.

For makeup, I've recently been using a medium-toned gray cream eyeliner (by Smashbox- the one that came in that free Sephora kit) on my lower lash line and I really love the look of it:

It's kind of a softer look for the lower lashline.

...Before I go, I also wanted to share with you all some outfit of the day photos from the past few days that I didn't upload until today. I figure I might as well share them!

Tee- Victoria's Secret
Pants- Express Editor Pant

Shoes- Aldo

Necklace- NY Light Metals on Etsy.com

Cardigan- Express

I also wanted to show you ladies "third day curls" in my hair.  What I mean by that is that I had hair that was unwashed for 3 days and then I curled it on both the second and third days with a curling iron.  I think they turned out pretty cute!  Please note that I used baby powder on my roots on the 3rd day as a dry shampoo prior to curling it.

Onto the next outfit...it was kind of oddly matched, but I just wore it anyways, because sometimes, you just don't have enough time to change.

 Tank- Banana Republic
Skirt- Banana Republic
Necklace- NY Light Metals on Etsy.com

Cardigan- Forever 21

Shoes- Cynthia Vincent for Target

Did you buy anything this weekend?  Tomorrow I would like to bake cupcakes and see the new Eclipse movie.  Have you seen it yet?

xoxo,

Veronika.

OOTD: Zara White Linen Dress & Soft Waves Using Hot Rollers

This morning, I used hot rollers for the first time in awhile. I use ones by Conair that I got at Target. You can buy similar ones here.

Hot rollers are pretty easy to work with, though I find that they don't give me as much of a curl as using a curling iron does (probably because they don't get as hot as my Hot Tools curling iron- which I love, BTW.)

This is how it turned out (kind of softer, looser curls- they don't last as long as curling iron curls but they are pretty- note that I DID use a curling iron just for the front pieces because I ran out of hot rollers.)

I wore my white Zara dress today that I got on sale for $29.99. Zara only has a sale twice a year ladies, so if you can get there soon, go check out the offerings. They had a lot of great stuff and I would say 80% of the store was on sale. Today was also the first time I wore a slip. I bought a nude one at target to wear under this dress because although it's lined, it's still a bit sheer.

Dress- Zara
Shoes- Michael Kors Berkley T- Strap
(buy them here) (and um, yeah, I wear these A LOT!)

Cardigan- Charlotte Russe
Belt- J. Crew (on sale in brown)

Cardigan- Charlotte Russe

It is raining like crazy here today and the pressure has given me a migraine but I think the Excedrin is finally kicking in. Thank goodness!

Do you use hot rollers?  Do you try to wear your hair differently each week or do you pretty much stick with the same do? I definitely do the latter, but lately I've been trying to switch it up a bit by sometimes wearing it in soft waves. It's nice for a change.

xoxo,

Veronika.

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Zara Semi-Annual Sale Finds & OOTDs (From Friday)

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On Saturday I was really sick (to my stomach) and had to spend most of the morning and afternoon at home until I felt better.  It was awful.  I hate being sick on weekends because I feel so unproductive.  I did start feeling better later in the afternoon so I decided to check out the Zara semi-annual sale. It was actually nice to get out of the house for a couple of hours after being home all day.

I ended up purchasing two dresses that I had tried on during previous visits to the store but didn't buy. I was so glad to find them on sale.  

First was this pretty white dress:

It's a linen material and I love the way the fabric is layered at the bottom.  The dress is lined but is quite sheer so I got a nude-colored slip today at Target for under $10 to wear underneath it.

The second dress is a really body-hugging style but I love the sleeves on it. Not sure if I will keep or remove the bow. It's quite flattering on, but I might need to get spanx or something because it's not very forgiving.

I assure you that both dresses look better ON than they do on the hanger. I will do some OOTD's with them soon. They were both on sale for $29.99 each.

Speaking of dresses, I wore my Express tiered ruffle dress that I got last weekend out for dinner on Friday night. I paired it with my J. Crew belt and Michael Kors wedges (I just love his shoes...and hangbags and watches...)

I also have another OOTD from Friday (during the day). I wore a bright-colored dress from target with a long open-faced cardigan from Charlotte Russe and my J. Crew ballet flats:

...and a BIG HELLO from LULU!

Did you score any deals at Zara?  I actually wish I would have spent more time looking through everything but the store was so crowded!

xoxo,

Veronika.

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