Early spring

 

Happy longer-days-and-crazy-weather! Some call it Spring..but not I! Here’s some photos from the 1st week of spring;

Besides the flowers, the street-vendors are coming out to bloom 

Not only are the trees and entrepreneurs rearing their heads, but so are all the children awaiting the sun to shine down on their favorite pastime

 

crowd only one structure of the WHOLE playground!

Not only are the playgrounds getting attention…the family wheels are breaking out and seeing more turf-

Bare Legs and bikey face! 1st panda of Spring!

I am sad..regardless of the sun and new life it brings, I will miss my scarves, my sweaters, my boots, and my gloves as Summer approach :( I have been trying to ease the transition as to not upset my delicate psyche :p

So here’s some of the outfits-bike or non-I’ve been wearing lately

Necklace: Etsy

Dress/shrug: Old Navy

Leggings: Spanx

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Shirt: Old navy(I know right!?)

Petticoat: Hips and Curves

Tights: Curvation

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Cardi: Old Navy

Shirt/gloves: Kmart

Shoes/Scarf: Conway

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Skirt/Shirt: Old Navy

Scarf: Torrid(old!)

Tights: Sofia Vegarra

Vest: Bongo

Shoes: Gift

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Bow: Chubby Bunny(TOTALLY in love with it!)

Cardi-cape: LYS

Tank/Skirt: Old Navy

Bag/tights; Kmart

I had said that 2012 will be the year I make some bold moves, do more daring things style-wise. I cannot wait to blog over at SKORCH Mag about all my recent online orders…o yeah; ILL BE BLOGGING FASHION OVER AT A PLUS SIZE MAGAZINE! I’ve been tweeted;

“Skorch Magazine ‏ @skorchmagazine So excited to welcome new Skorch Bloggers to the family! @garnerstyle @diyfatshion @barretoleyva @M3s0 @landofmandy @caleo_510 @theplumpinay”

 

O CRAP! I need to get on it! Not only must I prove my plus-size blogger prowess to many new people, I am also unveiling my Chubby Cruisers segment as soon as I get back from my mental-health week! It’ll feature friends/readers/and other people of interest on their bike experience! WEE stay tuned, I LOVE YOU ALL!

xoxo

The Chubby Cruiser

(B)OOTD: Purple for my Paw

 

New sweater!: LYS- $25

Handbag/leggins: Bongo-$6..yes on clearance!

Bike necklace: One of my most fav Etsy shops!’

Today would have been my dear old Dad’s 51st Birthday, and what seems like half my life without him here, it was by far the easiest one in 7 years. The Hubb brought home some of his favorite roses, and a cupcake to light as a little memorial;

Purple being his favorite color(he always did want a Purple electric Bass..), and seeing how I snagged a new purple sweater, handbag and a purple eye shadow(in the most AMAZING belated bday package ever!) I wore all the purple I had for todays bike ride

Big Thanks to my babe Tesko for the awesome TokiDoki eye shadow! Killer Candy it is<3 A B and the F post on that soon!

We are eccentrics..and are well aware of this fact.

 

After scoring some presidents day sale priced crap, we head home. Nothing special, nothing big..but its what dad liked to do.

((Bloggers Rock the Colors of Christmas: White&Red))

 

Santa isn’t the only one who can pull these color off ;)

Thanks to a few new awesome bloggers I follow;

(The fiercely fab Kristin & the ultra-chic Colette), I had discovered and joined along on this awesome holiday-themed group post. Here are the rules:

“So what do you have to do, you ask?

Seeing that the most popular colors of Christmas are Red, Green, White, Gold, Silver & Blue........you just need to post an outfit to your blog on Tuesday, December 20th wearing the Christmas color of your choice listed above. Easy Peasy.

You do not have to commit to an outfit color now, I have high hopes we will be able to cover them all:)

I will have a link tool displayed in my December 20th post with a thumbnail for you to grab & post on your blog along with your outfit.

I think it will be super fun to see how everyone styles their Christmas colored outfits. The outfit doesn't have to be your "Christmas best", casual and jean outfits are of course welcome! (Please just make sure the prominent color of your posted outfit is one of the colors listed above)

Please join!”

 

..so I did!

 

I’m a sassy Mrs. Clause! I don’t need no reindeer..I have calfs of steel :p

(Bike!)OOTD breakdown:

Knit Poncho – Bongo for Kmart $10

Red Leather Gloves(great for winter-cycling!) – Macy*s $17

Belt – Rainbow $6

Dress and Leggings – Old navy $25-ish combined

“Jubilee” Booties – Jaclyn Smith $20

Helmet – Bern $65

Glasses – street vendors (<3)

Thanks for allowing me to be part of this Colette! Looking forward to future games and posts!

 

Christmas day in New York City is drawing closer and closer….I HAVENT EVEN BEEN DOWN TO ROCKEFELLER CENTER YET! If all goes well, Hubb and I will be taking our first ever Christmas Bike Ride this year!

 

I’ll pimp out Sandy Dee like Santa’s Sleigh ;)