Shopping Outfits and Ugg-ly Monday

Thanks for all the kind words about my new hairdo! I am enjoying it. 

I spent a lot of my weekend out and about. On Saturday, I had to venture down to the post office to pick up a package from Megan Mae! How exciting! I had to stop in at one of my favourite consignment shops while I was there. 

My shopping outfit was not as well-thought-out as usual:

What worked: tights, layers. What didn't: this dress has three really tight buttons at the back of the collar that were a pain to undo when I had to try stuff on. Also, these boots chafed my ankles after walking for about 6K (I should probably break them in a bit more slowly). They also destroyed my tights.

Ah well. They look nice!

I was actually just flicking off some lint. This dress is woven wool and tends to pick up cat hair.

My outerwear:

It didn't end up raining, so I carried the brolly for naught. It got in the way.

Dress (Club Monaco, consignment), tee (Plum), boots (Skagway, 70s vintage, thrifted).

Yesterday I met up with Elaine for lunch and a bit of a shop. I had to take a dress back to another thrift store because they forgot to remove the security tag. Grrr...I hate that! You can see the bundled dress hanging from the hook on my closet door in the above pictures (yes, it's pink) - have to keep it away from kitties who like to chew on bags.

I picked a better trying-on dress this time:

Much better! I was a little chilled, but this was definitely easier for pulling over my head.

I had to do my yellow and turquoise combo:

Bright!

Dress (Oh-Lala, thrifted), cami (Mexx), boots (Miz Mooz).


Today, I wore one of the new dresses I got (I also shopped after work on Friday night).

Winterizing it until I can wear it sleeveless. This is the second wear of this zig-zag sweater.

I admit, I ended up looking like this for most of the day:

I was running up and down stairs between floors, rolling dollies around, moving boxes...my heels were not practical.

I thought it was going to rain again, so I wore my Burberry trench.

Nope, didn't rain.

The stuff:

Megan sent me this lovely black necklace (along with something else that I'll be showing later on this week). Thank you so much, hon!

The dress was such a nice colour and looked so nice on. It was also a good deal:

I actually paid less than $24.95 because it was on a "buy 2 get 1 free" deal. Since all 3 dresses I bought were $24.95, they ended up being around $18.00 each. I like Ann Taylor Loft - I wish we had that store in Canada.

Sweater (Le Chateau, thrifted), dress (Ann Taylor Loft, thrifted), shoes (Camper), necklace (gift from Megan), earrings (The Cobbler).

One of my favourite things I found while I was out this weekend were these fab sneakers:

I am not a fan of the classic Ugg boots - I think they're hideous and ugly and shouldn't be worn in public - but how cool are these? The silver fabric actually says "Ugg" all over (not really noticeable unless you take a good look at them), and those are my two little certificates of authenticity.

And how much did I pay for these babies?

Nope, not $69.99 - The Bay had an extra 40% off on them. They were only $41.00 on sale! I think over $100 off is a pretty good score. They were also sized really big - I am usually a 9 or 9 1/2.

I double-checked to see if I had the "authentic hologram":

 Yes, there it is.

And do you not just love the faux fur lining?

Incredibly comfy! And styling too!

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