More Snow and Normal Neutrals

It is seriously difficult to plan what to wear when the ground is covered in snow. Not to be a whiner or delicate f**king flower, but how on earth do you do this, you people who live in winter-snowy regions?

A rare sighting of me in pants - note my klassy green dress socks (my dress sock wardrobe is sadly lacking).

• Jacket - Club Monaco, thrifted; last seen here (3rd outfit) as outerwear in October 2016
• Sweater - Hawick of Scotland, consignment; last worn here in November 2016 with olive the colour
• Trousers - Pariscope, thrifted, vintage 90s?; last seen here in April 2016 with chartreuse shoes
• Shoes - Hispanitas; last worn here (2nd outfit) in December 2016 to the Sing-along Sound of Music with Mom
• Coat (below) - Hilary Radley, thrifted 

First, I'll address the purple elephant in the room: my hair, which has decided to do some crazy off-to-the side sh*t today. As you may have surmised, I am growing it out - I haven't had longer hair for many years, and I feel like a bit of a rock & roll shag, a la Joan Jett or Emmylou Harris. So there you are, thanks for asking.

And then, to the outfit. I had many compliments on it today, mostly from what I think of as the "normals" at work, i.e. people who don't dress like me. That usually means I've hit some sort of sweet spot of neutrals and classic cuts that appeals to them.

I have been debating turfing these trousers, but the reaction was so positive to them today that I may keep them, and just move them into the spring/summer wardrobe instead, where I can pair them with whites, creams, and lighter tones. What do you think? Keep or toss?

While you ponder that, here's the castle view from my stair pose again this morning. It snowed all night, and we woke up to about 8 inches of the fluffy white stuff.

It's pretty but I would prefer it gone.

And now, outerwear:

Yup, same ol', same ol'. Danier fur toque/scarf, vintage thrifted long wool gloves. I am certainly getting my cost-per-wear down on this coat!

The stuff:

Lovely comfy shoes.

Silver bling:

I liked how the pendant went with the plaid of the pants.

• Pendant - POLY, thrifted
• Cuff - Glee
• Earrings - 10th anniversary gift from L

I took a few more pictures of the snow. This is outside on our deck, which is sealed off at this time of year. Vizzini most emphatically does NOT want to go out here right now.

That's a big overhang of snow that is melting into icicles against the window.

All the trees, and the powerlines, were coated.

By this afternoon, most of that snow had fallen off. The streets are mostly clear, but I sure wish people would shovel their freakin' sidewalks.

Looking down at our street (note my awesome driveway shoveling skillz on the lower left, yo).

There is a storm warning for tonight (oh joy), but fingers crossed that it misses us.

I took some pictures of my walk to work.

Pretty trees, and the sun just coming up. Note that non-shoveled walk in front of me!

Our neighbourhood has some interesting houses.

I would live in a purple house, totally.