Moto sequins and side-swept do

Earrings: (old) | Jacket: Express | Necklace: Express | Dress: Express (similar) | Tights: Target (option) | Boots: Vince Camuto (similar but limited sizes here)

My week off is so close I can smell it! Just one more work day to endure, but for the most part, all my big deadlines have been met for the year, so it's just a little bit of blocking and tackling until the new year! I managed to pull out another sequined piece today! What's really, really sad is that one of the very first posts I wrote about was my obsession with Express' striped dresses - see here. At the very end of the post, I mention this exact sequin dress and that it had not been worn yet. That was almost a year ago, and admittedly, today was the first time I've worn it. Yes, I know. I'm a new clothes hoarder. And I guess this is the week where I'm removing those price tags since I took my other dress out on its maiden voyage yesterday. To be honest, the reason why I hadn't worn this one is because I remembered it being a little more snug than the regular dresses fit me. I know I've gained weight over the year, so I truly expected to look like a sausage in this today, especially wearing tights. But much to my relief delight, it fit just fine. So maybe I was crazy back then, or extra bloated when I originally tried it on? I dunno. But this dress is just as awesome as all the others. After wearing heels all week, I was looking forward to cozy-ing up in flat riding boots today.

OK, so now my hair! If you saw my Instagram photo, you saw that I was experimenting with this side-swept do. I've always loved this look and have tried to re-create it on my own, but it's always fallen apart. Well, Katie over at Style Diary recently styled her hair like this and included a link to this video. So easy!

I need to work on concealing the bobby pins a little bit better - looking at the back of my head in the mirror, I could not see them at all, but I can see them in this pic. I suspect it will get even easier over time, but even just as it is today, I just love it! I also tried dry shampoo for the first time EVER today. This one here to be exact. It felt great, but the true test will be when I leave my hair down for second day hair. We shall see! Do you have a favorite dry shampoo?

Hope today is your last day, too, before a few days off!

Linking up with Vicki, Christina, Lauren, Sherry, Allison