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May
2014

Tinkerbell

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What I Wore: Mother’s Day/Family Gathering, pt. 2

Rachel Roy floral chambray dress
Dress, RACHEL Rachel Roy (via consignment); cardigan, J. Crew (via eBay); shoes, Zara; clutch, Rebecca Minkoff

This is the outfit version of “A Few of My Favourite Things”. Instead of kittens and whatever, we have my holy grail dress, my new sparkly Tinkerbell flats, and a cheapo Old Navy ring I bought last week because I have no self-control. But, look, it’s really cute:

Weird upside down angle, because.
Old Navy ring

And it is already turning black as we speak, which makes me sad. I think I want a more, um, durable version of this ring, but my Google-fu isn’t working. Help a blogger out? Find me a less tarnish-prone ring like this, and you will get … my eternal gratitude. Sorry, I’m terrible at incentivizing – which probably explains why I can never seem to get my kid to eat his vegetables.

Another thing I can’t seem to do? The ironing, apparently. Obviously, it’s not so much that I physically can’t. It’s just that … well, when you’re trying to wrangle two kids into their “Sunday best” and out of the door within a 2 hour span, certain things fall by the wayside. Ironing is a distant fifth on the list of things I won’t get a chance to do before we leave the house. Sorry, folks!

But, hey, how about another look at my wrinkly dress! Double down or nothing.

Rachel Roy floral chambray dress
The sun, it burrrrnsssss!!

May
2014

Mustard, Plaid, and Navy

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What I Wore: Sunny Day

Adriano Goldschmied Stevie slim cropped cords
Pants, Adriano Goldschmied (via Kijiji); shirt, J. Crew Factory; jacket, LOFT (via consignment); shoes, Tory Burch (via Kijiji); bag, Target

This was one of those thrown-together-in-30-seconds-or-less outfits that turned out … kinda cute. At least, I thought so at the time. It was a bright, sunshiny day, and my winter-addled brain may have suffered a temporary, joy-induced malfunction, leading me to overestimate the cuteness factor of this whole thing. To be fair, every time I type out “mustard” in a blog post, I suddenly feel like I need to start questioning my sartorial choices.

Anyway.

At the first glimpse of sun, plus flats-friendly sidewalk conditions, I immediately pulled out my AG Stevie slim cropped cords. I’ve been waiting to wear these since I bought them last fall, in a Kijiji-deal-of-the-year situation. They are sooo soft and comfy, and totally worth the $20 I paid for them. Did I mention they were new? Did I also mention that I subsequently went to Anthropologie to look for more pairs, and had a bit of an ugly cry when I saw their regular price? That, my friends, is the downside of being really, really, ridiculously good looking* at finding bargains; you come to have impossible-to-meet price expectations. I know, I know. Don’t y’all whip out your tiny violins at once.

* I could not resist a reference to the best movie about fashion of all time.


May
2014

Grey + Gingham

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What I Wore: Shopping

blue gingham shirt, J. Crew Boutonniere grey jacket
Shirt & belt, J. Crew Factory; blazer, J. Crew (via consignment); shoes, Old Navy; bag, MbMJ (via eBay)

I was having one of those No Good, Very Bad Days when I wore this, and at least my outfit turned out better than expected. I get zero credit, because I cheated. Well, sort of. See, I keep a running list of tentative outfits on my handy dandy iPad, and whenever I have a flare-up of holy-crap-I-have-nothing-to-wear-itis – bam, crisis resolved. The downside is that some outfits end up looking less flattering than anticipated, and I usually don’t have the time to change. Just between you and me (and the world wide web, of course), that explains 67% of the outfits on this blog. The other 33% … I don’t really have an explanation.

Back to this outfit. I disguised my un-ironed shirt (sorry, so tired, so sloppy) by tucking it in, and throwing a blazer on top. Did it work? Or are you still tsk-tsk-ing over there? A cute bag always serves to distract, when all else fails. On this we agree, yes?