And this is why I love Target..

A couple months ago, I was flipping through one of my favorite educational tools (Lucky Magazine) & saw a wonderful ad. It was selling something that could change lives... shoes by Cynthia Vincent for Target. They were scheduled to drop April 18th & I decided back in February the cognac wedges in the ad would be mine.

Fast forward... Sunday April 18... 6pm. I logged onto Target.com & those bad boys were gone- OUT OF STOCK. That night, I got inspired & told myself I would get on the road to find my shoes the next morning. I wasn't the only one waiting on these shoes & lots of folks had my same idea. I hit a store in West Hollywood- nothing. Bellflower... zip. Lakewood didn't even carry Cynthia Vincent. On the freeway back to the city, I called the Van Nuys store, willing to drive another 40 miles on the hunt for my wedges. I called the store. SOLD OUT BUT getting a shipment at 3. I called back at 315 & wouldn't you know, those bad boys were gone. Upset and shoe deprived, I got back online & found the most remote Target I could get to... Valencia! They had my shoes- one pair of 10s left. I hopped on the 405 at rush hour, knowing I was coming home with my wedges. I fought traffic- and common sense- finally making it to the store. THEY SOLD MY DAMN SHOES BEFORE I COULD GET THERE!!! I was crushed & needed someone to curse at. I think the guest services clerk saw the crazy shoe gleam in my eye & came up with a solution... and I got my shoes. That was the best $100 I've ever spent on $30 shoes...



Erica "I got my wedges" Orange

Leggings with Bows, Moptops & Potato chips

Howdy... I'm on my way back from my mental vacay. Sometimes you have to take some time off from everything to get your mind right. Erykah Badu wrote 'Window Seat' just for me... lol.

I was at traffic court a few days back. I had a super early check in time but if any of you know, that appointment time means nothing. I stood in a line that wrapped around a building, so I decided to people watch. There was a really hip, trendy chick in line. Fly sunglasses, hot white handbag- just really cute for it to be 8 am. As the line moved, I noticed there was something special about her leggings. They had bows on them! I don't know her name, but cute girl, thanks for inspiration! Gotta buy these!


OWWWW! I really want these! Charlie 5 Point mini bow leggings on BoutiqueToYou.com on sale for $79! I have $79... I'm gonna buy these this week! These leggings are cute & multi-functional- pumps, sandals, flats, dressy or casual. You gotta buy some too!

I have a thing for white shirts. Long sleeves, short ones, tanks, tight, loose- you can't go wrong with a white shirt. I'd pair this Mango brand shirt

with the leggings. It has a cute zipper in the back

and obviously everyone loves it because its on backorder on Asos.com for $33.65-

Black & white works on a job interview... so I'd turn the outfit up with a bright, splashy color and one of my favorite things; A CARDIGAN!!!

Victoriassecret.com for $29.50- you can buy a bunch of these at this price. The short sleeves give it a different cardigan look. You can do this for summer with a tank or like I did, layer it with sleeves. Push the shirt sleeves back, grab some bracelets & pumps like these


Steve Madden makes these. 'Caryssa' on Piperlime for $89.00... I bought these back at Christmas from Bakers & I love them. This is a great shoe at a reasonable cost- hell, Rachel Zoe made them one of her shoe picks on Piperlime (after I bought them... assume what you will from my comment...).

I made a new friend a few months ago. We'd met once or twice before but this particular night after talking about potato chips, she became one of my favorite people. Fast forward a few months and my new stylish friend launched a seriously fly, grown up blog about everything from Henna hair coloring to recipes to DIY projects & her fashion picks (which are fly!)- check out
The Moptop Maven right now!

Happy Shopping!

Erica O.