Weekend Round-Up: A Day with Friends, and Officer Vizzini on the Beat

What a lovely weekend it's been. Nothing much of anything, although there was a flurry of cleaning (the house smells of bleach and lavender). 

L and I went for breakfast on Saturday morning.

The skies opened up and poured rain! Although it wasn't too too cold, I covered up more. But still - colour!

My Kraft Dinner yellow sweater was last seen here in early January, with black leather and the same power lines belt buckle.

My denim maxi skirt hasn't seen much action lately - I last wore it in a punk-inspired ensemble in November 2013 here. Aside for the aforementioned cleaning flurry (and a subsequent nap), I wore this skirt from 9:30 am till 2:00 am.

The barely-seen boots were last worn here in February.

My outerwear ensemble.

Complete with crazy hat! I have to thank Judith of Style Crone for inspiring me to wear hats more. Why not?

I don't mind the side-eye. I give good side-eye right back.

Also, I am wearing orange lippy - a spring trend I wholeheartedly embrace!

Yeah, I'm wearin' a hat, what of it?

The coat is a lovely wool Betsey Johnson that I thrifted (it's even made in the US!). I last wore it here (2nd outfit) on a December 2013 Saturday.

Here's a better look at this magnificent beast of a hat:

The pin is a Smoking Lily gold leather heart

It's beautifully soft and stays perched on my head without any clip or elastic - and without giving me hat-head!

It's an Henri original: 

Based on the shape, I'd say it's from the '50s.

Check it out - this precipitated many lewd comments later on in the evening.

"Genuine Supreme Beaver" with some crazy spelling of Czechoslovakia

This was a really sweet gift from my dear friend Elaine.

Jacket (Betsey Johnson, thrifted), sweater (Spense, consignment), skirt (InWear, consignment), boots (Gold Button), belt (Tony Lama, thifted), buckle (locally-made, gift from L), hat (Andre Original, vintage 50s, gift from Elaine), pin (Smoking Lily), necklace (Global Village, gift from Mom), earrings (local, gift from L), wood ring (Dots), purse (The Trend, thrifted).

A whirlwind cleaning of the condo ensued after breakfast and some chore shopping (as opposed to fun shopping!), L and I napped for an hour before heading to town to meet up with 10 of our closest besties for drinks and general carousing at the pub. Cat and Ross and the two of us had already planned an evening of Arkham Horror, so we left after a few hours.

There were points for wearing green for St. Patrick's Day. You can bet I will be green head to toe tomorrow!

Changed out the top for a green combo of lounge-around-the-house long-sleeved tee layered under this green sweater, which is an old Winner's purchase, and was last worn here (3rd outfit) in October 2013 for a weekend brunch.

I also swapped out the higher-heeled boots for my new-to-me Fly Girl shoes. Good for walking to and from town in the rain! I last wore them here (3rd outfit) a couple of weeks ago in another maxi skirt outfit - I need to wear them with a short skirt before I pack 'em away for fall.

As above, except: Sweater (Max Studio), tee (Plum), belt (vintage 80s, thrifted), necklace (gift from Mom).

With the warmer weather, Vizzini is busy catching up on the neighbourhood business. 

"Seagulls, cars, garbage bins...all as it should be."

Check for our neighbour's cat:

"He's not on at his post! I'll be reporting that."

 I like watching Vizzini's paws as he navigates the narrow ledge of the deck.

"And..gotcha! What's going on behind my back?"

 Squirrels are beginning to poke around in the Gary oaks.

"Begone, vile rodent!"

 Vizzini's so fast, he's often a blur.

"You gulls, back to your roof!"

 He sees all.

"Gotta check this end of the deck now - is that a bug?"

 There's always time for a quick break.

"And back to the --- *lick*"

 He never misses anything.

"What's that up there? A door frame?"

And around again he goes, on his patrol.

"It's safe to go about your business now, ma'am."

And all is right with the world. 

Hope you're having an awesome weekend!