OOTN: BarOne

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 This past weekend was crazy in Atlanta. The BET Hip Hop Awards was here as well as the HBCU Football Classic. I wanted to get fancy and go out but because of all the rappers and entertainers in town this weekend I knew all the groupies were going to be out and the club owners were going to be charging $100 plus a limb to get into the club. Plus, I'm just over the whole club scene anyway. Luckily, my old manager just so happen to call me wanting to go to a lounge. It's soo sad but for me to be from Atlanta I literally have NO idea what goes on and where everybody likes to go on Saturdays. Anyway, my co-worker suggested we go to BarOne so I made reservations and that's where we went. If you watch Housewives of Atlanta then you know that BarOne is owned by Cynthia Bailey's husband, Peter Thomas. He's soooo handsome in person! He was actually there celebrating his birthday. Ok enough of the rambling here's what I wore:

*waves* Hi!!

Hello young world!
Sorry for the lack of posts.... It's not really like I post on a regular basis anyway (bad Tan!).  I really want to start posting regularly so I've been researching and brainstorming about what direction I want to go in.  Independent Fashion Bloggers has been a great help in my research.  If you are a blogger you must read their articles daily!  I learn so much from that site on a daily basis.  There's more to quality blogging then just taking random pictures and writing a paragraph or two about the random pictures.  I hope from now on that I will be giving my faithful few readers quality material :-)

On to some more fun stuff... My summer so far has been amazing! I'm having soo much fun!  I have to admit that I've become an Instagram-aholic so I've been capturing moments of my summer in pictures.

Style Project: KayElle

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I would like you all to meet one of my business partners/besties Kimberly (aka KayElle).  She is a blogger, photographer, Sneaker hoarder, lover of all things cute, all round cool chick.  [ You can visit her blog here].  Kim is also a Tomboy that tends to hide her curves under big shirts and hoodies.  *whispers* She doesn't own very many "girl clothes"! Don't tell her I told you!* Anyway, she works with me and as you all know we had a manager's meeting last week in Baltimore.  I took on the task of getting her dressed for both events.  Here are the pictures:

This is what she wore to the banquet

 Outfit Specs 

Dress: Torrid 

Shoes: Payless 

Jewerly: Forever 21 and Payless 

 We caught a great deal on the dress. It was only $50! Then she was able to get another discount because she applied for the card. Overall the dress was a good deal. Because Kim is smaller at the top I thought it would be nice to put her in something that was one-shouldered. I think the dress looked really good on her. She received several compliments. Yaaaaay me! :-)

 This is what she wore to the trade shows and the meetings

 Outfit Specs 

Skirt: Ross 

Denim Shirt: Walmart 

Shoes: Converse Chuck Taylors

With this outfit I wanted to keep her in her comfort zone with sneakers but pull her out a little bit by putting her into something more form fitting and show her curves off a tad bit.  

She really loved her outfits and felt good in them.  Let me know what you all think!

Thanks for reading! Make sure you go and check out her blog! KayElleKnows  

Spring Anticipation

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I'm soooo excited! Spring is coming! Spring is coming! I looooovvee spring! Time springs forward today so it's officially about to be spring.  I still haven't had the chance to look through my spring issues to check out all of the spring trends however I have been creating my own trends for spring.  That post will be next... as soon as I figure out how to work Photoshop (I'm learning though :-))
Anyway, here's what I wore today:

Outfit Specs

Top: ASOS// Jeggings: Rainbow// Boots and Bangles: Forever 21// Earrings: Mall kiosk

What spring trends are you looking forward to?

My Funny Valentine

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My best friend was my valentine this year.  He took me to a new restaurant downtown named Truva.  It is a Mediterranean restaurant.  Ok, I'm always up to trying new things, expecially food.  However, this particular time I was disappointed.  I don't know what it was but I just did not like the food.  My bestie didn't like the food either.  It was a great experience though! I tipped a belly dancer! *blushing*
Here's what I wore:

Blazer- Lane Bryant:: Dress-Forever 21:: Pumps- Bakers:: Tights-Spanx

BODY CON?? Whaaaaaa??!!

