Happy New Year every one!!

I decided to dress up again this New Years in the same adorable dress I wore a few years back. I stayed in till about 11, then headed down the street with my parents to their friends house to watch the ball drop and then Stephanie picked me up and we headed to the bar.

Took a bunch of pictures out and about but didn’t get any of the whole outfit till after I got home.

Lots of accessories with this outfit. Two necklaces, one grey and one black, both long enough to double over, then the pink earrings to match the ribbon belt that goes with the dress.

And then of course my Cuban heel thigh highs held up by the black lace garter belt that Sock Dreams sells.

And last but not least, my new shiny black pumps!!
Me and Stephanie were pretty much twins again, although not on purpose, cuz her dress was pinstripe as well, and she wore black shoes and beaded necklaces too! I guess we just start thinking alike after hanging out for this long now.

Get ready for a stripes overload!!

I just got the skirt at Good Will the day I got the legwarmers and I got the shirt at Gadzooks when I went to the mall with my sister the other day. I ordered the socks to go with the skirt but the grey actually matched the shirt much better. I think the outfit’s cute but it’s too much so I didn’t actually wear it out like that, I took off the legwarmers and skirt and put on jeans instead. But for the pictures I thought it was great!

The socks are my favorites, the Over the Knee Stripes, in grey and black, my second pair of the style. I wore them with the No Foot Boot legwarmers in black. The socks are really comfy and I love them, they only get a little uncomfortable when you wear them over the knee for too long. See they reach there, but the elastic quickly becomes a bit too tight for my tastes. They stay up comfortably right below the knee where I wore them though. I really like the legwarmers too, I needed a more knitty black legwarmer and ordered these not too long ago. It was so strange because it was the only thing I ordered at the time and I so wasn’t used to such a small package from Sock Dreams! I love how they look scrunched up layered over anything really, even my spider web thigh highs like I wore to work one day, or just over skin under jeans. They’re definately getting a lot of use lately, even if it’s just around the house with my slippers for some extra warmth.

I made a big inventory spreedsheet and it looks like I’m up to 210 pairs of socks, legwarmers, armwarmers, tights, and other hosiery!!! And I believe 96 of them are from Sock Dreams alone. It’s becoming quite the collection! I’m planning on having a list of everything I own with links to the entries with pictures of them so I can keep track of what has or hasn’t been pictured and posted about and hopefully one day everything will be covered. That’s the plan anyways.

I noticed that the Fishnet category here is looking a little bare so I figured I’d add these in. I was just playing around with one of my wigs that I got after Halloween this year. It’s blue and black and for some reason I just could never get it to look right like it does on the package. I actually wanted to return it but since I got it on sale after Halloween the return policy prohibited it so I just have to figure out something to do with it or donate it to Goodwill or something later.

The outfit is something I could never wear out in public since it’s more of a lingerie type thing. It’s the Black Satin Garter Dress with Royal Blue Fencenet Thigh Hi’s. The metal clasps on this garter dress are the best I’ve ever had. They’re quite easy to attach and they stay that way. I have the fencenets in several colors (royal blue, hot pink, red, & black) and just love them. They look great alone (and your toes can poke right through the holes) or over solid thigh highs for a different kind of look. My sister and I each wore the same skirt and different colored fencenets to the Christmas party at work last year and it was fun!

This look is more of a halloween type of thing for a boyfriend’s eyes only though because that garter dress is super short. When I first saw it at Sock Dreams I thought it was just a regular dress that happened to have garters attached so I was all about it. But then when it came in and half my ass was exposed when I tried it on I realized it wasn’t gonna be making an appearance on the streets anytime soon. But other than the fact it’s not for public display, it’s a really great piece. The garters are wonderful and the satin is really smooth and sexy. It’s such a cute little lingerie get up that the pictures really just don’t show you the full glory.

Sexy Sexy Sexy…
Those are the words that come to mind when I think of the Black Satin Garter Dress from Sock Dreams.

I’m wearing it with my Black Opaque thigh highs with Bows. They actually stay up just fine on their own but the dress has garters built in and they look sexy giving the thigh highs some extra help. The clasps are very strong and the best I’ve come across in garters. And the dress feels as sexy on the skin as it looks!

It’s very short but thankfully at the right angle laying down you can’t see anything. When standing some cheeks tend to peek out in the back and it’s not something you’d wear out and about anywhere. But it’s a comfy addition to the more modest girl’s lingerie collection, very sexy without showing too much.

Lime O Pastels over Skull print thigh highs with spiked sock garters, a killer combination.

First things first, the skulls don’t go ANYWHERE near thigh high. Where they’re sitting is as far as they’ll stretch to on me. I think the pics came out pretty nice though considering I have a wicked cold at the moment.

The layer effect was great. I lucked out as far as color matches go. And the extra cushion on my feet was wonderful. Usually no matter what dress shoes I wear to work by the end of the night my feet are killing me and I can’t wait to get out of them, but that didn’t happen at all tonight with the lime over skulls combo so that’s a definite plus!!!

I had the lime socks scrunched the whole night so I can’t say anything about their stay-up power, that will have to be some other time. The skulls stayed up well though. I had the spiked sock garters on for looks only cuz I think they’re hot and went well with the rest of the outfit. I worked from 7-12:40 so I’d say I had them on for 6 1/2 hours today and the sock garters couldn’t make it the whole time. I think I ended up taking them off about 11:30 or so because they were feeling too tight. Strangely enough they were actually a little loose when I put them on and I caught one sliding down my leg a couple times till I folded the very top of the skulls band over the top of them and then they stayed put. After taking off the garters the skulls slipped down a little. I think that was only because they took some stretching to get over my knees to begin with. I’d be willing to bet they’d stay up quite nice with or without garters on people a little shorter than 5 ft 5 and maybe a little thinner in the knee to thigh area than I am. I just ended up rolling them to right below my knee caps and they stayed there just fine and comfortably so. I was very surprised in how little the skulls stretch. I don’t know if I just got a small pair or if that’s just Leg Avenue’s idea of a thigh high, either way I still like them very much and the outfit was a hit at the bar!

These white topless fishnets are one of those garter necessary items. They’re a normal small holed fishnet and the tops remind me of those you’d get if you cut them yourself from some tights that didn’t fit or something like that.

I wore them with my white terry cloth shorts set and the white lace garter belt and thong set from Sock Dreams. The garters hold up very well although they were a little looser at the waist than I would have liked so probably wouldn’t hold up something heavier that would be pulling away more than a light style like these.

The lace is pretty sheer but still doesn’t show all there is to show because of the design of it all. But as always, most people won’t be seeing your thong and garter belt unless you want them to and those people won’t mind the sheerness The only parts the general public might see are the the clasps attached to the stockings depending on how short the skirt or whatever you’re wearing it with is and most will agree it’s very sexy.