Bigass Weekend Wrap-Up: Bold Brunch and Books; Mohair Flashback; Hawaiian Happy Hour; Cat Pictures

Welcome back, my friends! An awesome weekend has been had! 

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Okay, moving on! L and I met up with Nick for brunch at the Ruby, our new favourite downtown diner-type of restaurant. Hopefully, our "Diner Curse" won't affect them - our previous favourite diners - Floyd's and Pluto's have both left downtown in the past couple of years. 

I wanted to wear my new-to-me floral skirt, and well, I kind of got carried away with colour! 

Bam! While we were waiting in line to get into the Ruby, I had multiple people check me out, stare at me from their cars, and one fellow even came back after walking past us to tell us, "You guys look AWESOME!" Aw, so nice to have one's efforts appreciated! 

• Mohair sweater - thrifted; last worn here in March when Mom and I did a photoshoot at the Castle
• Blouse - Rock & Republic, thrifted; last seen here in May with greens
• Skirt - Carven, Spring 2014, consignment; purchased here for $25.20
• Boots - Effortless Sophia, Fluevog; last worn here in April with many purples

After I bought this skirt last weekend, I immediately realized it would look great with my three-tone purple/pink boots. I am wearing micro-fishnet nylons due to the boots (foot rubbing) and the shortness of the mini-skirt. 

This thin mohair sweater is just the right shade of pink, but it needed something else - neon green! 

I layered the neon blouse under the sweater, flipped the cuffs, then thought, "This needs something else - something BOLD." 

I'd bought L this vintage tie for either his birthday or Christmas (can't remember) for a dollar in a thrift store, and he didn't like it. He's red/blue colourblind, so struggles with anything in the red/purple/blue range, poor guy! I have to match all his shirts/ties in that spectrum for him, although he does well on his own most of the time. 

Anyway, all that to say I did some layering! We'll be having a wee Flashback on this sweater shortly. 

There's the pink in the boots - on the back. 

I added my neon leather purse. There are shades of emerald green and a lighter green in the skirt's floral pattern, so it all goes. 

After brunch, we went to Munro's Books, Russell Books and Ditch Records - all locally-owned businesses. Yay! 

My Movie Star Wrap for traveling in a top-down convertible. 

I tied the scarf to my purse strap for walking around. 

Masked up. 

This is how most people saw me. 

Accoutrements: 

Neon green and pink is such a great combination, isn't it? 

• Leather purse - Club Monaco, thrifted
• Silk scarf - Smoking Lily, vintage 90s, thrifted
• Mask - by Mom

Boots! 

Love 'em. Flashback here if you're interested in seeing how I've worn them before. 

Green bling: 

My usual "set." 

• Glass bead necklace - vintage 60s, Mom's
• Glass bangle - thrifted
• Crystal bracelet - vintage 60s, Mom's
• Silver/aventurine ring - consignment
• Silver/amethyst ring - vintage mall
• Earrings - Stella & Dot, consignment, Vancouver

Oh, I forgot the tie! And these are three of the books I bought for myself. I also found my next selection for Book Club - I am up as the next picker! Very exciting. 

"Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote - I've never read the book, but that's one of my favourite movies. "Foundryside" by Robert Jackson Bennett - I just finished "City of Stairs" by him and loved it, so I'm digging for his other titles. We read "The Shining Girls" by Lauren Beukes for Book Club (my choice) last year, and I really enjoyed it, so I was happy to find "Broken Monsters" by her in the used section. 

The tie is by Peacock and is made in West Germany. 

I love the two-tone purple woven pattern. I suspect this is from the 1960s. 

Vizzini, what do you think of all these books and bright colours? 

"Zzzzz...don't care...sleeping..."

Flashback: Pink Mohair Sweater

I found this sweater at Flavour Upstairs here in October 2018. 

It's a very fine mohair knit - I always have to layer something with it, as it's very sheer. 

No labels other than this Chinese one. 

It was $24.99, but it looked like it had never been worn. 

I wore it right away here in October 2018. 

I have a dark red cami under it, and the sweater is thin enough to tuck into the paper-bag waistband of this black silk skirt. I love red and pink together. 

I'm holding up the wall here in December 2018. 

I've layered my viscose black turtleneck under the sweater, and picked up the colour in these awesome floral tights which I've had forever. 

Layered again, with a cream Victorian-style blouse here in September 2019.

I mixed orange, pink and lavender to go with this groovy Ted Baker skirt. 

As well as layering stuff underneath it, this sweater is thin enough to be a layer under something else, like my fabulous vintage Dolce & Gabbana sweater slip-dress. 

I wore this out for brunch with my coworker Simona in December 2019. 

Back to layering blouses underneath here in February 2020. 

Matching the pink to my then-new pink and blue Fluevogs. 

Burgundy red and pink again here in November 2020. 

Not sure about that skirt - it's a fine houndstooth but reads grey. It's fairly new, so I'll have to give it another couple of wears in the fall.

And here's the last time I wore the sweater, in March 2020. 

That's the first time I've worn it layered under a jacket. This was for the photoshoot with Mom at the Castle. 

Mathy stuff: I've now worn it 8 times, which is a $3.12 cost-per-wear so far. I'm happy with that - this is a great colour and very good quality piece that I'm sure I'll have for years. 

Vizzini, what's your favourite outfit? 

"I like the one with the sweater that I can sleep on."

That's all my sweaters, which is why I put them away immediately! 

Although it feels like our Saturday Zoom Happy Hour is winding down - we'll soon be able to have larger gatherings outdoors - it's still happening for now. 

Sneaking in a wearing of my new-to-me Hawaiian dress! 

• Dress - Hilo Hatties, vintage 00s, thrifted; purchased here for $32.99
• Shoes - Lucky Brand; first worn here (2nd outfit) in April for the Zoom Happy Hour!

By the time we got home from our jaunt downtown, the weather had gone from warm and overcast to hot and sunny. 

Without the shoes, I hung out and read on the deck for the afternoon, until it was time for dinner and then our Zoom call. 

I completely and utterly love this dress. 

It's a perfect fit, which is a good thing, as it has no stretch.

I used to be horrified by exposed bra straps, but I've gotten over that in recent decades. Whatever, it's a black strap. 

A saucy glimpse at my underlovelies. 

I have bare legs here. 

The stuff: 

I'm still breaking these shoes in, so they haven't been worn out and about yet, but they are getting softer with each wear. 

• Earrings - thrifted

And there we go, another weekend over so soon. 

"Do you mind? I'm sleeping here."

Vizzini has been happy to have us around - we spent Sunday listening to music, reading and watching TV. 

"Sounds like a wonderful time."

It was. And I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend, full of good times and friends! Thanks so much for stopping by!