Mar
2014

Pile on Pilotto

categories: Bargains, Shopping, style

What I Wore: Weekend Errands

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Top, Pilotto for Target; vest, Old Navy; jeans, Rachel Rachel Roy (via Winners), boots, Hunter; bag, MbMJ (via eBay)

I’m actually digging this Peter Pilotto for Target top, but I wanted to have a punny title. Even if it is completely nonsensical.

Moving on. Or back. Yes, of course I checked out the Pilotto-Target collaboration first thing on opening day. Because hope springs eternal. But, for once, it paid off because there were a couple of non-polyester items in the line-up, and the prints were cute, and you bet your ass I bought them. Cotton-blend for the win!

Also, I do realize that this Old Navy vest makes me look wide and squat through what is still a relatively non-wide, non-squat area of my body. I should have bought a “small” but all I could find was a “medium”. But … I don’t care. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Looking at it on the positive side, it’s the prerogative of my old(er) age to wear whatever I like, proportions be damned.


Mar
2014

Grandma’s Old Couch

categories: Flowers, Love at first sight, style

What I Wore: Out of the House (Indeed)

Pants, Anthropologie; sweater, J. Crew; shirt & necklace, Old Navy
Pants, Anthropologie; sweater, J. Crew; shirt & necklace, Old Navy

The title says it all, eh? In my defence (because I kinda love them), my husband convinced me to buy these pants, and in fact paid for them. True story. They’re pretty polarizing pants; you either love them or hate them (and feel free to tell me so on Instagram). Because they are so borderline-wrong, I make it a point to wear them far more often than is probably warranted. Generally speaking, I think my intentions are better than the results but that’s ok – these pants are my sartorial rebellion, if you will.

Strangely enough, I think the weak link of this particular outfit is not grandma’s old couch but the necklace. It’s what they call de trop. I should have followed the old adage, and taken (that) one thing off before leaving the house.


Mar
2014

The Glamorous Life

categories: Bargains, style

What I Wore: Monday Morning

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T-shirt, Old Navy; cardigan, J. Crew Factory; jeans, Cleo (via consignment); scarf, Aldo Outlet

Really, this could be any Monday morning. And they say there isn’t truth in fashion blogging. Well, if you can call this a fashion blog. But here it is, folks: what an average stay-at-home-mom wears on an average day. An average day when I go out, that is. You don’t want to see what I wear when I stay home all day. Really, you don’t.

My favourite part of this outfit is the scarf, hands down. I hunted for a scarf like this (large waffle knit, not scratchy, infinity style, under $15) for what seemed like months, but more likely was a week or two. It was frustrating, I tell you! I finally found one that matched 90% of my specifications, minus the colour. I wanted black and found this burgundy colour … which turned out to be surprisingly versatile. The universe provides what you didn’t even know you wanted!