Falling for Animal Print

Even though I'm a summer girl,  I'm looking forward to Fall again this year so I can get more use out of my warm wardrobe. I'm hoping to post more outfits with the layered look of sweaters, skirts, tights, leggings and boots. It's not quite cold enough for a full layered outfit right now, but here are a couple of animal print inspired Fall looks.                                                 I am still addicted to animal print! 

Top: Walmart
Leggings: c/o No nonsense

Necklace: Kohls

Bracelet: BaubleBar

Leopard Boots: Fashion Bug

  Shirt: Macy's Skirt: Old Navy, old

Tights: c/o No nonsense

Boots: Fashion Bug

I love the "deep burgundy" opaque tights they sent since it is the color of the season. 

Since it's such a bold color, I wanted to highlight it with a palette of just black and white. The tights were light, but still opaque and so comfortable. 

Need to go get some more colors! 

Check out all the colors in this video from Jill Martin, 

co-author of “I Have Nothing to Wear!”

Love that No nonsense are so affordable and you can grab them just about anywhere while you are doing your other errands around town.  

Check out more from No nonsense tights and leggings and No nonsense on Facebook. 

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of No nonsense. All opinions are 100% mine.

Team Philippines

Jersey: Selah

Shorts: old

Flip flops: Payless, old

Watch: hand me down from mr.shopfreak

Bamboo bangle: Target, old

Friendship bracelet: handmade

Showing my Pilipino pride at SF Pistahan festival and

participating in #StyleMeSeptember's Team pride challenge

Stella & Dot Winner!

Photo credit

Congratulations to Linda Y.! I'll be emailing you and you will have 48 hours to respond before we choose a new winner. Thanks to all who participated! 

Homeward Bound

Dress: Forever 21 $6

Necklace: JCPenney

Bracelet: ? 

Driving home was quick, even from Carlsbad. Surprisingly, I actually drove 3 hours of the ride myself. I'm lucky to have a husband who does 99% of the driving, wherever we are.

I'm just a princess like that. 

Beach Towns

Dress: Kohls $10

Purse: TJMax $40

Flip Flops: Payless

My favorite part of Southern California is most definitely the beach. I just love the view and the feeling of being on vacation. We walked around Carlsbad Village after spending a day on the beach further south. I love spending time in beach towns, having clam chowder and fried calamari. Hopefully one day, I'll live by the beach again...

Zehbra

Dress: Express, old

Necklace: H&M $15, 2011

Shoes: Old Navy $5, recent

Zebra was big in our house this summer: 

1) We had a safari party and used this print as a main feature. 

I wore this dress during the party, but it didn't look nearly as cute because 

I forgot all about the necklace :(

2) My daughter's favorite cartoon character is Peppa Pig 

who pronounces it "Zeh-bra". 

3) Inspired the name of the newest stuffed animal: Chubby Zehbra or Zebby, for short

*Participating in "Animal Instincts" challenge for #StyleMeSeptember

It's all about the shoes

Dress: Lauren Conrad, Kohls $6

Belt: Gottchalks, old

Shoes: Old Navy $10

Necklace: Claires $1

This outfit was put together from the bottom up. I stalked this LC dress for so long so I was so excited to find it for only $6. Kohl's clearance is the best!

*Participating in "Fancy Feet" challenge for #StyleMeSeptember

Stella & Dot Giveaway! UPDATED

Thanks to Stella & Dot Stylist, Deanne, I'm hosting a giveaway for the Cleo Fringe Earrings. 

UPDATED: Giveaway will end on Wednesday, September 26th and we'll select a winner via random.org. 

Mandatory entries:  
1) Become a public follower of my blog and leave a comment that you did so (see side bar). 

2) Visit Deanne's website and leave a comment with your favorite Stella & Dot item. 

Bonus Entries: 

1) Follow us on twitter:  @shopfreak14 and @DKGems1 then comment to let me know you did so.

2) Follow shopfreak and Deanne on Facebook and leave a comment

3) Follow shopfreak  and Deanne on Pinterest and leave a comment

4) Tweet about our  giveaway and then comment here with your tweet link. You can do this once a day until September 26th.  Sample tweet:   Stella & Dot giveaway on @shopfreak14 blog!  http://tinyurl.com/shopfreakcleo @DKGems1 #stelladot #giveaway 

Chartreuse

Tank: Macy's, old

Skirt: Charlotte Russe, $5, old

Earrings: Charlotte Russe, $4, old

Bracelet: $2, street vendor in Santa Cruz

Loving the mix of accessories here. It's the first time I wearing my souvenir from a day trip we took awhile back. I cannot pass up street vendors, especially with pricing like this!

*Participating in YOLO Mondays and "Green with Envy" challenge for #StyleMeSeptember

Think Pink

Dress: Marshalls $10

Earrings: gift from work

Belt: Target, free with dress

Bracelet: JCPenney, old

Love the color and style of this dress for the #StyleMeSeptember Pretty in Pink challenge 

Mini Bay Area

Shorts: Loft $10

Shirt: Target, free with coupon

Earrings: c/o ShopLately

Necklace: Baublebar, free with purchase

Flipflops: Payless 

My favorite part of Legoland is Miniland, especially the mini Bay Area. 

*Participating in "Nantucket Picnic" challenge for #StyleMeSeptember

(I was pinned!)

Friday Finds

ShopLately: Chevron rings $6

Oasap $13 and free shipping

ShopLately: smartphone wallet: $24

Trip Packing

Dress: Old Navy $2.50

Purse: TJMaxx, $40

Flip Flops: Payless

This was the first day of our trip to Southern California to end our summer. We usually plan vacation to coincide with our wedding anniversary and mr. shopfreak's birthday, but this time, the kids were going back to school early. I usually have a hard enough time packing for a trip, but now even more planning (and indecision) is involved. I take into consideration: 

1) weather 2) activity and now: 3) outfits that have not been blogged. I'm all about different backgrounds for my outfit pics so vacations are the perfect time to bring out outfits that haven't been photographed. 

So this wonderful background is the Peet's Coffee in Valencia. 

Sometimes a picture is better than none at all. 

I promise, the next few backgrounds will be better :)

*Participating in "To the Knee" challenge for #StyleMeSeptember

Embroidery Love

Dress: Zara $20 2011

Necklace: c/o ShopLately

Bracelets: Orange: Stella & Dot, gold $1

Purse: Steve Madden, TJMaxx $40 

Wedges: Kohls $20

My Zara store is about an hour away and so whenever I'm there and there is a sale, I kinda feel the pressure to come home with something. Not rational, not ideal, but it happens :)

Good thing I love my impulse buy... the embroidery is so pretty and it has that indigenous, tribal-y feel I'm attracted to. This one kinda reminds me of Hawaiian quilts. This whole outfit makes me happy: embroidery, orange and gold! Love!