Red Monday

In the spirit of the coming holidays, I wore red today. I even dug out my little Santa Claus earrings. Ho ho ho!

Where:
work

What:
Blouse: Lapis
Cardigan: Old Navy (thrifted)
Pants: Gap
Beads: Anne Klein
Boots: M.I.A.
Santa Earrings: mine from the 1990's

Weekend Before Christmas

Saturday morning, Chicago-area bloggers Clare and Sabrina and I met for brunch at Yolk in the South Loop. They are both lovely women and I enjoyed our time together. It was fun to meet people in person who I'd previously only known online!

I spent part of the afternoon Christmas shopping downtown, then met my boyfriend for yummy-flavored caffeine at Argo Tea. In the evening, we went to a Xmas/Birthday party at a friend's house. Great company, good wine, charades and a special performance of The 12 Days of Urban Christmas!

Today I slept in late, then went downtown to see In The Heights, the recent Tony-award winner for best musical. It was a great production. I stopped at the Christkindlmarket on Daley Plaza after the show. Beautiful but crowded.

On weekends, I often wear variations on the same outfit, using many of the same clothing items. Today, I was totally lazy and rushing to get downtown in time for the show, so I just put on the exact same clothes today as I wore yesterday. I'm sure I'm not the only person who occasionally does that, am I?


Where:
Saturday: Blogger Brunch, Xmas shopping, Argo Tea, party
Sunday: performance of In the Heights, Christkindlmarket

What:
Jacket: vintage, thrifted
Ghostbusters T-shirt: from Boscov's
Long-Sleeved Grey T-shirt: thrifted
Jeans: Delia*s
Boots: Nine West
Beads: Macy's
Earrings: from a street vendor in Vancouver (or was it Mexico City?)
Hat: Filippo Catarzi (thrifted)
Scarf: handmade by my grandmother
Leather Coat: vintage from my mother
Bag: Marc Jacobs (thrifted)
Gloves: gift

Bloggers
L to R: me, Clare, Sabrina

Black and White and Tan

Today's outfit was inspired by Christine from My Style Pill, who showed two remixes of a black-and-white checked skirt, one outfit for spring and the other for winter. In looking at her winter mix, I immediately thought of this black and white skirt of mine and a similar outfit that I could create with pieces I already owned. Thanks, Christine!

Where:
work

What:
Jacket: vintage
Black Silk Blouse: Theory (thrifted)
Black Lace-Top Cami: Express
Skirt: Merona for Target (thrifted, $3)
Black Cable-Knit Tights: from Filene's Basement
Boots: Nine West
Hat: Filippo Catarzi (thrifted)
Scarf: handmade by my mother
Cameo Necklace: thrifted

Grey and Black

While wearing this outfit, I checked Facebook and saw a status update from someone saying that boots should never have muffin-top. I don't know. I like the look in moderation. It's also practical: dry, warm feet and pants without limiting myself to only the skinniest of pants in my wardrobe.

Where:
work

What:
Jacket: vintage
Grey V-neck Sweater: American Eagle Outfitters from T.J.Maxx
Long-Sleeve Black T-shirt: Gap
Plaid Pants: from J.C. Penney
Boots: M.I.A. from Macy's
Beads: Macy's
Silver Hoop Earrings: gift from my parents

Green Tweed Jacket

So I didn't buy Breaking Dawn. There were no English-language copies left in the library, but I tracked down Amanecer, the Spanish-language translation, and checked it out from the library this morning. I haven't gotten too far into it yet, but I have learned that carroceria blindada means armored car. My Mexican-born boyfriend had never heard the word blindada before. He thought I was making it up.


Where:
work, house hunting

What:
Jacket: Mind Games from Deb's ($5 on clearance)
Yellow Shirt: vintage from my mom
Scarf: gift from my parents from their trip to NYC
Pants: Express
Socks: ??
Shoes: Nine & Co. (thrifted, $2)
Gold Hoop Earrings: gift from my parents
Gold Dangly Earrings: gift from my parents
Bracelet: from Macy's
Cameo Brooch: vintage from my mom

Yellow and Pearls

Court this morning. Appointments and errands today.

I started reading the Twilight series last week. I'm almost finished with Ecplise. I requested Breaking Dawn from the library, but it hasn't come in yet. I may end up buying it in hardback (the only version available) b/c I'm too impatient to wait for the S L O W, S...L...O...W... library. That's what I did with New Moon and Eclipse, although both those are available in paperback.


Where:
work, errands, Target

What:
Yellow Silk Jacket: Dana Buchman (thrifted, $4)
T-shirt: Mossimo for Target
Pants: Express
Boots: American Eagle
Beads: Macy's
Earrings: mine from the 1990's

Catching Up

Work on Friday:

With a performance and cast party every evening last week, and work during the day as usual, I was completely exhausted by the end of the week. I also got lazy with my photos, even to the point of snapping a photo in the mirror in the bathroom at work.

Today I'm getting caught up. I didn't photograph everything that I wanted to over the weekend, but I did get my Friday work outfit, my Friday cast party outfit, and a close-up of my makeup from the opening number of the show.

This week, things should be getting back to normal.

Where:
work, errands

What:
Sweater: Moda Int'l for Victoria's Secret
Pants: A. Byer (same pants I wore on Thursday)
Vest: vintage
Boots: M.I.A.
Necklace: Anne Klein
Hat: hand-me-down from my ex

Cast Party:

Friday night's cast party theme was pajama night. Since it's a Christmas show, I thought it would be appropriate to wear Christmas pajamas.

Where:
cast party

What:
T-shirt: Charlotte Russe (thrifted)
Pajama Bottoms: Victoria's Secret
Long-sleeve T-shirt: H&M

Make-up for Opening Number:

This is my make-up for the opening number. I posted pictures of the whole ouftit a few days ago.