Long Birthday Weekend!

Hey! Time flies when one is not working, surprisingly. I have one more day off after today...but then it's only two days to the weekend again! And my official birthday party!

But in the meantime, I had a nice long weekend. On Saturday, I got up early and went to my WW meeting: My cool plaid Kensie dress. Haven't worn this in a while, but I did recall that it's very sheer, so I wore a black satin slip under it (you can see a good 3 inches hanging out at the bottom). I went with purple tights to jazz up all that black and grey.

Those are my new boots - they were awesome for walking in all day (we met up with Spence and Kim and Nick and Karen for lunch, walked to town, walked home).

I also wore my new-to-me fall/spring coat that I picked up about a month ago on consignment for $30. Isn't the colour fab? I love chartreuse. The fabric is cotton, but it's brushed so it has a nice velvety feel. Not as heavy as a wool coat, but perfect for the rainy west coast.

And because the weather here is very changeable, I also added my grey fingerless gloves and my striped cashmere scarf:

I was pretty chuffed that the purple of my tights matched the purple purse so well. I had a lot of compliments from strangers on this colour mix.

The coat was a really good deal. Planet coats usually start around $300 new.

Such beautiful finishing inside: dark chocolate brown satin lining, edged with satin, a nice chain for hanging it.

Coat (Planet, consignment), scarf (Club Monaco), gloves (Parkhurst), dress (Kensie), boots (Gabor).

Vizzini saw that the coat was getting lots of attention, so he decided to get in on it:

Aw, such a cute little bun!

I can't leave out Inigo:

He was helping L cheer for the Dolphins last week. It didn't work.

On Sunday (my actual birthday), I had my niece Hannah for the day. It's "Day with Auntie Sheila"! I like being a little whacky whenever I see my nieces:

That's a new-to-me sweater that I got in a thrift store about 3 months ago for $4.00. It's acrylic, so washable. I also like the long cut of it (and nice neckline), and I don't have much in the way of blue in my closet.

I did my leopard tights with my mini-skirt:

A vintage choker and my dark brown walking boots...oh, and that's a new purse I got in a thrift store on the weekend.

I went to the usual thrift boutique - they totally overcharge for thrift, but they have a good selection, and it's for a good cause (grumble). The bag was $24.50, but at least it was suede:

I like the colour, the dark brown (good quality) PVC trim, and the gold hardware.

Never heard of the brand and couldn't find anything about them online:

That website doesn't exist. So, Label Fail.

Hannah and went to a flea market (it wasn't very good, but was only $2 for both of us). We saw this graffiti at the bus stop:

I like creative graffiti. Thank you, anonymous artist! Well done!

We had a lovely sunny day, fortunately:

A good day to walk over the bridge back to town.

Another shot of the harbour:

Very quiet for a holiday weekend.

After we had our adventures downtown, I returned Hannah to her mom and L and I went out for dinner for my birthday. I'd been saving this dress from my Dots shop of a couple of weeks ago:

Everytime I wear it, I start singing "Come On, Eileen." I feel like an extra from that video.

The dress is a light grey with black and a thread of red/burgundy. It's cotton flannel, so it's ultra soft. It's by Naughty (apparently my dress is called the "Tartan Fling"), which is a UK label that reminds me very much of the deconstructed look of All Saints' clothes.

It was marked down to $49.99 at Dots, plus I had a coupon for an extra 40% off, so it was $30.00. The regular price was $150.00. Score!

Here's a good look at the skirt and all the wrapping of it:

I love all those folds in the front. So cool.

I put my red belt on and my red boots for the stroll down to the restaurant. Unfortunately, it was closed (arg, long weekend hours!), so we went to the pub instead.

I wore my grey frilly jacket over it to ward off the chill:

And a fun birthday was had!

Dress (Naughty), jacket (label illegible, Camden Market), boots (Miz Mooz), belt (Plum).

On Monday, I just hung out with L all day. We had a lovely roast beef dinner (I'm making stew now out of the leftovers). Today, Mom, L and I went for lunch so I got dressed up:

It's been alternating with tropical downpour and sunshine, so I'm cautiously layering. That's my washable suede skirt, with my comfy boots (recently waterproofed), my leopard blouse (last worn in May) and my good ol' sweater vest.

I'll be wearing this to my WW meeting tonight as well.Hope you had a fun weekend!

Blouse (Planet, consignment), vest (Le Chateau, swap from Ruth), skirt (Skott's Suede, thrifted), boots (Miz Mooz), necklace (Foxy).