Hello Young World!
It's been a loooooonngg time! I'm sooo sorry! :-( But I have plenty to talk about so expect a lot from me over the next for weeks.
Since I've been reading fashion blogs (fatshion blogs in particular) I noticed that bloggers share this love for Body-Con garments.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with what Body-Con is Body-Con is short for Body Conscious.  These types of garments are made out of body hugging material hince the name Body Conscious.  Now, I know that I'm not a curvy girl. My hips aren't wide.  Whether or not I have a booty depends on the day, the position of the sun, the zodiac and what angle you are looking at me.  I honestly don't have a defined shape.  I like to call my shape a cute Potatoe (hehehehehehe).  This is why I shy away from body hugging garments.  I've always thought that they were more so for women with curvier figures.  However, a trip to Miami and Forever 21 has changed my mind.
A good friend of mine invited me to go with her to Miami to celebrate her birthday with her.  Of course I couldn't resist a trip to MIAMI!! Who would?? While we were there she wanted to go to King of Diamonds and she wanted all of us to wear little black dresses. *gasp!* I have plenty of LBD's but they were all...hmmmm, how can I say...None sexy.  They weren't club attire (especially not for KOD).  So I searched the whole internet for a dress and finally decided to take a chance and buy a LBD from Forever 21.  It was cute and not expensive so why not?  Here's the dress:

Get it here!

When I finally got the dress and tried it on I IMMEDIATELY fell in love with it! I really liked the way I looked in the dress! Of course I had to pull out my shapewear to make sure everything was smooth but other than that I thought the dress looked great on me.  When I wore it to KOD I felt soooo sexy and confident.  You could not tell me I wasn't the ish in my dress honey!  I can now say I'm the owner of a Freak'em Dress... Here's me in the dress:



So with all that being said I now have a new found love for Body-Con.  While we were in Miami shopping I bought another body-con dress from Forever 21.  I plan to wear this one when I go to Orlando for All-Star weekend.  I'm going to tone this one down a little and wear it with a blazer and some black pumps.  This dress came in a few different colors in the store but it's not available online.


This is the back of the dress.  If I thought I could get away with it I would wear it like this.




I also bought this dress from ASOS Curve.  I plan to wear this in Orlando too.

Get it here!

Of course I will take pics when I can.  If I'm not able to do a post about them I will definitely post pics to my Instagram (@plusmore), My Tumblr, Style tag (@fatgirlfly), and Pose (@plusmore).

Let me know what you guys think! As always, thanks for reading :-)

Miami Haul

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I love shopping in different cities. For some reason I usually find more things when I'm in another city. We didn't go to as many places as I would have liked to (Spent too much time in traffic trying to get to South Beach) but I was still able to find quite a few things to get my fall wardrobe started. Most of the pieces are just basics. I'm in the process of revamping my closet so lately I've been sticking with items that I know I can wear over and over. I've been buying, what stylists would call, the "Bones" for my closet.

These are the items I bought from Forever 21:



















These are the items I bought from Ross:





**There's one more dress I bought from Ross but I had to wash it because I wore it. I'll show the pics in my next post.**

And last but not least, Target!:





Ugh! I hate that my phone takes better pics than my camera! I'm definitely gonna look into buying a DSLR very soon... Anyway, that's it for now.  I'll be posting some pics of my outfits and swimsuits later.  Thanks for reading! :-)

2-n-1

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I love the summer time! So far I've had a lot of fun this summer.  However, I still work 46 hours a week so I haven't been able to post as much as I would like.  I've had two OOTD's to do within the last week and I'm just now getting to them.  So this post is a two in one deal.

The first outfit is what I wore to my company's summer employee event at Dave and Busters.  The pictures are provided courtesy of Kay Elle.

