Brown Capri's

Its been pretty busy at work lately and I hope you don't think I was hiding after the hideousness the other day with that striped tunic :) .  I must admit, I am embarrassed I even went to work dressed like that but you gotta mess up once in awhile right? LOL

We have guests this weekend and have our last long trail run before this 50km trail race I am doing coming up. I cant wait. Trail running is the BEST.  LOVE IT. FOR SURE.

Anyway, short note since its friday. Have a super weekend everyone!!

Stoopidest Purchase of the Year

An alien must have inhabited my body for a few hours on Sunday. I went to a store to pick up something for someone and walked out with this tunic. I even tried it on. I knew better than to even take it off the rack. I was thinking of Ally's comments "you look good in bold", I remembered Gracey's pattern mixing that I was so inspired by.  I took it off the hanger, into the change room, tried it on.  KNEW it wasn't flattering yet when I came out all the girls cooed and said, thats SO CUTE.  I even walked out with a smile on my face.

Tuesday morning. I get dressed.  Look like I'm wearing a sack.  The hubs convinces me I need a belt with it and tries to downplay the hideousness of it all.  I go to work dressed in it ANYWAY.

All day I just wanted to ask someone what they thought but I fought the urge to make them uncomfortable. I only needed 1, only 1 comment to reassure me that I didn't look like a complete clown. But I DIDNT ASK.

I even tried tying it in a knot at the side (Photo 4).  No returns.  Hopefully they might let me exchange it?

Do you ever return something if you have worn it for at least a few hours?
(At least I can laugh at myself here.... :(

Nordic Sweater

I was breaking the fashion rules for my body type with this sweater vest.  Its thick, undefined waist, drop sleeve design... all things I'm not supposed to wear.

I find its one thing seeing yourself in the mirror but for me, seeing myself in these photos gives me a much more objective view of how things look.  I actually don't mind this sweater even though in the mirror I was unsure.  The ring was a gift from my girlfriend Rita from one of her trips to Europe. I love big rings and I love turquoise. She always finds the best surprise gifts that I love so much!!

I was warm and comfy and felt great today.  Hey, and its friday as well! What more can one ask for?

Have a super weekend!!

Brown Giant

Yes, spring is coming but it was rainy and cold today! I wanted to be warm so wore a warm (ish) color. The other change is that for the first time I tried wearing flats with these pants which I probably should have done right from the first time I was talked into buying these pants.  DUH.  Oh well. Live and learn (again and again).

Have you ever paired things together only to realize (WAY after the  fact) that you were not with the program? Hello, like did you NOT get the memo??

Black Dress and Animal

I had about 10 minutes to get home, take my photo, get changed, grab a snack  and then head off to my run session.  Crazy busy at work right now but I'm still managing to get my outfits in order and take photos.  Its been great connecting with you all more lately as well!!

I don't wear this dress much cuz it  seems bait short for work but I broke it out today and added some animal print for fun. I love this scarf.  I actually really love black and brown together and would never have paired the 2 colors had I not been blogging. I get so many ideas from reading all of your blogs which is fantastic. So. Thank you to those of you who wear black and brown together. I got the idea from you!!

Vintage Pink

I love this vintage jacket I got awhile back, its just got a HUGE pointy collar that I am abit embarrassed to been seen wearing it. I mean, I could spear an animal with the points on this darn collar!  Anyway, I was driving home from a meeting and stopped at this seedy kind of location to take my photo.  I forgot that I had these cheap sunglasses on (was the only thing I had in the car and had to wear because it was so bright driving). I look like a bug. So, now I look like a bug who could spear an animal with my jacket collar. NICE.

Happy Tuesday!   Did you wear anything crazy or embarrassing today?

Winter be Gone

The trees are all blooming here and the flowers are exploding with color.  Its almost but not quite time to pull out the spring clothes.  I will wear boots as late into spring/summer as possible though since its one of my favorite fashion items.

Do you have a fashion favorite that you wear all the time or would wear all the time if you could?

Friday Wear with a Gangsta Chain

I had a meeting on Friday so I thought I'd wear more classic look.  And I know I am not supposed to wear this kind of collar-- its boring on me. However, I thought the pop of color in the sweater would help balance it out.

I had bought this necklace awhile ago and the first time I wore it my man said "That looks like a gangsta chain"... I thought that was hilarious and ended up not wearing it. I pulled it out today and thought I'd rock it with this outfits since the meeting I was going to has a lot of politics going on between some of the players and I thought to myself- I could alway pull the necklace off and use it like they did in the Anchorman News Fight (#ilovethatmovie :)

Grey and Green

Okay, today I broke out the green table cloth. Don't worry... I have a few more colors left to go :)  One thing you did not know about me is that I am the Queen of Productivity! I am very well trained in productivity systems and in fact, I developed a comprehensive training program that I provide to all our new staff at work.  I love being organized!!  A few things that have made a big difference for me and that I have incorporated into my program are:

1.  The "Getting Things Done" System by David Allen
2. Evernote (Productivity App)

Using the system I've designed helps SO much in that you can always have confidence that you are able to manage a high volume of information coming at you (because thats just today's world) in a way that is manageable and makes sense. Now, this doesn't mean you are necessarily DOING something about all that information (from emails, meetings, phone calls, brainstorming, thoughts in your head at 2am, to-do lists and daily chores, etc) however, you have an excellent system for capturing and prioritizing all this information.    Anyway, Evernote recently came out with a laptop bag and since my old one was falling apart my hubs ordered this one for me for xmas and I JUST got it about a week ago.  Apparently it came all the way from Switzerland or someplace like that.

It's a cool bag in terms of shape and size. It's not the greatest if I need to carry a lot of documents though.  This is more a day to day bag and if I have to go away on business I would likely take something bigger.  I liked the color as well.  Take a look in case you need a new laptop bag (and NO... I'm not sponsored by them or anything.. dream on!! :)

PS I feel like batman in this shiny boots :)  UP UP and AWAY.

70's Skirt

This was fun today. I hung up an old plastic table cloth thing as a backdrop and it worked except for all the wrinkles and ripples.  I thought it would work well with this skirt.

I must say a big THANK YOU to Ally from Shybiker as the observation made was that I suited bold patterns the most and when I think about it I also feel better in these kinds of clothes so am now making more effort to create outfits based on that.  What a great bit of feedback that has made a big difference!

SO CRAZY-- I just wrote this then went over to Ally's blog and saw a post about me in bold patterns. NOW that is coincidence and so awesome. Wow oh Wow I am so honored!!!