Geometric

 Today I paired my geometric silk print top with my structured linen jacket.  I figured the two of them went together since both of them have strong geometric patterns.  I also really liked how the jacket contained the volume of the shirt.  Because it's still chilly willy I wore my skinny cords again and my mark's paisley scarf.  Hand me down Franco Sarto flats completed my outfit.

Jacket - Eileen Fisher Shirt - BR via  Maribel Pants - J. Crew Shoes - Franco Sarto hand me downs Sunnies - Gifted Mosely Tribes Lyndels

Chaos and Complimentary Coats

These past few days have been pure chaos!  Work has actually be surprisingly calm, but to make up for that I have had so much going on personally I hardly know what's going on anymore.  Even though I have really liked my work outfits this week I haven't had time to take pictures of them.  So this morning, knowing I was going to yoga tonight, I raced to the bathroom at work with my blackberry and snapped away.  Sadly, the quality of the blackberry doesn't let you see how cute this outfit was.  The toned down sweater and shoes played off of the printed dress and green tights beautifully!  On a random note, I love how you can see my jacket hanging in the back of this picture.  Not planned at all.

Several people today commented on how my green tights matched my jacket.  This was not my plan when I threw on the coat over the outfit today.  Again, the picture quality makes it hard to see, but they do indeed match.  I love it when things work out like this.

Dress- Express Tights - Anthro  Shoes - gifted Franco Sartos  Cardigan - The Gap  Coat - Anthro

Red Tights

 This morning while waiting for an elevator I ran into a work friend.  She said she saw my tights and knew it was me before she even saw my face!  The best part, these tights were a gift from my bestie the Moeuff!  I love the color red and she knows that!  So she bought me these adorable tights for my birthday.  They were at the center of my outfit today which ended up including a gifted scarf and shoes!  I am lucky to have such generous and sartorially savvy friends!

Because of the bold color of the tights I went neutral with everything else, except the scarf, which was picked to match the tights!

I went with a particularly short skirt this time so as to show off my vibrant red legs!

Tights: Gifted from the Moeuff  Shoes: Franco Sarto, gifted from my Coolest A  Skirt: BR, $20  Shirt: J. Crew $10  Scarf: Gifted from Stormy Normy

Mini

I think this skirt is borderline too short to be really work appropriate, so I combated this like I always do with opaque tights and flats. 

 Today work finally calmed down!  Hooray and even better then that, when I got home from work a package from the one and only Miss P was waiting for me!  So wonderful!!!  The title of this post originally referred to my skirt, but now has the dual purpose I have a mini skirt and a mini bestie. I wasn't sure about this skirt, but today at the gym while I was reapplying my make up a woman told me it was beautiful  Perhaps it will have to come into heavier rotation.

Skirt: BR, $15  Shirt: BR, $13  Tights: The Gap, $9  Cardi: The Gap, borrowed from my marm  Shoes: Franco Sarto, gifted from Coolest A

 Most importantly, see below!  I am so lucky to have my Mini PEP as a friend!

Days of Patterned Dresses

 Apologies for the lack of posting yesterday, I came home from work and promptly went to sleep!  It wasn't that it was all that late, I was just plain tuckered out! 

 Yesterday, like today, I wore a patterned dress to work.  I actually had a different outfit planned for the day, but I didn't like how it turned out so I went for this dress which I haven't worn for a while.  Since I was wearing it with opaque black tights I actually wore it with heels - for the first time ever.  Because the dress is so short I have only worn it with flats before.  But I have actually really wanted to wear this shoes with tights for a while, so it was a perfect opportunity.  I really liked how the outfit came together!

Dress: BR, $22 Cardigan: Halogen via Nordstrom, gifted  Tights: BR, $5  Shoes: Seychelles, $60 Belt: BR, $40

Today I broke out another patterned dress, but this outfit took a lot of help from my marm.  I couldn't figure out sweater to wear over it, and then I discovered this ombre one in my marm's closet!! I love how the pattern of the dress and the colors of the sweater go together.  Once I had the dress and the cardigan combo all I needed was the belt!  The one I had in mind didn't work, but my marm broke out the big guns and loaned me this vintage beauty! I had no idea this is where the outfit was going when I started off this morning but it was great all day!

Dress: Rodarte for Target, $35  Cardigan and Belt: Borrowed from marm (Cardigan from the Gap)   Shoes: Franco Sarto, gifted from my Coolest A