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Sunday, April 15, 2012

I Love Weekends Like This...

Happy Sunday to you all. Hope your weekend was a great one! While busy, I did enjoy mine. I must share with you some good news before I get into my weekend happenings. To my surprised, when I turned on my phone after church I received an email that I was featured on The Looks for Less website. I submitted my outfit awhile ago and kinda forgot I did it so it was such a joy to see that I was indeed featured! See the link, HERE, or click on the picture. Also, a huge shout out to Cortnie over at, StyleLust pages for her beautiful bag. It's definitely one of my faves from her collection. Check out her other clutches, HERE.


Now onto the what I was up to this weekend. I attended the Style Tour, featuring Stacy London, at the Montgomery Mall here in MD. My mother and sister joined me and it was such a fun experience. While we weren't able to meet Stacy, I did take a few pics of her. She is really tiny in person...and she died her hair like a dark brown and I could barley recognize her. LOL. However, she looked well put together and seemed very warm and kind as she talked to her fans. I also LOVED her shoes...wish I would've taken a pic of those, LOL! 

After we took pictures, my mom and I made our appointments for our mini-makeover and 1-on-1 style consultation. The mini-makeover was great and rather educational, due to the fact that I don't wear much make-up to begin with, lol. I LOVED my eyes, which I took a picture of below. The Sephora make-up artist and I really hit it off and she was such a sweetheart. She gave me some great tips! Then, once I finished my mom and I went for our consultations. They style-for-hire stylist was great! I told her a few things about myself in about a minute or less and she came back with clothes that fit my sense of style to almost perfectly! She suggested certain colors for my skin tone, as well as styles for me to wear to work and then for casual. Also, they gave my mom and I a print out as far as certain items to purchase with the prices, and store locations included! I have the print out and plan on keeping it for my future shopping trips. 


{a look similar to one the stylist suggested for me}

To conclude everything, we looked for dresses for lil sis for her upcoming appearances and events. She was quite a handful while trying on different dresses. Miss Taylor is the ultimate mini fashionista; has an opinion about everything as far as the color, the bow, the cut and style of a dress...EVERYTHING! LOL...that girl is something else. I also went to the Washington Wizards game Saturday with the hubby. He and I had a blast! This was a late b-day gift to him, thanks to my cousin who has season tickets ;-) We enjoyed good food, good times most importantly enjoyed one another. Today, we went to church and ate and our favorite diner afterwards. I was craving one of their delicious waffles! LOL. The rest of the day, we pretty much chilled, meaning we watched movies and took a nap, lol. 


WHEW! Well I suppose that about sums up my weekend. Thanks, as always, for reading and be sure to check me out on Instagram (@msnicjames) and Facebook. XXOO & be blessed!

~Nic


Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Springtime Floral

Happy Hump Day!! This is a quick post of what I wore this weekend. I haven't been posting outfits in my last few entries but, I really wanted to share this one. I wore this to my little sisters fashion show (see post HERE). The F21 dress has been in my closet for a bit so I am VERY happy I finally got around to styling and wearing it. I don't know why it's been sitting there, as nice as its been outside...I absolutely love it and the fit is perfect. And it has pockets ;-)

When I was putting the outfit together in my mind, I felt that it was a bit all over the place. However, when I looked in the mirror it worked for me. I wanted to be comfortable so I opted for my Toms and matched it with my favorite Love, Cortnie clutch. My mom said it was too many patterns, and my sister and fiance' said it worked. LOL; I love having my family's input. In the end, I guess lil sis and my babe won ;-)

Enjoy & have a wonderful evening! Be blessed...XO!

~Nic

PS Don't forget to click HERE to see info on an amazing event coming up here in MD this weekend!



Dress: F21 Plus
Shoes: Toms (also seen, HERE)



Blazer: Nordstrom
Clutch: Love, Cortnie (purchase, HERE)



Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Giveaway & a Feature

Good morning everyone!! I hope you all are well. I am so excited to share some news with you. If you follow me on Twitter & Facebook, you already know but for those of you who do not...I was featured yesterday as the Fashion Bombshell of the Day!




{Click the photo for the link}

I was super excited that they decided to feature me. It's so funny because I was skeptical at first to even submit my photos but, I finally decided to go through with it. I wanted to share my sense of fashion with others, as well as explain my love for thrifting all in one. There were some positive and negative comments but at the end of the day, I am VERY pleased and happy about the outcome. If everyone likes you and if everyone agrees with your ideas then life would be pretty boring. There are always going to be haters and naysayers but hey, if you don't have them you're not doing something right. So my submission was a lesson in itself and it was a part of my growth as a blogger and as a fashion lover. Thanks to all those who showed me love; I REALLY appreciate your kind words :-)

Now onto this 1Year Blog Anniversary Giveaway that I have been talking about. According to Blogger, My first post was March 25, 2011. Therefore, this coming Sunday is the actual day of my blogs anniversary!!! As a HUGE thank you, I am hosting a giveaway that is pretty awesome if I do say so myself  ;-) Below are the rules and the contents of the giveaway.

Giveaway Rules:
1. You must leave a comment below with your name and an email address stating that you did or have done the following...
2. Be a follower of my blog via-email, Bloglovin', etc.
3. Tweet, "...I just entered Nic's Blog Anniversary Giveaway at, www.nics-picks.com..." 
4. For an extra entry, follow my on HERE on Facebook

The Giveaway Contents:






1. A $25 Target Gift Card
2. A $25 Starbucks Gift Card
3. Ask Beauty Mini Handbook



Giveaway ends Saturday March 24 at 12 midnight. Good luck to you all and talk to ya soon!

~Nic