You Wore What?: Skirts on my Mind

 Daily Dress Up:

week of 1/25/10

When I planned my outifts this week, I seem to have been drawn to skirts and sweaters. I will not bore you with all my original and not-so-original ensembles, but I will share two with you.

These two outfits have several similarities. One being the skirt (obviously), but also the ribbon belts and button up blouses. These outfits feel cozy to me, and this being winter, cozy is just about all I want!!

Row 1:

simple, understated, flirty

worn to teach preschool

Skirt: Gap

Blouse: F21

Belt: Ribbon, Made by me

Ballet Flats: Gap

Cardigan (not shown): Vintage Lacoste

Row 2:

bold(er), colorful, warm

worn to teach preschool

Coat: H&M (2004)

Cardigan: Banana Republic

Blouse: F21

Skirt: Talula

Belt: Ribbon, Made by me

Tights: Hue

Boots: Payless

Necklace: Thrifted

Chocolate Mousse and Sassy Skirts

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The Mousse:

Inspired by a favorite blogger, Orangette, I made my first batch of mousse! Scary as it seemed, it was easy and tasted delicious! I might even make it again this week. The recipe is here, but I did make some changes. 1) I left out the alcohol and added chocolate extract. 2) I couldn't find (didn't really look that hard) bittersweet chocolate. I substituted semi-sweet chocolate chips. 3) I halved the recipe since there are only two of us in our house. Not that we wouldn't have eaten the whole batch!

                                                                 #1 Chocolately goodness  #2 Heavy on the whip cream  #3 I'm Smiling!

The Skirts:

Over the past few weeks I have been fortunate enough to stumble upon three lovely skirts at astoundingly low prices. Here is my favorite one by Marc by Marc Jacobs. The cut is structured without being to stiff. I love it with this tailored blazer and suede booties, and I am already dreaming of warm weather outfits with this skirt. My other finds include a floral See by Chloe mini and an amazing khaki, high-waisted, ruffled BCBG skirt. I'll be sporting them soon, but in the mean time, check out this lovely Marc Jacobs number!

Blazer: Sashimi, Nordstroms

Skirt: Marc by Marc Jacobs via Buffalo Exchange!

Tights: Cosabella via TJMaxx

Booties: Payless

Headband: J.Crew

You Wore What?

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Daily Dress Up: 1/22/2010
Plaid and Print, Animal

We had a cozy dinner with Ben and Mara last night, and after my short, but long week, I decided to forgo heels and skirts for comfort. I really love this plaid, flannel shirt. It's vintage and was thrifted for $3.99. I am also in a bit of love with this coat. It is so soft and warm! How did I brave winter without it?!? All in all, I am not sure this is a cohesive outfit, but I liked it just the same. I would, however, love some feedback! I posted it to my flickr stream, so feel free to comment!

Have a wonderful weekend, friends!

PS I made the amazing chocolate mousse from Orangette. More on that later!

Coat: Vintage, thrifted

Shirt: Vintage, thrifted

Jeans: Straight Leg Seven for All Mankind, Nordstroms

Shoes: Chinese Laundry via Ross

Bag: Hobo via TJMaxx

You Wore What?

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Daily Dress Up: 1/21/2010

Layers Upon Layers of Comfort

Today all I can think about it coziness! I keep thinking about that "How to" from Lucky on wearing leggings and a puffy vest. If living in the northwest has taught me nothing else, it is that puffy vests might just be the most comfortable (and yes practical) type of outerwear. So underneath my puffy vest I am wearing a turtleneck, a sleeveless cashmere sweater, and a long cardigan. Scrunched, argyle sock and booties made this more edgy than tree-hugger. My hat is from Krochet Kids and was hand crocheted by a refugee woman in Northern Uganda; Pamela is her name. They are an awesome organization doing so much good for people who really need it!

Full Frontal

Making Faces at the Photographer

Hat: Krochet Kids

Turtleneck: ?

Blue Cashmere Sweater: Quicksilver Women

Charcoal Cardigan: Banana Republic

Vest: Nine West

Leggings: Poof via TJMaxx

Socks: Pilfered from Father

Booties: Payless

Bag: Hobo

You Wore What?

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The Daily Dress Up 
1/20/10

I am very tired of winter! In fact, I am so tired of winter that I bought a yellow purse on Monday! That will show you, Jack Frost! In truth, I can't complain. It hasn't rained in two days, and I didn't have to wear leg warmers yesterday!

This is a taste of what I wore to work today. I spent about an hour (ridiculous!!) trying to find something to wear. Maybe it is my pasty skin tone, or maybe I just want to wear sweat pants and be under my down comforter. Who knows . . . Or maybe I am pining of this absurdly adorable belt my friend Meghan bought this weekend.

In any case, Happy Wednesday!

Blazer: Shashimi, Nordstroms

Ruffle Blouse: F21

Shorts: Hei Hei, Anthropologie

Tights: Sears?

Boots: Sam Edelman, Nordstroms

Bag: Hobo via TJ Maxx

Earrings: WorldMarket