Fancy Friday: Pink, Pleats and Blossoms, and Cat Pictures

Hello, my friends, here we are at Thursday, but because tomorrow is Good Friday and a stat holiday, today is effectively Friday. And this is what I wore to work.

As I'm not really a casual dress kind of person, I rarely do Casual Fridays. I hear that Fancy Friday is a thing - I'm in!

• Blazer - Brooks Brothers, thrifted; last worn here in September 2019 with pink ruffles and surprise boots
• Denim top - Cecil McBee, thrifted; first seen here in June 2019 with a silk skirt and slides
• Skirt - BCBG Max Azria, consignment; last worn here (3rd outfit) in August 2019 for a dinner at the pub
• Shoes - Sol Sana; first worn here in January with more pink and olive

I had an audience while I took my stair picture this morning.

"Who's that? What's she doing?"

It's nesting season for the gulls.

We're in for a lovely weekend weather-wise, full of sunshine and...NOT going out and hanging with our friends or having Easter at Mom's and seeing my family (sigh)...

Anyway, it was sunny today, and I planned for wearing this outfit both with the jacket off and with the jacket on.

I only wore this denim top once last year, which is a shame, because I really like the cut and shape on me. I also like the frayed hem - a nice detail.

I don't usually do well with cropped-style tops, but this one covers the waistband, and the denim is nice and thick without being too bulky. It pulls on over my head and can be worn with the scoop neck in the back, although I have yet to do that.

It was a wee bit challenging to get the wider and thicker sleeves into the narrower jacket sleeves, though. Much adjusting was needed.

I mostly wore it like this all day in the office. I'm so profesh!

The real star here is the tremendously swooshy skirt! Swoosh Factor 10! It's delightful to wear while walking around, but murder on stairs. It's also threatened by its deadly enemies: office chairs and toilets. One must gather it all up around one's knees to avoid these perils.

My coworker Stefanie briefly popped in to pick something up, and I wowed her with a full-on swooshing display. I also ran into my friend Tammy while I was out briefly stocking up on Easter chocolate, so I twirled for her too, as we stood 6 feet apart and said, "HUG!!"

Instead of wearing a coat, I just added gloves and a silk scarf over my jacket. This is the season where I utilize many of my lighter blazers and jackets as outerwear - they also keep me from freezing in the AC of the office.

I did not need the gloves on the walk home.

• Scarf - Smoking Lily, thrifted
• Gloves - consignment

The pattern on the scarf is golden paramecium!

It's silk-screened on chartreuse in gold ink and edged in pink grosgrain ribbon, all done by hand here in town. This scarf is about 15-17 years old.

The stuff:

After wearing these shoes once just after buying them on deep discount from one of our excellent local shoe stores (Footloose, I miss you!) in January, I stashed them away for warmer, less wet, weather. I am going to get a lot of wear out of them this season, as they are comfy as heck!

Green bling:

I like the almost-neon green accents in the "blossom" pattern of the skirt, so picked out all green accessories. I'm always happy to have my grandmother's "lemon-lime" brooch and earrings set back in rotation.

• Brooch/earrings - vintage 60s, Grandma S
• Jade/brass ring - vintage 70s, Mom's
• Crystal ring - Uffizi Gallery gift shop, Florence, Italy
• Bracelet - vintage 60s, Mom's

As today's skirt very much reminds me of blossoms, I went for a quick walk after I got home tonight and took some pictures of the second round of cherry/plum trees in bloom.

Looking towards town. The brown-looking trees are from the first round of blooms, which were fine and snow white, and will have deep burgundy leaves.

These ones are "snowing" blossoms right now. The sidewalks and grass boulevards have petals all over them.

They have bright green leaves, and the blossoms are very pink in the centers.

So pretty against the blue sky. When my mind is stuck on the hamster wheel, nature helps me get back on course.

There is one more round of blooming trees to go, and they're my favourites: big fat, pink blossoms with a heady scent. I'll be sure to take pictures of them in a few weeks once they're out.

Mustn't forget our daily dose of Vizzini.

"Oh, here she comes. The Cat Botherer."

Oh, come on, I can't be expected to ignore that cuteness, can I?

"Well, I am rather irresistible, it's true."

He came looking for me later on. We usually have a spot of cuddling before I leave every day.

"The Woman is my minion, carrying me around whenever I wish."

He often likes being carried around (sometimes not!), and he suffers me kissing him noisily - MWAH! MWAH! MWAH! Sometimes not...Ha ha.

"It's so undignified, Woman."

Wishing you all a very happy long weekend, whatever you celebrate (I celebrate with chocolate, personally). I'll be back with some weekend silliness soon. Take care, everyone!