Way Too Glam, Deary!

What do you think of today's outfit post? Too glam? That's what my Mom said when she saw me donning on the pearly, rhinestone-studded, bow F21 necklace for work. "Won't your boss complain about your outfit, dear? Isn't that necklace a bit over-the-top for work?" And I replied: "Mom, my boss is a man. He couldn't care less what I wore for work, as long as I get my work done well, on time, and just like any other men, he won't make any comments about a woman's clothes as long as it looks somewhat okay."

The thing is, I have experienced working in two downtown areas, once in Houston, Texas, and then in Indonesian capital city of Jakarta. Both were ultra chic, sophisticated, glamorous, and ... expensive. Several years ago, I moved to an office in the suburb, and suddenly, not only I got better salary and benefit package, but I could save much more since I spent much less during my working hours. How come?

Well, first of all, I used to work in a commercial building with lots of temptations called: convenience stores, coffee shops, trendy restaurants, exhibitions, bazaars, and numerous knick-knack shops that sell unuseful but oh-so-cute kitsch stuffs. AND, there are like a dozen or so malls scattered around the area that are reachable just with a short taxi hop. Imagine. I used to spend one-third of my working days in an area surrounded by shopping paradise. How nice. Not so for the wallet.

Now I'm working in the suburb where there's no pressure to dress up, not so many glittering malls, no Starbucks in the building, nothing. Suddenly, by the end of the month, I realized that I haven't spent that much from my hard-earned salary, simply because here, there's nothing to spend the money on. Hurray!

Also, since most people in the office wear uniforms, and you're not going to find girls working in the suburb wearing power suits and high heels, I stopped buying new working clothes, and just mix-matching my old ones. And as you know, working clothes are expensive. So, again, hurray!
Still, sometimes I miss that intoxicating glam feeling from my younger years. So, once in a while I dress up like when I used to work in downtown. The best thing is, now I do just because I want to, when I want to, not because I have to everyday.
Hurray!

Brocade tunic top: Glitter Glam, Isetan. Black wrapped skirt: tailor made. Off-white jacket: H&M. Red obi belt: Mom's vintage, worn backwards. Pearl earrings: thrifted. Necklace: F21. Gold shoes: Voir. Suede purse: Nordstrom. Bangles: Shanghai and Le Marie.

This is how I usually I styled this bat-style top here.

Then I got inspiration from this picture from A Shoe Tale blog that the top might look good tucked in.

What do you think, Friends? Tucked in, or not?

Also, I just found out that I got featured at Adorned From Above at their 20th link party on October 3, 2012 as one of the most viewed post! I'm so glad! Thank you, Ms. Debi!

You can read my featured post titled Pink Puff N Chiffon Clouds here. I wrote about femininity and masculinity as the topic of that particular post. :)

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Pink Puff N Chiffon Clouds

When I was a little girl, I thought femininity and womanhood was... uncool. To me, it looked weak, vain, wishy-washy, and softie. Therefore, I used to prefer being a tomboy through and through, and looked down upon anything feminine, cute, ruffles, laces and pink! Now that I'm older and a bit wiser, I get a somewhat more real perspective on femininity.

The metaphore is like this. God created human like liquid metal. It can be shaped into a sword, or a pitcher. A sword is powerful and aggresive. It's sharp and dangerous, it can attack and protect. A pitcher, you might think, it's not as exciting as a sword. But let me ask you this, when you are thirsty and need to carry water for drinking, can you do that with a sword? I don't think so. But a pitcher can! Carve the pitcher a bit, and it serves as a pretty flower vase or multi-function container. And please do not for one second think that a pitcher cannot be used as a powerful weapon. You can basically hit someone on the head with it! Ha!

Masculinity and manhood is like the sword. Femininity and womanhood is like the pitcher. Both are important, powerful, useful and beautiful on its own. They are different yet complementing each other. Besides, if God intended to create man and man only, or woman and woman, don't you think He was fully capable of doing so? *wink*

"Only, everyone should live as the Lord has assigned, just as God called each one."

 (1 Corinthians 7:17)

For me, that means living as and becoming more and more the woman that God wants me to be!

Chiffon top: stolen from Mom's closet, also worn in this post. Wrap skirt: tailor made. Heels: Yongki Komaladi. Purse: Les Catino. Blazer: tailor made. Clover necklace: Warna. Earrings and glass bracelets: old collection. Pink quarts bracelet: Things Remembered (USA), bride's maid gift from my cousin.

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