Prepared

 I am finally back to my normal schedule (having been out of the office for a project for the last three days), but now I have to contend with a massive rain storm.  I went for comfort today with my J. Crew cashmere sweatshirt paired with a basic black pencil skirt and black tights.  Since the sweatshirt is pretty boxy, I tried to keep the bottoms pretty tight to balance me out and not make me look boxy as well.  The footwear is where it got complicated.  I wore my green floral wellies to brave the elements outside, but I brought with me my three tone Boden t-straps to wear in the protected office environment.  Both my boots and my heels got complimented today - Hooray!

Skirt - Banana Republic Tights - Anne Kline  Boots - Lucky Penny via Anthro years ago

Note: I did not pay anywhere near retail for my sweater, I found it at Maribel for $48!

Bananas

Work has been bananas lately!  I woke up this morning and realized I hadn't posted yesterday even though I had faithfully take pictures of my outfit.

I was attempting to woo Wendy into schnuggling with me.  It didn't work!

On Monday, I wore two of my favorite pieces: my wine colored skirt and my long sleeved shirt with the gathered neck detailing that Stormy Normy gave me.  To spice up this outfit I wore my mother's borrowed alpaca print scarf.  I wore my ribbon flats because I walked down to the bus with my marm in the morning and I could tell it was going to be insane at work.  Sometimes flats are the answer.

Skirt: Sitwell via Anthro, Shirt: The Gap, gifted from Stormy Normy  Scarf: BR, borrowed from my marm  Shoes: Lucky Penny via Anthro, $60

Today I had a fancy lunch with some work people so I wanted to look extra cute.  What I ended up with was lots of BR.  I really liked how the ruffled shirt looked with the pencil skirt.  I wore my gray and purple shoes and bright purple sweater to add some color to the outfit.  Overall I really liked how it came together.  There was a lot of color and pattern, but they weren't competing with each other.

Shirt: BR, $13  Skirt: Also BR, $35   Cardigan: Halogen via Nordstrom, my bro and my future sister in law  Shoes: Joan and David, hand me down from my marm

Something Old, Something New

I initially grabbed this sweater for the cute bow detailing.  The color I will admit is an odd one.

I loved the way the patterns and colors came together with the shirt, sweater, socks, shoes and scarf combo.

Today I broke out another one of my finds from Maribel yesterday: this green short sleeved sweater.  I actually grabbed this sweater at Maribel and loved it when I put it on, and then my mother also loved it when she put it on . . . . so its something to be shared in the future.  But I got to take it out for its premiere today.  This morning it was cold and overcast so I wore my new sweater over my navy striped shirt that I got from Target in college.  I really liked how the pieces go together.  The weather was really weird today, overcast in the morning, then humid, and finally the sun broke through.  Luckily this combo was the right weight for most of it.  I paired my tops with my basic gap blue jeans and my ribbon shoes.  To keep my toes warm I borrowed my marm's striped wool socks.  I discovered last winter that these socks looked good in these shoes (not awful as I was expecting) and enjoy wearing these socks and shoes together when the occasions present themselves.  At various points in the day I had different jackets on and even my scarf.  The weather was odd, but the outfit was just right.

Sweater: J. Crew via Maribel, $25   Shirt: Proenza Shuler for Target, $16  Jeans: The Gap, $35   Shoes: Lucky Penny via Anthro, $60  Socks: Borrowed from my Marm   Sunnies: Mosely Tribes, gift from my bro   Scarf: Gift from my parents

My Week Sans Color: Wednesday

The irony of my week without color is that it has actually been a really warm week in the Bay Area. Which means this of all weeks would have been the week to do all color challenges. However, I have actually also had a cold all week, so staying layered and warm has been a must as well. I was really excited to wear this outfit this week. I really like how the detailing on the cardigan, dress and shoes play off of each other without being colorful. I thought that the vertical detailing on the front of the dress played off the horizontal stripes on the black and white cardigan really nicely. I also like how the copper ribbon flats had enough going on to hold their own again the busy tops. Overall, I didn't feel like this outfit needed color to be interesting. The pieces and their details spoke loudly enough! Which is good because my voice was basically gone . . . .























Dress: J. Crew via Maribel, $35
Cardigan: Maribel, gifted from my marm
Shoes: Lucky Penny via Anthropologie, $60

Late Thorogood Thursday!

Apologies for the late Thursday post. I went to see George Thorogood with my parents on Thursday night and I didn't have time to post between work, the concert and going to sleep.

Because I was going to the concert that night, I tailored my work outfit so I could adapt it pretty easily to concert wear. With this in mind, my work wear ended up being more casual then usual. But it gave me a good excuse to wear a polka dotted cardigan that I had been wanting to wear for weeks.


Although I generally wear skirts and dresses to work, it is fun to mix it up with pants. These are from the J. Crew outlet. I bought them because I really liked the skinny, but not too skinny cut, and because they fit my leg length perfectly. I have mentioned it before, but I have short legs, so pants that I don't have to tailor are great. I didn't realize at the time that they would be great work wear too.






I chose to offset the cardigan with all black because its such a bright piece and I didn't want it to verge on not work appropriate. Its a cropped cardigan from Boden so I wanted the scale of my shirt to be appropriate. This is why I chose to wear a larger top under the cardigan.


However, I didn't go so conservative with this outfit that I wore conservative flats with my mostly black outfit. I like the combination of the ribbons and metallic pattern on these flats. Although I think from far away they look less intricate then they are when you see them up close

By far my favorite part of my outfit overall are my sunglasses. They were a gift from my brother and although I wouldn't have picked them myself, now I wear them all the time. And they get complimented each time as well. They are actually red gingham, but you can only tell up close!



Cardigan: Boden, $20
Top: The Gap, $5
Pants: J. Crew, $40
Flats: Lucky Penny via Anthropologie, $60
Sunglasses: Mosely Tribes, gift from my brother.



Thanks to my marmee for taking my pictures!