A Whole Lot of Ruffles

I miss my outside shots now that it's getting dark so early (sigh). However, now that I can walk to work in my street clothes, I'm actually dressed in the morning at home, so I can dash out to the stairwell:
The return of the ruffly skirt! It's also the first wearing of these Hispanita boots in several months.

My khaki jacket over a new-to-me vest:

Showcasing the lovely pin that Steph sent me. Thank you! So funky!

The vest:

I do love the "lock and load" properties of vests, don't you? This one is a fine-wale cotton corduroy and has sweet little watch pockets on the front. It was $6.50 in a thrift store.

The stuff:

Even though the outfit didn't have a) stripes b) pink or c) hearts aside from this pin, I liked how it pulled the whole ensemble together.

Jacket (RW & Co., consignment), vest (RW & Co., thrifted), sweater top (Trina Turk, consignment), skirt (Dolcezza), boots (Hispanitas, consignment), earrings (Plum), pin (gift from Steph).

Weekend Outfits - Working and Playing

I filled in at the main WW centre Saturday morning on Reception - woo, it was crazy! I had to build my outfit around semi flat boots, plus I was weighing in (no change, yay!), so I had to wear light clothing.

The end result:
I've only worn this dress once before (as part of my favourite outfit here), and wanted to change up the complementary colour to blue. Added the cardi over top, and my blue vintage slip underneath, along with my navy blue pouffy underskirt:

I also pinned open the neckline of the dress (it is meant to button up) with little safety pins.

I left the pics uncropped so you can see the puddle of cat watching me very carefully. Heh.

The stuff:

I love these boots - they are so comfy.

I had several compliments on my "lovely necklace" - ha, fooled ya! It's actually a brooch.

I just threaded it onto the silver cord chain.

Dress (no label/unknown, consignment), cardigan (Jessica, consignment), slip (vintage, thrifted), underskirt (Noa Noa), belt (Denver Hayes, consignment), boots (Miz Mooz), brooch worn as necklace (The Bay), earrings (Plum).

Saturday night, our friend Chris celebrated his birthday, so L and I joined the crowd for dinner and drinks after. I wore this new-to-me dress that I picked up a few weeks ago:

I had seen this dress at my favourite consignment store several times and not tried it on. It was a little pricey at $59, and the style was a bit intimidating. Ruffles? Studs? Not sure. But this time I tried it on, and I loved how it fit, so I bought it. I'm so glad I did! This was ultra-comfy to wear all night.

The dress is Bodybag by Jude Clothing, a Montreal company. I couldn't find this dress pictured in any of their collections, but I found a mention and picture of it in this blog, calling it "Love Dress O". How cool, my dress has a name!

I sort of played up the cowgirl look of it with my Hispanita boots (last worn here) and my Shi Studio cowboy belt:I did the belt-wrapped-around-my-wrist thing to make a cuff:

A close-up of the top half of the outfit:

The dress is an khaki velvet with a bit of stretch. I love the pyramid studs and the snap at the neckline. It had the original price tag on it when I bought it, so it's never been worn:

I saved $100 bucks!

L and I walked to town, so I bundled up.

Okay, you folks getting dumped on with snowstorms and such can officially hate on us West coast-ers. This is a thin leather jacket, and I'm sleeveless. And I didn't need the gloves or scarf that badly.

That's my awesome Matt & Nat bag (detail shots here).

The stuff:

I did silver accents instead of trying to be all matchy with the brushed gold. My tights were a gold/black blend, though.

A close-up:

Yup, that's stuff.

Dress (Bodybag by Jude Clothing, consignment), boots (Hispanitas, consignment), belt (Shi Studio), belt worn as wrist-wrap (Plum), wrist-wrap (Club Monaco), ring (gift from Cindy), white gold earrings (gift from L), jacket (Bebe, thrifted), faux fur gloves/scarf (Parkhurst), bag (Matt & Nat).