Bigass Weekend Wrap-Up: Weird Adidas and Pink Friday; Cheese Curls and Clogs for Brunch (and a Wee Shop)

Welcome back, my friends! So good to see you. I hope my friends south of the border had a good 4th of July! 

We have outfits from Friday, Saturday brunch, and a bunch of cat pictures. What are we waiting for? 

Here's Friday's office ensemble, built around this newly-thrifted menswear blazer. 

I know, it's huge! I love that! 

• Blazer - Jack Victor for Landmark Clothiers, thrifted; purchased here for $28.95
• T-shirt - SPRZNY x Andy Warhol, thrifted; last seen here (2nd outfit) for brunch in January
• Tulle skirt - Adidas, consignment; last worn here in April with Marimekko and green boots
• Extra tulle skirt - Luc Fontaine, thrifted; last seen here in November 2025 under this same skirt
• Sequined sneakers - Converse, consignment; last worn here in April for a Mom-Day at home

I used to wear my dad's blazers like this in the 80s, but I smiled when I realized I'm basically doing a version of Yvonne's outfit - made with this tee, this tulle skirt and her own pink blazer - from the last Urbanite at the Art Gallery. Check it out here (picture only), from April 2025.

It's a winning combination, what can I say? 

I wore the outfit without the jacket for a while. 

I like this version as well. The image is a blue and a pink metallic line drawing of Andy Warhol's soup can. 

Incognito. 

My scarf wafted in the wind as I walked home after work. It's getting sunny again for the weekend. 

The stuff: 

I loved the glaring cat pin - it reminds me of our old kitty Othello. 

• Silk scarf - Ed Hardy by Christian Audigier, vintage 90s, consignment
• Belt - Silpada Designs, thrifted
• Audrey brooch - consignment
• Cat pin - gift from Yvonne
• Star pin - consignment

Bold bling: 

I liked the feel of this necklace on. It has heft!

• Steel cuff - Lakeland Art Metal Works, thrifted
• Lucite/sterling silver bracelet - Alexis Bittar, consignment, Vancouver
• Silver Anneke & Lars ring - vintage mall
• Silver/crystal ring - Soul Flower
• Silver pinky ring - consignment, Sidney
• Necklace - consignment, Vancouver
• Earrings - vintage fair

I checked on the boys before leaving for work in the morning.

Oh, sorry, did I disturb you? 

Barnabas just blinked at me. 

And rolled over so I could rub his tum. Reader, I did.

After a lovely evening of board games and music, L and I headed out to John's Place for lunch on Saturday, minus Nick who was watching Canada get trounced by Morocco in the footie. 

This dress gets its annual wearing - it's not a good dress for work, but it's an awesome dress for brunch. 

• Silk blouse - Zoe + Sam, thrifted; last worn here (2nd outfit) in June for lunch out with Mom for L's birthday
• Cheese curl dress - no label, vintage 70s, consignment; last seen here (2nd and 3rd outfits) worn two ways in July 
• Clogs - Drie VogClog, Fluevogs; purchased here for $239.99 but paid with gift cards

The pattern of the dress reminds me of cheese curls. The blouse gives good sun coverage - I've worn it with this before.

I wore wee shorts underneath. The kittens were lurking around during photos - that's Barnabas' fuzzy head. 

Whateley photobombed me! 

I didn't take the blouse off except when I was trying on things at Upcycle and Dots while L ran some errands.

Incognito. 

Hello to Mitra, a lovely person I met at Upcycle! She had the coolest pants on! 

The stuff: 

I walked about 8 blocks total and was on my feet for just over 1.5 hours, and my new clogs were excellent. 

• Purse - Streetwear Society, consignment

Black and white bling: 

Just the usual suspects. 

• Black and white cuff - vintage fair
• Black and white bangles - consignment
• Jet/crystal necklace - vintage 50s, Grandma J's
• Earrings - thrifted
• Silver/obsidian ring - consignment
• Silver/onyx spider ring - gift from Mom & Dad, c. 1986
• Silver loopy ring - consignment, Sidney

And here's what I found while I was out and about. First, two things at Upcycle Consignment. 

I really liked the cut of this shirt - I've been looking for good shirts that will go with some of my funky skirts and bottoms. I've always enjoyed a stripe. 

It had this weird logo embroidered on the front. 

IOI EMH? 

Also on the buttons. 

Okay, this is good quality. Note that the stripes are woven, not printed. 

I laughed at the care/content label.

100% cotton and I can't even wash it? Yeah, I don't think so - this is getting washed! 

Ah, it's Toteme! 

I've heard of this brand - they're all over Substack. This was $35.00 - I was shocked to see their shirts start at over $1,000.00 retail - this sells secondhand for $125-350.00. Yikes. 

The colours in this dress appealed to me. 

This will go with a lot of shoes and boots. 

It has big pockets. 

Aren't the colours cool? Very painty. 

It's by Masai, a brand I've seen around (some at Dots, some in boutiques). 

It was $56.00, which felt about right. These retail around $300.00 new. 

I killed time before meeting up with L again by going through Dots again (I'm always looking for interesting pieces). 

This blue top is polyester in a scritchy weave, kind of like nylon. 

I like the ruching down the front. 

It's adjustable! 

It's by Sassy and they call this "Navy." Looks like blue to me. 

It was an extra 20% off, so was $27.99. 

Whateley just flopping wherever.

We had our neighbours Emma and Daylan over for a movie ("Bubba Ho-Tep"), music and snacks. They loved seeing the boys. 

A bunch of Barnabas being cute. 

I love how he just leans up on the cushion. 

He's just crashed. 

Showing his "feathers," as Caro calls them. 

A pet of the tummy and he curls around. 

More tummy rubs!

That sweet face. 

Sending you all happy purrs and warm fur! I hope you had a fun weekend! 

Thanks so much for being here, my friends!