Neon and Stripes

by Heather

It's been 80 degrees and sunny here for the past couple of days which gets me thinking about Spring. Spring and the color yellow go together in my mind and I love stripes as well, especially in nautical blue and white, for the warm weather.

Prabal Gurung for Target sweater; Target scarf; Chico's boyfriend jeans

When I saw that the Prabal Gurung for Target line featured a neon yellow and white sweater, I knew I had to have it. Glad I didn't wait too long -- read later that the line pretty much sold out its first day. Also happy that I picked up both the small and the medium sized sweater. I didn't have time (or maybe it was energy) to try it on in the store, so I took both. The small is plenty big even though I usually wear a medium in Target tops. While shopping for the sweater, the scarf section was directly across the aisle and the blue and white striped scarf with the slash of neon yellow caught my eye.

With the scarf tied, the sweet little white V-shape of the sweater gets hidden so here's a picture with the scarf draped.

A close-up of the Target earrings and a BCBG neon yellow and silver ring

And, of course, the jewelry section is right next to the scarves and. of course, there were cute neon yellow earrings to coordinate with the other pieces.  I do like a matchy-matchy look so the three items had to come home with me.  I first tried the new pieces with white jeans, which is a nice look, but technically it's still winter so the old-fashioned part of me just couldn't do it. Pairing it with boyfriend jeans kept a little bit of a "winter in Scottsdale" look with the yellow and white being my nod to the Spring-like weather.

Ann Taylor yellow and bling bracelet; BCBG yellow and silver ring; white ceramic Michael Kors watch; (hard-to-see neon) yellow braided wrap bracelet 

Charles David heels

 I had the yellow shoes in the pile to go to our upcoming swap party. I love the style but they're not really comfortable to wear for extended periods. When summer rolls around, I'll pull out the white wedges or the pale grey with yellow sandals or the...well, who knows for sure, but I'm thinking that the yellow and white sweater will pair well with a lot of shoes!

 Here's another sweater (Urban Outfitters) with a little stripe of neon yellow. I've paired it with my J. Crew Edie purse, white jeans from White House Black Market, and a neon yellow necklace purchased last summer.

I've been working on expanding my repertoire of scarf-ties so stay tuned for next Monday's blog when I'll show you what I've learned.  Join us the rest of this week, too, for topics ranging from food to money to furnishings and fun!

Love,

Heather