Converting Your Outfit From Business Casual to Evening Wear

So I have been reading those fashion how to articles in magazines for years, not because I have truly been interested, but because I have this thing where I feel compelled to read something from the front to the back, without skipping around...I think it comes from years of formal education and a love of doing things "right"...

Naturally, inadvertently I have picked up some of the "how to"

and since I have become much more of an accessorizer of late (wearing jewelry, pink, etc.)

I will now demonstrate my knowledge of

CONVERTING YOUR OUTFIT FROM BUSINESS CASUAL TO EVENING WEAR...

below is the outfit of the day (the orange jacket is one of my favorites, can you imagine why?)

You'll notice that in the first photo I even left the sunglasses on as the headband...(pink sunglasses, none the less--thankfully the hair hides the faux pas of pink with orange).

Notice the dolphin fetish necklace, it brings the formality of the jacket down a notch to match the jeans, pay no attention to the bulge in the calf area of the jeans, I didn't even notice that until right now (would you believe exceptional biking calf muscles?)...

Below you will find the transformation pictures. It is the same outfit, metamorphosized into an outfit befitting The Opera (Phantom of the Opera to be exact, at The Venetian in Las Vegas).

In case the finer details are not immediately apparent to some of the less fashionista sorts...notice the increase of rings on the fingers....the dangley and sparkly earrings...

Surely you have spotted the extravagantly beautiful necklace and the piece de resistance (no idea how to spell the French version) the boots, now fully visible--imagine there are 3 inch spike heels at the back of those boots...

Then when you add my date for the evening in her lovely sparkly ensemble (which got compliments from a woman at the bar) and voila (is that right? I mean walla only in couture spell) you have the complete transformation!

My mom took me and I took her for our Birthdays (it is always easier to spend that kind of money for someone else) to see Phantom. It was phenomenal! I absolutely loved it, I cried at least twice. What a wonderful conclusion to my Birthday week! (To top it off Larry also bought me a sweet card and Kohls card--perfect!) Thanks Mom and Larry!