A Wee Bit of Retail Therapy

I'm getting slightly frustrated (and depressed) about not hearing about this dang job. However, I found out today that my former boss had forgotten to check her cell phone (she also got laid off, so can't blame her) and had missed the call for my reference! She said she gave me a glowing review, but still...yikes. I'm going to call them tomorrow and see what's going on - it's been a week since the interview and it seems like I should have heard something by now. I don't think that's too pushy, do you?

Anyway, I didn't want to sit around all day waiting for the phone to ring, so I got dressed in what I'd planned to wear to Book Club tonight (it was pushed back to next week) and visited four of my regular consignment/thrift stores. I had some major scores - I'll be wearing all the pieces over the next few weeks.

I was inspired by this outfit of Audi's over at Fashion For Nerds - I have been struggling to do a non-costume-y look with my long striped jacket that I wore for Hallowe'en and I loved how she did hers with over-the-knee boots.

Here's what I did:
My funky blouse (first seen here), with these new dark-wash skinny jeans (they're actually cropped with zippers - will be wonderful for warmer weather) that Caro gave me (I love my friends!), and my olive boots (last seen here). This is probably the last wear of my tall boots as the weather had better smarten up and be Spring-like, dammit!

Moving on...*ahem*

I'm also wearing my new zebra belt buckle that I bought in December when I hit my favourite shoe store (I got it the same time as my pin-up girl one).

And then I added the jacket over all of it! I must say, this looked awesome walking around. I did up the top 3 buttons and let the skirt part swing around - the jacket is quite a stiff cotton, so it billowed most satisfactorily in the wind.

I love the bits of embroidery on it. Please check out the details in the Hallowe'en link above if you want to see more of it.

The stuff:

I love that the blouse - which has no olive or khaki in it - goes so great with olive! I had fun mixing patterns in this outfit.

A close-up:

I also wore that necklace - I liked how all the patterns worked, and I think it's because they are all based on black and white. I had several compliments on my outfit from the ladies in a couple of the shops (although one of the shops is completely staffed by volunteer elderly ladies, who eye me suspiciously and follow me around. You'd think they'd recognize me by now).

Hee, you can see me in the ball earrings.

Jacket (Noa Noa), blouse (Marcona, thrifted), jeans (Jackpot, swap from Caro), belt (Shi Studio), buckle (She She Shoes), boots (Pegabo), necklace (Shi Studio), earrings (Aldo Accessories).

Tuesday WW Group - Thigh-High Boots and Purple

After disappointing my Tuesday group's work receptionists by teasing them with my thigh-high boots last week (and then not wearing them!), of course I had to wear them this week:
I came up with this colour combo by just holding the boots in front of my tops and blouses until one of them jumped out at me - literally!

[Rant] Above is a deliberate misuse of "literally" because the image of a blouse leaping out of my closet at me is funny. I am sick to death and am starting to get that "whuuuuuh" shiver whenever I hear "literally" being used incorrectly, which lately is often. This seems to be a "flavour of the month" word right now. Everyone please take note: "literally" means IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.

"I literally picked up my jaw off the floor." I heard this on a TV show the other night. No, you did NOT just literally pick up your jaw off the floor. That would be gross and bloody and more along the lines of some sort of "House"-type of show. What the person meant is "I figuratively picked up my jaw off the floor."

What I'm seeing here (and you may remember I have a degree in Linguistics - I'm a major word nerd) is "literally" being used to mean an intensifier of feeling and as an indicator of outrageous consequence, as in, "I was so stunned that I felt like a cartoon character whose jaw has dropped to the floor."

However, this is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I want to be a descriptivist, and I do try to just bemusedly observe how language is used (*cough*mangled*cough*) and try not to cringe, but on this I must (figuratively, not literally) smack all word abusers upside the head and be a prescriptivist. My head might literally explode! Heh. See? That's funny. You can't break the rules until you know them, man.[/end rant]

Anyway! I liked this blouse (previously seen here) with the olive boots, but I wanted to have a bit more colour, and I do love olive and purple together, so I tossed on this drapey cardi (last worn here):
These boots are so unbelievably comfy that I walked to town and back in them for my meeting. This is my fourth wearing of them (last seen here, scroll past my vacation pics).

I am excited for my Tuesday group! They have now lost over 50 pounds (there are 14 people) in 3 weeks - I am so proud of my superstars!

The stuff:
Sweet, sweet boot-y goodness! But what is that mass of sparkly happiness?

I got a package in the mail the other day, from the lovely Tina at T Minus, T Plus. I had sent her a skirt that I'd thrifted (the twin of this one) and she sent me a thank you:

What a lovely card! There I am shopping on my scooter (that I don't have). But check out that killer necklace! Does she know my taste, or what? I love the hefty weight of it and the awesome rock and roll vibe. Thank you, Tina! You rock!

Inigo helped me do my paperwork after the meeting:

He's hovering as it's a few hours before Food Time. He will continue to follow me around (I'm look after the front end, L looks after the back end) and his pathetic little meow will get more persistent as we get closer to Food. I ignore him.

Cardigan (Bobeau), blouse (Nolita, thrifted), cami (InWear), pants (Kensie), boots (Pegabo), necklace (gift from Tina), earrings (don't remember).