Camouflage Utility Jacket and Stacked Necklaces

I am pretty darn proud of this outfit.  It's all about the layering.  I layered my casual camouflage utility jacket with a business-like button down.  And then I layered up some jewels around my neck.  Those necklaces really look like they go together!  This outfit is one of my new cold-weather faves.  Too bad no one can see it under the parka I've been having to wear around New Jersey.

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Glasses: c/o Firmoo (exact) (BOGO FREE V-day SALE!)
Utility Jacket: Old Navy (similar for only $29!!!)
Top: Michael Kors via Marshall's (similar)

Booties: Macy's (worn, similar)

Jeans: Banana Republic (worn, similar)

Kate Spade Riviera Garden Bib: Bloomingdale's (similar, worn)
Juliet & Co. Minuit Choker via Rocks Box (similar)

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Bracelet: Banana Republic (worn, similar)
Watch: Michael Kors (worn, similar)

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Plaid Thoughts to Plaid Reality

Obviously, I am obsessive about my clothing.  I mean...why else have a fashion blog?

Plaid top: c/o Front Row Shop (exact, similar) | Camo top: thrifted | Pants: Gap (old) | Shoes: Target | Pave Bracelet: Groopdealz (worn) | Spike Bracelet: Sira Mara | Watch: Michael Kors | Necklace: ShopLately

I have a really bad habit of becoming obsessed with finding the perfect item of clothing...at the perfect price of course.  And fellow blogger Shanna's windowpane plaid top initiated a new obsessive search.  My obsessive searches always start the same way: I get a vision of the perfect item.  Sometimes it's something I've seen online that I add a few of my own criteria to or sometimes it's something I make up completely in my own head.  Then, after a month or so of obsessive searching, the Scot tells me to give up because my dream item does not exist.  I've had pretty good luck in the past, so I am unsure why the Scot has such little faith in my shopping abilities.  (See i.e. navy blue rain coat with defined waist and hood and leopard print flats with no calf hair.)  Maybe it's just that he's tired of hearing me talk about aforesaid rain coat and shoes.

Well, as you can see my windowpane plaid story had a happy ending (which includes my copying Shanna's outfit.)

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Camoflage, Rhinestones, Dots and a Scarf Giveaway!

Vest: JC Penney (exact) | Skirt: Macy's (worn, similar) | Top: thrifted (worn) |
Shoes: TOMS (similar) | Scarf: c/o Nimli (similar) | NJ Necklace: Fifth & Mae (exact) |
Bracelets: thirfted, Groopdealz, & Favery (worn here & here; similar here & here)

This is how I am doing one of this year's hottest trends, camouflage....in small doses and with rhinestones.  Camouflage pants are just not for me.  A concerned friend once stopped me from buying pink camouflage pants many years ago.  Although I still mourn the loss of those pants, I know it was the right decision.  There are just some trends that aren't for everyone.

However, I never pattern mix in small doses.  Ok, maybe this outfit has too many patterns in it.  But, maybe because the striped shirt and polka dotted scarf are the same colors, they really only count as one pattern.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

And if you like my scarf...you can't have it...but you can win a similar one from Nimli! 

Nimli is a curated market place that sells everything from clothing, to makeup to home goods.  You can pretty much find anything on there!  So, enter below with the Rafflecopter widget.

Full Disclosure: I was provided with the scarf I am wearing and the one for the giveaway free of charge and in exchange for an honest review.  I was not provided any other compensation for this post and all opinions are 100% mine.

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