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2011: A Very Stylish Year in Review

27 Dec

2011 mantle

What a phenomenal — and stylish — year it has been. As we await the arrival of 2012, I wanted to take a look back at Style Me Thrifty’s most memorable moments from 2011. And what better way to do that than to serve them up superlative-style (heey high school!).

Let’s take a walk down memory lane…

Most Popular:
Top 10 Tips for Looking Fab at a Bridal Shower

My site stats read loud & clear: women of all ages don’t know what to wear to bridal showers! Glad to know we’re in this together. Thanks for making this post so popular (all my other posts are jealous).

Top 10 Tips for Looking Fab at Bridal Shower

Most Likely to Succeed [in an Internet Search]:
“ombre nails”

Believe it or not, ombre nails was the most searched term that brought traffic to my blog. I find this pretty cool/random! Note to self: post more awkward hand photos.

Ombre Nails post

Busy Bee Award:
December 21, 2011

Despite being a big week for holiday travel, December 21 was SMT’s busiest day for traffic. Thanks for logging in, even on the road, at your grandma’s house, at work! etc.

SMT's site stats

Chatty Kathy Award:
Introducing… the Spin Pin!

The comments came pouring in when I reviewed Goody’s Spin Pins. In fact, this post is also the most talked about (in person) post amongst my friends and family. Must buy stock in Goody!

Introducing... the Spin Pin!

Scariest Moment:
The day I joined Twitter

Jumping into the Twittersphere was not an easy decision. So many tweets, so little time. I finally decided – what the heck – and dove in head-first. Join me!

SMT on Twitter

Happiest Moment of 2011:
The day I bought stylemethrifty.com

November 11 will forever hold a special spot in my heart: I finally dropped the “wordpress” from my URL and joined the big leagues with my very own URL. Yay! Thanks for a great year, all!

stylemethrifty.com!

Colored Tights Outfit Decoded

14 Dec

Style Me Thrifty in green tights

I posted the above photo of my colored tights to Style Me Thrifty’s Facebook page this morning and have been inundated with questions about the origin of the items I’m wearing (I have such nosy friends and family!). ;-)

For all you curious ladies, see below. I also wanted to take a sec and explain why this photo is um, missing a torso and head. The truth is: the main goal of my blog is to help my readers lead more stylish lives on a budget — NOT to promote how fashionable I am on a daily basis (trust me, I average at least one frumpy outfit a week!). I share occasional photos of myself as examples of how to to style pieces. And well, I chop off my head because I want you to picture yourself in that item — not me (and my big forehead)! In fact, the first thing I always tell my photographer/bf is, “Don’t get my face in it!” Hence the headless photos.

So I’d like to dedicate this blog post to all those days you feel frumpy! Cheers!

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Boots: Aldo (similar here and here)
Watercolor dress: Nordstorm junior’s dept circa 2008, Lush is the brand
(kind of similar here, here and here)
Tights: Spanx Tight-End in Bistro Green (c/o)
Cardi: LOFT (similar here and here)
*Tip* – Before you go shopping, check your closet for any navy items you already own. It’s the perfect color combo for green tights (or really, any color!).

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You might also like: How to Wear Colored Tights