New Year Weekend Wrap-Up: Visible, Hatted/Haired, Vizzini Adventures, Shopping

Happy New Year 2015! 

Selfie, yo! The trick is to look at the camera.

I hope you all had a wonderful evening, and are enjoying the first days of 2015! I took the above shot in my bathroom mirror, so that you can see all my jewelry, false eyelashes and my make-up (most of which still doesn't show).

I wore the same outfit as I did for our company Christmas party, here, in late November. None of my friends were there, so no one saw this in person.

• Dress - Eliza J, consignment, last worn here (3rd outfit)
• Shoes - Jeffrey Campbell, last worn here (2nd outfit) in September

I didn't wear the little rabbit fur coat, or the silver gloves, as we were at Randall & Yvonne's all evening and I didn't require the extra warmth.

And I changed up the shoes to a more sensible option, more suitable for standing around chillin' with my favourite bunch of people in the world.

The stuff:

I also changed out one of the vintage bracelets (a stretchy iridescent crystal cuff) for the rounded link one, as the stretchy cuff was snagging at my dress a bit.

• Fascinator - local
• Bracelet - Coro, vintage 60s, Mom's
• Earrings/U bracelet -  Sherman, Grandma J's
• Death Star ring - Stone Roses
• Crystal ring - Ufizzi Gallery gift shop
• Ear cuff/ring - Claire's

Bright bling:

So much sparkly! I was very cautious and put the earrings in my pocket when we walked to and from the party. I hate losing earrings, and it would be a tragedy to lose one of these.

While I was getting ready, Vizzini made his presence felt.

"It is time for kitty treats!"

We give him 6 hard little kitty treats a night, after 8pm. No more, no less; he can count, and gets very upset if he gets less. If he gets more, we would never hear the end of it from then on. He gets very vocal.

"Stupid woman! Give me the treats!"

He helpfully stares at the cupboard where they are kept.

"Look, they are right there. Use your opposable thumbs!"

When I finally get out the bag, he attempts to climb up me.

"Ah! Treats! Give them to me now!"

This is how I know when it's time to cut his claws: when they start poking me.

He gets 3 treats on the floor, then we put the other 3 into a ball for him.

"I know they're in there!"

He rolls the ball towards himself until they fall out.

"I still hear one!"

When we first gave him the ball, he took about 10 minutes to get the treats out. Now, it takes him about 2 minutes. Smart little bugger.

L and I chilled out on Friday (not hungover, nope, not me), and on Saturday, we went to the mall and to a rug store.

A super-casual outfit for me.

• Top - Hama shirt, Smoking Lily; now relegated to "wear around the house" so I don't track its wear any more
• Dress - Danier Leather, thrifted; last seen here (5th outfit) in November 2014
• Boots - Ash; last seen here (2nd outfit) for Book Club in December 2014

I liked the studded tights with this.

I didn't wear much bling, just a thrifted cuff and stud earrings.

At the mall, we went to the Hudson's Bay and treated ourselves to a new feather duvet and cover. "Someone" ate the zipper off our old duvet cover (so it would have to be ripped open to be removed), and the old duvet is (ulp) over 20 years old. Where does the time go!? The Bay had a great sale on and we got a beautiful set at a good discount.

I popped into the Danier Leather store and was unable to resist their extra 30% off on accessories.

These are all shades of taupe, with sort of a champagne tint to them. The gloves are like butter, and the neck-loop style scarf and furry toque are stretchy and woven throughout with rabbit fur. These weren't cheap, but they are so soft and beautiful! They were worth it, and even though none of them were locally made, they are designed in Canada and Danier is a Canadian company (that is struggling, I've read), so I'm happy to support them.

We had Cat and Ross over on Friday night for some Arkham Horror, then L and I went for brunch at Floyd's before the Wild Card football games on Saturday.

Close to my team colours, to represent! And my Carolina Panthers made it! Woo hoo!

• Sweater - Kenneth Cole Reaction, consignment; last seen here in September 2014 with white
• Skirt - Danier Leather, thrifted; last worn here in March 2014 with rust
• Boots - Aldo, consignment; last seen here on Christmas Day 2014

These darned tights are way closer to the green-y teal of the sweater, but they always photograph blue.

I did a quick shop after breakfast and made it home in time for the games.

Outerwear:

I had to wear all my new fur accoutrements!

I went to the Hospice shop and had a bit of luck. Another Perfect Red skirt found. My last Perfect Red skirt was leather, but it never fully recovered from a salad dressing incident.

I was super-happy to find this one. It's by J. Michaels, made of 100% wool, and is made in Canada.

Old 80s sizing, so equivalent to a modern size 8. This was only $12.00.

My breath caught when I spotted these.

They're size 8.5 (I usually wear a 9 to 9.5/Euro 40), so I bet they were big on the original owner!

I love the sleek mod styling! They remind me of Mondrian's paintings. The brand is Joy & Peace and these were a whopping $15.00.

Look! It's my missing black earring! I found it in our driveway when I got home! It was barely scratched - so lucky!

The shoes have maybe been worn once.

Sweet!

Our brand-new rug arrived on Saturday too!

We got it half-price (floor model sale). It's really thick and plush - real wool, made in Belgium. Vizzini's in love with it - and so are we!

I'm in for Judith's "Hat Attack" I am linking up this outfit (this post, scroll down) from a couple of weeks ago (since I've done the NYE outfit in a past Hat Attack). I'm also joining in with Gracey's "Literary Stylings" on Tuesday!

Shoe Shine is still on here if you want to play along!