Dress: Forever21

Shoes: Payless

Jewelry: Charlotte Russe

The second outfit it what I wore to the Young Jeezy concert.  If you follow me on twitter you know that I looooooovve that man! I'm kind of sad that I waited so late to do the post because I would have called it My Thug Motivation.  Even though I'm no where near thug (hehehehe):

Crop Denim Jacket: Ashley Stewart (DIY)

Tank: Target

Skirt: Forever 21

Sandals: Bakers

Bracelets: Alot of different places (Sorry)

Ring: Beauty Supply

Ok, for some reason I'm not all that excited about what I've been wearing lately.  However, I plan to have a sickening fall line up.  I work in an urban apparel store so I cant really dress up like I want.  I really want to wear more heels and what not.  My plan is to dress up more when I go to school.  Anyway, thanks for reading! :-)

OOTD: Forever Young

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Today I wore one of the tops from my last post.  The top is really cute but the fabric makes me hot! I still love it though but it'll more than likely be a fall staple.

Top and Jeans: Forever 21
Shoes: Bakers
Bangles: Charlotte Russe and Beauty Supply
Earrings: A fashion show

Ok, I have to admit that my pics are really crappy but I'm in the process of learning how to edit pictures.  I  do not have the software or the equiptment that I really want but I'm in the process of investing in them now.  If anybody has any advice about photo editing software or photography then please feel free to let me know.  As always, thanks for reading! :-)

Dear Summer

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Yesterday my friends and I went on a mini-roadtrip to Chattanooga to visit the Hamilton Place Mall.  This mall is the closest mall that has a Forever 21 that carries the plus size line.  I'm always on the website and I've ordered a few things but I like trying on their clothes before I buy them.  Anyway, here are a few things I purchased:

I love the way this skirt fits! I was a little scared of it because I didn't like the way it looked on the mannequin but when I tried it on it was perfect.  I bought it in a size 2x because of how much it stretches.  It's not on the website anymore but it was $10.80.

I think I'm going to save this for Miami.  If you follow me on Twitter then you'll know how much I really dont like floral prints anymore.  This tribal print is the best right now.  It was $17.80.  Didnt see this on the website either.

I have sooo many ideas on how to wear this dress.  I was afraid of this dress too but when I tried it on it was perferct! Here it is on the website

One of my friends (PearlsnFashion) had this on the straight sizes a long time ago.  I was surprised to see that they made it in plus.  She wore hers off her shoulder but this shirt isn't big enough for that but it's still super cute on.
It's not on the website anymore.

OMG!! I can't wait to wear this! This is going to be one of those pieces that I will probably wear ALL the time because there are sooo many different ways to wear it.  I was pleasantly surprised at how good it looks on.  I'm glad I found it here because I was going to pay $50-something for the one that ASOS has.  This isn't on the website either.

Overall I'm very pleased with the items I bought.  I bought things that I know I can wear a variety of ways.  If you haven't already noticed I'm really into tribal prints.  I bought a few more things that I want you all to see:

This top was $15 at Rainbow.  I'm not really a Rainbow shopper (I'm not knocking anyone that is) but I saw this top in the window and had to have it.  Its really drapey and it hangs off the shoulder.

Sooooooo... I admit... I fell into the crop top trend.  I'm not bold enough to wear it without anything under it but I really like it.  It was only $5 at Rainbow.  I had to have it...

These were on sales at DSW.  The sale price was $49.95 but there was an additional 30% off so with the discount and tax I paid like $40 for them.  I think I'm probably going to build my fall wardrobe around these.  They are a little tight but since they are leather I know they are going to stretch.

I knooooooww! Don't judge me! They were only $2.50 at Bakers. 

These were $65 at Bakers.  I really need a pair of cute wedges because I only own like 2 pair.  They are much easier to walk in. 

I found a new summer fragrance.  This is Chance by Chanel.  It smells sooooo good! I love it.  I bought the 1.2 oz bottle for $55.

Last but not least, this is what I wore:

Top: Dots
Shorts: DIY
Sandals: Bakers
Bangles: Charlotte Russe

Soooooo, I had fun but now I'm almost broke. I plan to do OOTD's for all the items.  I have a few more things to get to complete a few looks but overall I'm pretty excited about my summer wardrobe. 

What are some of you favorite summer wardrobe items?

 I would love to hear them! :-)  As always thank you sooo very much for reading!