Sometimes, you see a top online that you just have to have, so you order it , even though it's really not your style and you have absolutely nothing to wear with it. Then, two months later, you buy a skirt for $4 that looks kind of cheap, so you put on your new top and a big old necklace and wear heels and kind of hope for the best. Then, you curl your hair and decide, right before walking out the door, that you're going to try something new with that, too. So you pin the front up in a suicide roll or a victory roll or whatever the heck it is and proceed to feel like a complete stranger, but you still kind of like it.

This is what all of that looks like.

  

Top (view here): ModCloth

Skirt: From this Ebay shop

(Thanks for the tip, Amanda!)

Necklace: Ann Taylor LOFT

Shoes: Style & Co. from Macy's

I also recently got layers and I'm totally into them. What do you think?

Do you own anything that makes you feel like a totally different person?

All dressed up in the summer: 

A big twirly sundress with pockets and buttons down the front.

Where turquoise and orange go together surprisingly well.

And where you never really have to brush your hair.

Tulle Dress: La De Da

Necklace: J.Crew

Watch: Fossil

Shoes: c/o Jigsaw London

I would wear this dress to my imaginary office job, where I drink coffee all day and wear very high heels and sit at the computer in my corner office and say things like, "Could you have that report to me by five?" I would get Very Important Things done, and then I'd hit the town for a swanky steak dinner and a couple dirty martinis with extra olives.

Twiglet Print Jersey Dress: c/o Jigsaw London

Leather Wedge Shoes: c/o Jigsaw London

Watch: Fossil | Earrings: Gift from Parents | Ring: Tiffany & Co.

Eye Makeup: Chanel Quadra Eye Shadow in Bleu Celestes

Nail Color: OPI in From A to Z-urich

  

  

  

The high-powered executive life can be exciting, yes, but there's not much that's better than meeting your friends for a long weekend brunch in a baggy shirt, hair still curled from the night before. Omelets, laughs.  And, even better, it's real.

Oversized Stripe T-Shirt: c/o Jigsaw London

Leggings: Victoria's Secret

Bag: Carlos Santana

Sunglasses: Ray-Ban

Necklace: Gift from a Friend

I'll be on the Jigsaw blog today, sharing my tips for keeping it together when your life hands you a lot to keep track of.

Come stop by, say hello, and share a few of yours with us.

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