Those mornings when you oversleep or was just simply too lazy to get up and get ready and hour ago (even if limited with time!) scrambling around your just-cleaned bedroom to find an outfit for the day having absolutely no idea what to wear while looking like you took the time and effort to dress up- Coming to your rescue with some of my favorite go-to looks when in a rush or just struggling when trying to find the outfit!

Let's dive into it!

Look #1: Sweater and Midi Skirt

I had recently been obsessing over midi skirts lately, and I personally think they're the perfect go-to piece out there! I paired the skirt with a furry crop top sweater and red patent pumps. Appropriate and super cute for any outing!

Look #7: Jacket and Pants

You could never go wrong with a fur coat and printed jeans! Balancing out is an important thing to remember when dressing up. Looking disproportionate one section of the outfit than another can really be a wtf moment. What I like to do to stay proportionate with my outfit is to choose a statement (there I go with statement again) jacket and bottom (1 & 4) while keeping my top and shoes simple. From there, if I feel I need more to add to my look, I go in with some accessories such as bracelets and/or a statement necklace.

I hope you guys enjoyed my favorite 5 minute outfits and found it useful! 

What's your go-to look?

xoxo,

Sarah

Hi everybody! I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas, I know I did :) Time goes by so fast that you really want to make sure you spend plenty of time with your loved ones, and there's seriously nothing better than being surrounded by all the people you love the most- especially on Christmas. Gathering around the Christmas tree giving and receiving gifts together, the best! But, as cheesy as it sounds, the best gift you could ever receive and give is your love and time. I feel everyone should take time to just smile and enjoy the time and opportunities to spend with all your friends and family. "Presence > Presents" :) 

Now, I know- I'm honestly embarrassed and ashamed of myself that I didn't get to continue Blogmas. But I promise you, 2015 is gonna be the year :) My goal is to truly stay frequent on the blog and quit slacking off and delaying. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Always seems to be a bad habit of mine. It ends now!!

I'm excited to share with you guys some of my favorite looks to wear for New Years! Whether you're going out to party, or having a small get together, I put together some of my favorite looks to wear- casual or dressy. Clearly, I've been so obsessed with the reds/plums/burgundy/wine colors lately and I wholeheartedly think it goes so well with what all the outfits have in common- the sequins. I have always thought sequins were the key focus on New Years fashion to emphasize the celebration and excitement New Years brings in the fashion culture. I always love dressing glitzy and glam for the Holiday! With these outfits, you can either dress them up or down and just have fun with them because the sequins already make a huge statement to the outfit(s) making them defs perfect for New Years!

I hope you all enjoyed this post and had a wonderful Christmas! :)

xoxo,
Sarah

Hi guys! I'm very excited to share with you guys some great Secret Santa gift ideas to get for someone while on a budget. Oh the deals that come up during the holidays- I love it! Makeup, accessories, goodies, there's plenty of things out there that you can score on as the perfect Secret Santa prez for your pals. Here are some gift ideas that you can get your hands on today!

Dessert Nail Art Kit, NYX Adorable Eye Shadow Palette, Bow Clip Trio, Boston Terrier Makeup Case, Get Glossy - Make up Forever, Cake Print Brush Set

Hi guys! Comin' at cha' with day 2 of Blogmas- with only 23 more days left until Christmas, I'm excited to share with you guys some of my favorite outfits of the week looks in December that I put together! I cannot begin to explain how much I love dressing up in the Winter time. I get to wear some of my favorite articles of clothing and accessories. Trench coats, oversized sweaters, beanies, scarves, boots, socks. How can you not love that?!

There's nothing I love better than dressing up even when it's freezing cold outside. What I really love about Winter fashion is you can wear almost any clothing item from any season as long as you have the right clothing to make it all proportionate. The variety and amount of layering pieces is what all makes Winter fashion so easy, fun and automatically so modish. 

I hope you guys enjoyed this post of Blogmas! Stay tuned tomorrow for Day 3 and 22 more Blogmas posts to come :) 

What is your favorite article of clothing in the Winter time?

xoxo,

Sarah

Happy December 1st, Pals! It's been two weeks since I last posted and I am so ashamed! But I'm here to announce that I will be doing blogmas! For those of you who were like me yesterday and did not have a clue as to what blogmas is, it is where I will be posting everyday until Christmas. I'm super excited and let the countdown to Christmas begin!!

To start off Blogmas, I'm going to share my most absolute favorite things about December.

First off, December?! already?! It doesn't feel that long ago when we were all gathered around the Christmas tree giving and receiving presents last year.

