I wore this for a dinner date with my husband after I came home from a 4-day trip to Ottawa. I rarely travel these days, so that was a big deal.

Coming back was hard … mostly because I stayed up way past my bedtime on my last night in Ottawa (and it was totally worth it!), and I had to get up at 4am to catch my flight home. Considering that Ottawa is 2 hours ahead of Edmonton … well, you can probably imagine what I was feeling like by the time these photos were taken, 15 hours later. I was wearing … clothes … I think.

But no matter how much my bed beckoned, there was a date night to be had, and a steak dinner to be enjoyed so – onwards!

Every year, my office does a Be Seen in Jeans Week in honour of Canadian Finals Rodeo. Basically, this means we can wear jeans every day for a week. Rather that take the literal road, I decided to have a little fun. Hence, my denim-jacket-goes-to-the-office look. I’ve been waiting for a chance to wear this outfit ever since I put it together for my “one piece, three ways” series this summer. I think it was worth the wait?

My love for this thrifted forest green MaxMara skirt is still going strong, and I love how it looks paired with a lumberjack-y top half. Or should that be cowboy-esque? Ahem. Here’s another million pictures to prove how deep my love is. (Do you have the Bee Gees stuck in your head? Good! Me too, and I’d hate to be alone.)

I really love this skirt. I also love the weather this year, which let me wear this skirt in mid-October – sans fleece tights or a heavy jacket. Any jacket, really. A cozy sweater from Joe Fresh was sufficient. Even the hat was mostly decorative – as was the brooch, of course.

I’m not sure if I’ve mastered the art of knee-high socks, but these Frye boots call for them so I hope this works. That’s what you get when you buy shoes a whole size too big … which is what you do, of course, when you find $50 Frye boots at Winners. Right? Right.