Happy Birthday LOP! You are such a graceful and elegant presence here on the forum and I always, always enjoy your outfit posts a LOT What a great birthday "surprise ;-)" and such lovely gifts. Hope you have a wonderful birthday week!

Hope your day is extra special. Happy Birthday, LOP!

And the cherry on top were your pearl birthday gifts! So fab. Hope we see them on soon

Thank you so much one more time. You all made my day extra special!

Angie: Here's the pearls in action this evening. Hope you like how I styled them.

Glad you had a great day, the pearls look great love the way you've styled them x

You are stunning!!! happy birthday!

What pretty colored pearls - Majorica pearls are so beautiful. Glad you enjoyed your day!

Louise, Jean, Laura: Thank you so much!

LOP, late to the party but wanted to wish you a happy belated birthday! You are such an inspiration - your funky, fearless style and use of colors is AMAZING! Enjoy the fab presents!

How did I miss this post? Happy belated birthday! I often visit your blog and I enjoy your outfits very much. It's really nice to see your face here!

Lovely outfits, I especially covet that lace skirt. If you don't mind my asking, where is that from?

Shana: Thank you for the wonderful words.

Tarzy: Thank you so much for the birthday wishes! I hope to start my blog again now that my thesis is out.

Aida: Thank you. The skirt and the leggings are one piece actually. The lace skirt is sewn on the leggings. I wish I could give you a better answer, but I picked it up for $2 at the clearance section of Marshall's last year thinking it would come handy at a home party one day.

Here are some similar ones I found on retail:
http://www.forever21.com/produ.....pgcount=25

F21 has a few more on sale right now.

http://store.alloy.com/item.do.....;crTYPE=10

http://www.fossil.com/webapp/w.....mir25q.V4w

In addition, I have seen some on Express that I loved. Goes by Lace Vertical-Ruffle Skirt.

There are tons of more expensive ones. Makes me smile to think that this one is 100 times more expensive
http://www.net-a-porter.com/am.....UaMddiCorQ

You look so cute and lovely in your birthday outfit! Fab pearls...your hubby has excellent taste! Thanks for sharing about your day with us.

LOP - Congratulations on all fronts. I am so glad we talked so many years ago now about YLF and you became a member soon after. The reason I mentioned YLF to you was because you already had a wonderful sense of style and way of mixing colors. Especially admirable given the environment that you work in where you are surrounded mostly by men. Hope to see you again in person sometime.

This is probably my favourite outfit you have EVER posted. It's so gloriously 80's-fab. And so fun, which is you to a tee.

KILLER to the power of KILLER!

Of course I heart the pearls

Just had to chime in. I LOVE your pearl necklace, it's beautiful. Happy Birthday!

AJ, Barbara: Thank you for the good wishes!

Sihaya: It is thanks to you that I know about YLF. Hope to see you soon as well.

Angie: I'm so happy you liked this outfit. I had a lot of fun with it keeping up with the YLF rules. (HUGE SMILE!)

Aida: I have been thinking since I typed my post last night. I had fun with this skirt that evening and have pictures to show for it. Would you be interested if I send you this skirt. Please PM me if you would. You know how much I paid for it.

LoP that would be awesome! I have 2 more days until I can PM you but I will be doing so as soon as it's available to me. I'd be more than happy to propose a trade; can you think of a beaded, chain, or wire earring you've seen recently that you'd like? Nothing crazy crazy (I can't do any forging, sadly) but I'd love to make you something in return. We can discuss in a few days