Aida ~

Couple outfits from the early part of the week.

1. Weekend wear, worn to watch some football and generally hang out at home. The jeans are more PPL than the photo shows, the brick dips down right where I was standing.
2. Worn to take my kitty to the vet for his annual checkup, then out for tacos with friends. Trench from the swap :)
3. Worn to work. Felt like looking a bit unapproachable today, ever have those days?

Comments, critiques, thoughts and questions welcome.

Picked up this moto sweater/sweatshirt yesterday, complete with zippers on the sleeves. It's made from a thick sweatshirt-like material but is a substantial weight and is constructed well. I probably wouldn't wear it zipped up often, but I included a photo just the same. Tags are still on, though right now I'm leaning towards keeping it. I've never owned anything quite like this, so I'm wondering what you all think?

End of the week outfits, including what I wore to the Seattle swap.

1. Worn to work. The top is navy, though it was raining too hard to get a good photo. Still enjoying mixing black and brown.
2. Worn to work, then out for dinner and drinks with my husband. I don't wear this dress much, the fit is a bit large and boxy especially at the lower back. But it's my only shirtdress, I love the light material and I love the pattern. Not sure if having darts put in the back would help? I currently cannot wear it unbelted.
3. Worn to the swap! I fretted about what to wear, knowing I wanted a black camisole and leggings underneath whatever it was. I decided on a look with some of my favorite (and recognizable) pieces: striped top in neutrals, tall tall heels, and a moto jacket.

Comments, critiques, thoughts and questions welcome!

I highly enjoyed the swap experience! It was great to see so many of my items find new homes, and I came away with 4 really great pieces. Looking forward to seeing photos of what everyone got *hint hint!*

1. White safari button-up shirt and gray wide leg lightly-flared pants (already PPL with my 4" heels, love!). The pants actually drape better than the photo shows because I was still wearing cotton leggings underneath when I took the photo; looking forward to having these lightweight pants for spring/summer!
2. Olive semi-sheer tunic sweater which I tried at Angie's request and, of course, she was right :)
3. Black double-breasted trench coat, finally I have one!

Thanks again to all the ladies who brought lovely goods, I'm looking forward to wearing my new-to-me items!

My mom has always had wonderful style and fashion sense. A couple weeks ago I went through a bunch of photos of my parents from the 70s with my mom; my folks were a bit younger than I am now (29). The photos were a lot of fun to look through, and I scanned a handful for inspiration. Her style was definitely very Euro Chic, with a lot of natural colors and a bit of 60s mod influence. My mom rocked wide legs like no one's business, but I don't think I can wear them as well as she did.

On Wednesday, I wore an outfit inspired by her 70s style, and both my parents immediately commented on how much it looked like her without my telling them so I must have gotten it right :)

1. My look, worn to work.
2. My mom, not sure who the little one is. Unsure of exact year, '70-something though..
3. My dad and mom, on an architectural trip to Turkey in '78 or '79. Love the chunky cable knit cardigan my dad is wearing, hehe!

Comments, critiques, thoughts and questions welcome!

Early part of the week outfits, tried an outfit to show off the new motoboots better and gave the fall shorts another go. Also playing around with eye liner thickness and color.

1. Worn to work. New sweater, I sized up for the looser look. Black thin smudgy liner.
2. Worn to work. Black thick semi-smudgy liner. Not too sure about the tuck here. I have a nice collection of vintage silk scarves like this one, but I don't wear them much any more; maybe with the 70s spring styling I'll start using them more.

Comments, critiques, thoughts and questions welcome!

Outfits to round out last week and this weekend. Had one of those weeks where everything breaks, and is expensive to fix, but at least I felt good about how I was dressed :) [early part of the week outfits]

1. Worn to see an early preview of Green Hornet with my husband, provided by his work. This is the last pair of my new boots to debut, though I didn't get a very good photo of them. (Today's breakage: car)
2. Worn to work, the out for a nice dinner date. My sis gave me this dress for xmas, and I really love it! (Today's breakage: furnace)
3. Bonus weekend outfits, very relaxed; this is my non-pj "gear" wear, but was documented since I saw friends in these outfits. Watched football with friends all weekend, and we also did some beer brewing and watched a movie with them. (This weekend's breakage: Seahawks losing to the Bears, come on!)

Comments, critiques, thoughts and questions welcome!

What I wore the last three days; it's been quite cold, as you can see from the uncommon snowfall. I must say, having a fab collection of boots makes giving outfits that extra pizazz awesomely easy (why did I wait so long to fill this hole!?). I'm very much enjoying my new boot purchases and new willingness to wear them however I please. (Thanks YLF!)

1. Worn to work, then out for tacos. Probably my favorite outfit of the past year of my cataloging, no joke.
2. Worn to work. Perhaps too much brown? I think the pink gloss was too icy looking, and may officially give up on pink lip tones and stick with orange tones. Also some tucking, look it's easy! ;)
3. Worn to work, felt very uninspired this morning. My best "meh" day outfit ever, cheered me right up.

Comments, critiques, thoughts and questions welcome!

Two super casual looks (even for me!) from this weekend, basically TV watching outfits :)

1. Worn to watch the Seahawks game (wooooot!!) with a couple friends over, then out for some celebrating afterwards. I don't have a Hawks jersey or cute shirt so I simply wore their colors, though during the game I wore this with my berry colored ruffled slippers :) Black boots were later added to play in the snow!
2. Worn to a friend's to watch some backlogged recorded TV.

Comments, critiques, thoughts and questions welcome!

I bit the bullet and purchased 2 sheath dresses to try out. I have not owned one before, so hopefully these will be good fits. Both are petite, and both fill holes in my very, very sad dressy capsule. I'll definitely post photos once I get them unless they end up with an obviously horrible fit, but for now, I'd love to hear your thoughts on these.