Casual and Cat-tastic!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend! It's been very relaxing Chez Us, although we did go out yesterday for a few chore-y things. 

We went out for lunch with our friend Chris, so I wore something swooshy.

My second wear of this plaid taffeta dress, last seen here a couple of Mondays ago.

I'm linking this outfit up to Patti's "Visible Monday" over at Not Dead Yet Style - I was very bright and visible in this!

It was sunny so I sunblocked up my cleavage, and wore this cute little tie-front cardi (thrifted here for $7.50).

The shoes were good (thrifted here on Friday for $16.50), but I cut the little elastic straps out of the sling-backs when I got home - ouch! Now I know why someone donated them. However, I've never been shy about customizing my shoes to make them more comfy (like these gold shoes), whether it's slitting the backs of the heels to make them less sharp on my feet or removing unnecessary elastic (like in my Chie Mihara flats).

Dress (Coldwater Creek, thrifted), cardigan (Bellisima, thrifted), shoes (Aerosoles, thrifted), earrings (locally made), Fulvia ring (Wendy Brandes).

L and I went to Sears after lunch and bought a new dishwasher (our current one is over 20 years old and sounds like a jet plane), which we'll be getting in a few weeks. We browsed around, looking at furniture, and all I could think was, "I could find good stuff so much cheaper second-hand!" I talked L into stopping at one of my favourite second-hand furniture stores, Charmaine's Past and Present (linking 'cause I love).

Now that we have paid off our mortgage, we're looking to replace some of our decades-old furniture with quirkier, cooler pieces. And we scored! We found a beautiful Bombay Company couch (this one) that was regular $1999 for only $799! And it's made in Canada and is in new condition. We get it tomorrow - exciting!

Vizzini was not as impressed with our shopping.

"What did you buy me?" 

We'll have to be vigilant of him, to make sure he doesn't scratch the new couch!

"Like I would do such a thing - that was all Inigo and Othello."

He showed his apathy by flopping on the "kitty camo" rug.

"You can't see me."

He likes to lie right in the path to the kitchen.

"Nothing to see here. I'm just a floppy cat."

I had a bit of a sleep-in this morning, then sauntered down to get groceries.

It's very muggy and a bit overcast, but warm. This outfit is basically a repeat of this one that I wore for July 1st (Canada Day) last year.

I last wore both the dress (a Smoking Lily one from the 90s that I thrifted), and the pedal pushers (a retail purchase) in the July 2012 capsule (recap here).

I wore the scarf (after digging around for it for ages - I thought I'd lost it!) to help cover up my tattoos - remember, inked ladies, sunblock your artwork!

The shoes are my Kenneth Cole Reaction flats that I wore back in March (and froze my toes!) here (scroll waaaaay down).

Dress (Smoking Lily, vintage 90s, thrifted), pants (Reitman's), shoes (Kenneth Cole Reaction, consignment), scarf (Aldo), earrings (Oscar & Libby's).

And now I'm going to chill out in anticipation of a very busy week ahead.