Incompleat

Pants? Liz Claiborne, thrifted
Button-up? Ralph Lauren, thrifted
Belt and Bag? Roots, thrifted
Bangle? thrifted
Necklace? h&m
Earrings? won from Briannelee
Shoes? V. Camuto, Winners

A pair of pleat front pants have been on my must-have list for a while now. I've just refused to pay a lot of money for them new because, as any good thrifter knows, today's 'on trend, men's wear inspired, pleat front pants' are just the rebirth of early 90's mom pants. It still took me a while to thrift these though. While there were lots of potentials, it was hard to find a pair that actually fit me because apparently I'm long crotched (don't be jealous). If I had known it would take me this long to find a good pair, I might have cracked and gone to dependable h&m... Oh well, they were worth the wait. Brand new, good quality linen for under $10... I want to take the bottoms in to make the silhouette of the pants more streamlined but I think I'll probably just talk about it instead and never do it. Less work, really...

And how much are we loving bare toes in late November? Last year we had a couple of snowfalls already by this time. Even though I have to put a bit more effort in to shave the three inches of leg exposed, it's totally worth it for this mild weather.

'Tis the Season

Jeans? 7 for all Mankind, Winners
Blouse? ?, Winners
Velvet clutch? thrifted
Boots? Modern Vintage, Winners
Lion Belt? antique market

And so begins the holiday season.
We had our first holiday get together this weekend. It was a bit early because organizing a get together in December is a nightmare. Nothing about my look said 'Holiday Festivities' (well, if I had to choose, I would say the lion belt because it's garish and has green eyes) but I did think that November was a little early to bust out my Christmas Tree sweater.
I bought this blouse back in the summer and I pretty much forgot about it. Which is really stupid because it's all drapey and fantastic and it can be shaped into all kinds of different silhouettes. This is why I need to go through my closet.... soon.

But as fantastic as my forgotten blouse was (though the belt was good too), the highlight of this post was supposed to be the pretty ice cream sandwiches I made. I have this dumb complex where I'm convinced that people think I'm frivolous (which I am, so why am I fighting it?... do I need therapy?), so I put in extra effort to show the complexity of my character. However, at 26 years old, I should by now be aware that one of the layers of the onion of my personality is NOT my baking skills. I tend to be very helter-skelter... a pinch of this, a pinch of that... yup, that looks like a cup of flour... Not a good way to bake and the end results are often indicative of this. You have no idea how much I had to focus to follow the recipe exactly this time. And I did... the cookies actually worked out ok but I think I broke my friend's mixer (sorry... I owe you one) and I ruined a whole bunch of cookies when I caught the tray that was falling off the stove. So, I put all this effort in and while the ice cream sandwiches tasted fine, they just didn't look as pretty as I imagined in my mind. And for me, pretty matters... How does cupcakesandcashmere always have her baking look so good? Grrrrrr...

Whatever... if you cross your eyes and shake your head back and forth quickly, they don't look so bad...right? I'm going to go cry now...

Depth

This blog is the edited version of my life. The part of my life that includes sequins, heels, cats and Matt. It's the part of my life that I am happy to share and I am especially happy when my meaningless chatter about frivolous things brings any joy and laughter to any one's life. But there are events in life that bring you to your knees, events that can't be made better by some funny comments or even by all the size 10 shoes in the world. And sometimes those events make my blog seem really silly. Mostly because it is silly. But it's also been a lot of fun and I'm really glad to be writing regularly and to be dressing up... often for nothing special. Wearing too high heels, kissing my cats until they want to escape and jumping into piles of leaves on company time are little things that I am thankful for in my life. I know there is a lot more to life, I'm just glad I can share the fluffy stuff with you, my readers...

Fall Fashion

Shirt? Ralph Lauren, thrifted
Vest? thrifted
Jeans? Seven 4 all Mankind, Winners
Boots? thrifted
Belt? Michael Kors, Winners
Bag? Claudia Firenze, Winners
Sunglasses? Joe (from Linda)

After much personal scientific research, I have concluded that the fall is the most fashionable season of the year. Summer is fun for dresses and open-toes but it's also sweaty and your hair drops. Boo to that. Winter is fun because we can drink lots of mulled wine and call it being festive (oops, that has nothing to do with fashion) but it's cold. Bigger boo to that. Spring.... is fine but autumn still kicks its a$$ too. In the autumn, everyone has this look like, 'oh ya, I'm so chic, check my layering...'. Cosy scarves, long leather gloves and fuzzy vests elude to the cold weather but let's be honest, it's not really cold yet. When it's really cold and wintery, you'll forget what your toes feel like and your kids (or some one's kids at least) will be writing 'Wash Me!' on the back of your jacket in the layer of salt that has settled over all your outerwear.

Someone commented a while back that she's interested to see how will I style it up in the cold months. Well, I'm curious too. It's no secret my favourite winter outfit is my fuzzy blanket, but having this blog will force me to put some effort in. What am I gonna do when winter really hits? No clue. But until then, I plan to enjoy this beautiful autumn we're having in my favourite fall pieces.

Some notes...
Yes, my most avid followers, I wear this plaid and faux fur combo a lot. I love this vest a lot but it's cut small, so it's actually harder to layer than it looks.
Yes, my shirt could have used an iron. But my schedule clearly said 'brunch', not
'iron' and the schedule trumps all.
Yes, these glasses are cool. Too bad I left them on the table and now they are broken... Matt is blaming the cats. Sorry Lin.
Yes, I got these sweet, leather and comfy booties at a church sale in Holland for 1 euro. High fives all around!