Allergies and The Blues

My allergies have hit me full force with a no holding back smack along side the head, and I know I'm not the only one.  I wake up (that is if I can even sleep,) everyday to congestion, sneezing and devil red eyes that itch so bad that no amount of prescription eyedrops can alleviate!  Today they were accompanied with a headache, body aches and even a little fever on and off all day, typical symptoms of cedar fever which are just not quite bad enough to call into work.  So I sucked it up and went....


I love this aqua skirt and since the temperature made it's way up to the 80's today, (a bit of a luxury in January,) I figured it was the perfect day to wear it.  It's hard to see in the pictures but it has tiny pleats all the way around it and is very floaty when I walk, which sort of enhanced the the medicated haze that I was roaming around in all day.  I really wanted to wear it with a gold sequined tank but the two together were not quite right, but the texture and fit of this navy tank worked well, so I decided to keep the color theme going with the navy booties, and right on up to my eyes...

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Nothing like the blues to chase away the red eyes. I used Goddess Eyeshadow from Urban Decay, which I think is now discontinued.  Rumor has it that lining red eyes in navy creates the illusion that your eyes are less red...I promise you it works!  I probably should actually use (and recommend) a liner instead of a shadow that has some glitter in it while the allergies are bad, but this was what I had on hand. 

Now if it could only get rid of the puffiness and stop the constant itch...I swear it's like someone is touching my eye with the tip of a blade of grass, and it waters up so much that occasionally I have tears running down my cheeks...yeah, it's that maddening.

J.

Missing Color In My Closet-Blue

Red and blue are the 2 colors that I have the least of in my closet. Green, however takes up a good amount of space. I actually own a few great items in red but I find red to be...intimidating? Showy? Too bold? While to me, green is very neutral, sort of middle of the road. And blue, well, I just don't own that much blue. It isn't that I don't like the hue, in fact I'm open to most any color. I have a touch of navy (again a neutral in my book,) and maybe something in turquoise but nothing really blue. At least until now...

And for me, this is very blue! It also makes me think outside the box when putting something on the bottom. I think I have a hard time with blue on blue after the whole double denim thing so I really didn't like the way it looked with regular jeans. But grey works out well. And surprisingly enough, it goes with a lot of other items in my closet that I would have never dreamed of pairing it with.

Is there a color missing in your closet? Which one?
J.