A Chilly Winter Day Outfit

I've become very unimaginative in my dressing these days.  It's too cold to think much about what to wear, thank goodness I have the same pieces in every colour.  The jeans, shirt and cardi are repeated in my closet about 10 times each, all in different hues and patterns.  It's like Garanimals for harried mommies.

Nothing beats some cognac neutrals - they go with everything.  No thinking, no stressing. 

Pearls carry me from yoga class to rubbing elbows with the muckymucks.

I wore this to a lunch meeting with someone who works with the homeless.  He told me he isn't used to such well dressed people sitting down to hear what he has to say.  Our fundraiser is tomorrow night.  Obviously he had something powerful to say.


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Outfit of the day - the navy blazer!

I hunted high and low for a navy blazer - it's actually quite impressive how hard it is to find such a thing in Canada!  All the stores kept telling it will probably come in the spring collections.  Is a blazer only a spring item?   One morning a few weeks ago I had some time on my hands so I ran a few errands and decided if there was a place to park, I would look in the thrift shop.  I know Adrienne shops at her local thrift shop all the time and finds some of the most incredible deals but it's not the sort of thing I tend to do.  I guess I feel I don't have time to pick through a mishmash of items.  Anyhoo, there was a parking spot right out front, the store was open (a bit of a crapshoot in this town) and was fairly free of crowds.  I looked around, didn't see what I wanted and decided to ask...sure enough, that morning...they put out a brand new Talbots navy blazer...in my size...petite even!  It fits perfectly right off the hanger and the $5.00 price tag was well within my clothing budget. Sold! 

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Outfit of the day - the preppy leopard.

This outfit was inspired by one I saw on Atlantic Pacific.  I loved this look so much...the Suburban Prince gave me a leopard trench for Christmas!  Sometimes all it takes is one piece to transform a look and make it say so much more!  I wore this yesterday for my birthday lunch in the city.  It was just cool enough to get away with a coat but by late afternoon is was practically pool weather and I had to carry it.  I am just happy I got to sneak it in before summer comes...we haven't had much of a spring!


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Outfit of the day!

Now that I am getting a bit used to Polyvore I have been able to assemble a few outfits on there.  But what I don't understand is why we can't upload our own photos...you know...photos of clothes we own!  I have discovered the only clothes available on Polyvore are clothes for sale, online, right now.  That doesn't really help when I want to create an outfit around a shirt I bought 20 years ago.  Or even last year.  Anyhoo, I am plugging along, trying to find pieces that are close to my own.

I wore this outfit to the country club for Christmas brunch with my in-laws.  It's a white shirt, grey trousers, houndstooth wrap, T&Co twilly, LV bag, and some accessories I wear quite often as they appear over and over.  This really does confirm the idea of having a few good, solid basics and they will get you through most occasions. 

The Suburban Prince, for some reason, insisted on doing the driving this day so I got to spend time taking photos with my new phone.  If you are Facebook friends with me you probably saw the photo I took of myself in the car.  Apparently I look like a movie star in this outfit.  Works for me!

I took this photo in the parking lot...with my MIL in the background asking everyone what I am doing over and over.  She has hip and knee problems so she walks slow...which means unlike the rest of us who walk fast, she gets a much longer view of the world.  More time to take it all in.  I think because she raised three boys, she can't see anyone doing anything unsupervised and not wonder out loud what they are doing.  I constantly fight the urge to scream, 'Mind your business!!'.    So, here we see the grey trousers which, in this photo, make it seem like I have a thigh of gargantuan proportions (Must spend more time practicing with self portraits), along with the wrap and some accessories...you can just barely see my polkadotty socks.  There's always a little bit of GTH going on with my outfits.   


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Outfit of the day

Hermes Scarf Friend was at meetings in the city on the same day she was to introduce a guest speaker at our Rotary meeting.  She was worried she might be stuck in traffic and wouldn't make it back to town in time so she gave me a type written introduction and instructions to take her place at the head table with her guest speaker.

Update:  HSF got there in time so I got away with cords and a sweater...I saved this outfit for our Christmas party tonight!

Normally I would wear something casual to Rotary...critters and a sweater, dressier jeans and a cute top.  But, sitting at the head table means everyone will be staring at me all night and I prefer to wear something nice to them to look at when I am front and center.

The dress is not denim...it's chambray, whatever that is.  It's not my usual sort of thing but I bought it on a whim and have been determined to work it into my outfits.  Not wanting anyone to confuse me with a farm girl I opted to wear a Dior scarf with it (yes, I realize that's not a Dior scarf we are looking at but the colours are very similar to the Dior I have) along with navy blue tights, black patent pumps and a navy blue purse.  Do I really need to say I also wore pearls?  A spritz of my usual perfume?  The one that all the men like by the way.  Forget all of your expensive designer hoity toity bottles of celebrity endorsed perfumes....I've had more compliments on my $20.00 Philosophy elixir than any other I have ever worn. 


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Outfit of the day

I always mean to take photos of my outfits but usually I am busy trying to get out the door without forgetting anything and by the time I get home I cant be bothered but I managed to pull together a polyvore!  I took all of my brain cells to get this to work and once I saved it I had no idea how to get it onto my blog except as a screen shot so I have some learning to do!  I just wish I could upload my own photos to polyvore.

In the spring I was in T&Co so I could pick up the mug I wanted and, while I waited in line (in the middle of the day - what recession?), I did some people watching.  There were three girls from England being served - they were dripping in 'Return To' jewelry and denim vests.  You know the type.  I think they subscribe to the idea of keeping their money where they can see it!

I'm not one to wear more than one piece of a certain brand at one time.  I feel it makes one look like one is trying too hard.  In this case though my T&Co wrap is the only one that goes with this outfit and I only wore it on the plane when I was chilly.  Otherwise I would've chosen a different wrap - by the way, if you don't have a silk/cashmere wrap, I highly recommend putting one on your Christmas list.  They are perfection year round!


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