What's not to love about December? The cozy sweaters, the warm drinks, the snuggles, the family get-togethers, CHRISTMAS. The list can go on for days, but December would have to be my most favored month of the year because it's like a preparation for something big. Considering it is the last month until the new year, there's a lot of exciting things in midst of the month that brings so much joy and is an opportunity to end the year with joy before we get the chance to start all over again.

 I'm very excited to continue the blogmas journey and become more Christmas spirited than I already am. Stay tuned for more blogmas (and non-blogmas) posts on CM. TTYT!

What do you love about December?

xoxo, 

Sarah

What I love about December:
1. Christmas
2. Christmas Eve
3. Holiday shopping
4. Baking cookies
5. Christmas Parties
6. Getting prezzies :)
7. Hot Cocoa
8. Bundling up in layers of clothing
9. Thick Scarves
10. Comfy Boots
11. Ugly Sweaters
12. Winter break
13. Reuniting with family
14. Christmas Movies
15. Nonstop Christmas music
16. Holiday decorating
17. Candles everywhere
18. More and more socks
19. Grandmas house!
20. Remembering the reason for the season

I turned 17 on the 20th! With the love and support from some of my favorite people, I had such blast this weekend. I really enjoyed being surrounded as well as spending some quality time with my family and friends- nothing better than that! I probably lost count on how many different restaurants I went to in the time span of two days, but know that I enjoyed each and every one :)

Friday was my first birthday outing because I had work on my actual one. I got to spend it with my sister and favorite cousins at Buca Di Beppo in the beautiful city. It was a fancy and elegant (and definitely yummy!) Italian restaurant which probably has become one of my favorite Italian restaurants EVER! The portions are huge and shared a Baked Ziti entree that is supposedly supposed to feed 4-6 people but fed my sisters boyfriend, my sister and I just perfectly with barely any leftover because we totally devoured the whole thing. After, we went over to my cousins place to watch the movie A million ways to die in the West which was absolutely hilarious! Then surprised me with the cutest multicolored mint ice cream cake which was so so yummy.

I decided to wear my black high-neck bodycon dress with a cutout detailing in the middle from Forever 21 and paired it with my lace booties from Charlotte Russe. Since it was also rather chilly outside, I decided to top it off with my new baby pink princess coat from Forever 21 as well which I am honestly so freaking obsessed with. 

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! I am so grateful to have such amazing people in my life. I had so much fun this weekend. :)

With love,

Sarah

Dress: Forever 21

Shoes: Charlotte Russe

Coat: Forever 21

Bag: Forever21

Hi Lovelies! Today was such a great and productive day for me. Considering I got no sleep at all last night, I was so relieved to find out school got cancelled today (shoutout to wide-spread local power outages). I was able to get the sleep that I didn't have then was up and goin' and still able to start my day off early and right.

I spent the whole day at my cousins school where he studies fashion design. I was so into the demos and had the opportunity to learn some sketching techniques and got to participate in the class activities which was totally awesome. We learned how to sketch heels from different angles as well as using watercolor and Gouache. Let's just say I stuck to observing. But overall, it was a really fun experience especially because building my life around the fashion industry is something I really want to do, the little things I got to discover and experience were very applicable for that which is why I enjoyed every minute of my time there!

Hope you guys enjoy the few shots I took during my time at the school!

What did you do today? :)

xoxo, 

Sarah

Hello, loves! You don't know how crucial it's been not being able to post in a while. Almost two weeks! I've been camera-less (still) which totally sucks and busy with school and work. I just feel really happy knowing that with all the school, work, and extra online classes- my blog is something I look forward getting to. Not necessarily just my blog in particular, but generally exploring the fashion culture in others point of view. Fashion is probably the only thing that I have genuinely taken interest in which may sound really sad (but true!) I've done ballet, jazz, hip-hop and contemporary dance and cheerleading in the past which I did really enjoy but found was more of a short-term hobby. 

I'm also very fond of journalism, which takes us back to my blog. My blog gives me the opportunity to do the two main things that I actually enjoy doing with my life all in one which is the best part. I love how I can express myself through my own words and style!

I apologize for the delay in posts. Let's hope I get a decent quality camera soon so I don't have to rely on polyvore posts or photos via iPhone. I'll just leave you here with some stuff on my Christmas wishlist! (or my wishlist in general)

Ttyl!

xoxo, 

Sarah

If there is one thing I learned to always keep in mind when finding what to wear for the day- or simply to just to make things easier for me during the process is to find some kind of statement. Clothing, accessories, prints, makeup- How do you emphasize your look?

Photos via my Polyvore creations

A printed clothing item is my #1 when I'm in a rush to go somewhere. When I'm scrambling around my room figuring out to wear (but want to look cute at the same time!), I find a printed or detailed shirt and pair it with simplistic bottoms, or vice versa. Voila!

xoxo,

Sarah