It was still early 2018 and the cold front was still in Miami, it was 46 degrees and it was finally time to break out the Marchesa Voyage cape coat I've never been able to wear, even if it was just for a few hours in the morning. If you remember my previous posts, I had originally bought this coat for $25 at Ross for an upcoming NC trip, which ended being a warm trip. Never thought I would be able to use it here in Miami and lately there have been more cold fronts, even now in March.

My go to new skinny jeans Bongo from JCPenney, new Tommy Hilfiger knit top from Ross, embroidered Marchesa Voyage cape coat worth almost $600 bought for $25 at Ross and boots from Sears.

I had decided to put up my valentines decor early in January.

A chilly 46 degrees.

For this very pink makeup look, I used Huda Beauty obsessions palette in mauve, eyebrows are Anastasia Beverly Hills brow pomade in taupe and Everlasting liquid lipstick from Kat Von D in melancholia. Also used Benefit Cosmetics POREfessional primer.

I'm posting still trying to catch up to my current outfits, but I as you know I stopped for a few months, since all I did was work. This look was for the beginning of 2018 and it started off with a cold front in Miami, which I was loving, since it was an all day one and I was able to brush off the dust from my winter clothes.

Skinny jeans Bongo from JCPenney, thermal shirt from Rainbow, poncho from Old Navy and boots from Sears.

Pearls was a wedding gift from my mother in law and headpiece from Miss A. I was wearing my new Huda Beauty obsessions palette in mauve, Anastasia Beverly Hills brow pomade in taupe and Tartiest quick dry matte lip stain from Tarte.

And as a new year, my husband and I got couples tattoos. I had been wanting one for a while now, just didn't know what I wanted, so when I finally found it, we did it and loved it. This is my second tattoo, my first was "Liebe dich selbst" which is love yourself on my wrist.

I've been really loving this new app called snow, a lot of pretty cool filters and I had to take one with my husband during this cold front.

It was new years eve and it took me three dresses to try on in my closet to finally find what I was going to wear. Both my husband and I worked this day at Publix, so it was a long and hard day, which we barely made into the night. I had just bought some goodies at Sephora and this would be the perfect night to try many of them.

Dress from Ross, belted bow from Rainbow, booties from Sears, earrings from Miss A and bracelet from Burlington Coat Factory.

My husband and I arriving at the in laws place.

i created this look with the Huda Beauty obsessions palette in smokey, Anastasia Beverly Hills brow pomade in taupe for the brows and Tarte Cosmetics tartiest lip paint in bounce.

My nexgen Christmas nails that lasted well into the new year.

It was late, lighting wasn't too great, but we still wanted to take a celebratory picture with one of the new years snapchat filters just before heading home to crash.

I had another interview at UM Hospital where I had already started at a doctor's office in April, this time it was for another doctor's office on the floor above. This was for June, two months after I had started my new job, but since it was only part time for two days of the week, I thought I would try something else as well. I was already working at Publix and now this new hospital job, I was thinking I could manage three, but they had asked me for three days of the week and at that time I wasn't able to have Publix only on weekends, so I turned it down. Luckily it was the right choice, since my current hospital employer increased my days to three days a week and a raise. Then again I was asked to do four days and another raise, at that point I was already working at another Publix and could give them only weekends. I was transferred since I got married and they don't allow marriages in the same department, their loss since we actually work amazing together, the fastest ones there.

Pencil skirt brand new from Goodwill, maroon top was a gift from a friend from swap shops and booties from Sears, brand I Love Comfort.

Statement necklace from Forever 21, earrings from Payless, all pearl bracelets from Miss A and new white watch was a gift from hubby from Amazon.

I'm wearing my engagement ring from Zales now with my wedding band from Piercing Pagoda.

It was April of last year when I was only working for Publix and a family friend who was working at UM Hospital informed me that one of the doctor's office she was working in was looking to hire someone and I was eager to set up an interview. This was a private billing office for a psychiatrist at this hospital, a bit far from my home, but thought I would give it a shot, since I had worked for an orthopedic office dealing with insurance companies and authorizations. I had emailed the office manager and had set up the interview for a weekday I was off at about 10am, which was a mistake given the amount of traffic I encountered on the way there, took me about an hour to get there.

Pencil skirt from Goodwill, peplum top from Rainbow, booties from Sears and handbag from DD's Discount.

Multi-strand pearl necklace from Miss A, pearl earrings were a gift, Zales engagement ring and white watch was an Amazon gift from my then fiance.

Thevinterview went well and I was called to start a training day sooner than expected, since I already had my Publix schedule. I went on a Tuesday where I had to close with my shift starting at 5pm, so I had the morning and early afternoon available for the training. I put on some of the scrubs I had from the orthopedic job, but since it had been a while, they were tight. As before I had dropped way too much and was on my way to gaining a healthy weight back. It went pretty great and it is the job I continue to do now along with some added responsibilities, which is better for my resume when searching for this kind of employment in North Carolina when we move. The scrubs I buy are from DD's Discount, the pearl necklace from Miss A and earrings from Forever 21.

This would be my last casual Friday look of the year at the orthopedic office and my last day at that job, since things would be slow the following year. I would be called upon when they needed me, so for now it would just be the Publix job. Again it was a chilly day, so I wore another 3/4 sleeve top with tights and booties.

Black button up shirt from Rainbow, striped white and gold cupcake skirt also from Rainbow, opaque tights from Target, booties from Sears and red Kenneth Cole Reaction handbag from Ross.

Earrings from Claire's, necklace from Forever 21, Zales engagement ring, Target watch with bracelets from Miss A and bracelet on other wrist from Burlington Coat Factory.

It was the holiday season, so I did my nails in red and one accent nail.

Last winter it was a chilly day in Miami and a day off from work. Put on my 3/4 sleeve jean shirt with my leggings and my favorite booties along with my pearls. 

Jean button up shirt from Target, leggings, booties from Sears and blue handbag from DD's Discount.

Target watch, bracelets from Miss A, earrings from Forever 21 and pearl necklace from no more rack, which no longer exists, but I've seen similar deals on Groupon.

I am writing this as the rain and wind begin here from hurricane Irma and the electricity has been flickering, we will get the worst of it starting tonight and tomorrow, luckily we are no longer in the cone, but we will still get hit with floods for sure. For now this will be my last post until this passes, maybe Monday, let's see if work will resume this day or not. This was during December of last year and I had gone shopping for some new plaid shirts, since I had really liked my blue one, luckily there were still some options left. Again I paired plaid with a pencil skirt, but went for a light colored skirt, I felt it looked better with this plaid top. I was still cooler weather and I was still able to wear my booties.

 

 

 New plaid top from Rainbow, glittered pencil skirt from The Limited, blazer from Madrag, booties from Sears and blue handbag from dd's discount.

 

 

 

 

 Necklace from Forever 21, earrings from miniinthebox.com, which is a sister company of Light in the Box, kind of like the popular site and app Wish, engagement ring from Zales, watch from Target, bracelets from Miss A and other wrist is a new cuff my fiance at the time got from one of the shows at Fair Expo, which is his second job. He had gotten so many of these, I used them as Christmas gifts for so many people and the rest were given to my mother to give away in Nicaragua, along with hundreds of pens, backpacks and shopping totes