March is a Fickle Friend

Earrings by Dottir

Necklace by Lalunette

Today was a beautiful day and I did my best to honor it with my outfit. Here's to no socks, light layers, and sunshiny yellow!

The shoes I'm wearing are exactly like a pair of moccasins I had when I was a little girl. The pair I'm wearing now are a few sizes larger and a few shades whiter, but they're pretty much the same.

proof that I was once a little girl and that I had tiny shoes

I think I rocked these mocs everyday for at least one summer

Remember yesterday? Well, today is nothing like that. 

It's cold and it probably snowed or wintry mixed or something. 

I made myself feel better by wearing this lovely wool jacket and a hat all day. I felt a bit like a 1970s reporter and that's fun.

I wore this beautiful turquoise necklace today and yesterday and when I did these drawings, I couldn't remember where it had come from. Once I remembered, I got sad because it came from a beautiful boutique that is no longer open. BNOX was located on the Mississippi river in Pepin, WI about a block down from the Harbor View Cafe. If you've never been to the the Harbor View, make it a point to get there some weekend this summer. Trust me, it's worth an hour+ drive down the river from the cities. Anyway, I used to meander over to this jewelry shop after dinner and ogle the things I couldn't afford, sometimes buy something I could and almost always pick up a new soap rock. Now all I do when I'm through with dinner is cry into my wine...I mean relax in an adirondack chair overlooking the Mississippi.

Sweater Weather

This sweater is the best thing to happen to my wardrobe in awhile. Seriously, I want 3 more just like it in case of emergencies...and that is hoarder mentality.

I don't normally gravitate towards 70s inspired outfits, but these pants were asking for it.

This is the second time I've sported this look and each time the reaction has been that I'm too put together...as if that's even a thing.

This dress is hounds tooth. In the past I've gone on and on about how I don't have the patience to draw hounds tooth. It's true and I apologize that I've denied you the full essence of this outfit.

Evergreen

This is the stripped down version of this outfit from January. I usually prefer versions like this, but in the frigid winter I tend to pile on the layers until I look like a bag lady. Good thing the temperature is rising.

I will not admit how many days I've spent in this outfit or some variation of it in the past two weeks. There's just something about it that I would compare to a warm cup of tea. It's mostly this sweater. I love everything about it. The muted green is lovely. It's wool, so it's soft and warm, but it's open on the sides allowing for ventilation. Seriously, guys. I can't get enough of this outfit. I'm even wearing this sweater over a dress as I type this sentence.

Sapphire

When I was a kid, I drew an illustration of what my super hero would be and her name was Sapphire. I don't remember what her powers were, but I'm pretty sure her costume resembled this outfit.

February

I celebrated Valentine's Day early with my husband and this is what I wore to dinner. This skirt is from the who-what-wear collection for Target and I absolutely love it. I actually love the whole collection and I wanted to buy everything from it. Instead, I bought this one skirt and I think I chose wisely.

I acquired this blouse, skirt, and vest at the same clothing exchange from 3 different people and it's almost as if they were made for each other. I can't not wear them together.

New Favorite Outfit.

Here's that skirt again and a sweet new haircut. I told my stylist that she could have free reign over my hair this time and I love it. I'm calling it The Furlong.

January

This is my favorite winter dress! There's  nothing like a cozy calf-length sweater to make any sub-zero day a little more bearable. A coat like this helps too.

I got the idea for this outfit from this chart that was all abuzz on Pinterest at the time. It illustrates some obvious ways to wear a blanket scarf (2, 4, 5,8), some questionable ways (3,7), and something that I had never considered, belting. The dress I am wearing has a belt attached, so I just used that to cinch the scarf at my waist. It looked good, but ended up hindering my movement throughout the day, so I ended up wearing it like a cape by midday.

I think I was inspired by my scarf belting experience above when I put this outfit together. I belted this bulky cascade cardigan to give myself a little shape and it really worked for this look. I'm also really enjoying the absence of color here with a pop of excitement from my sparkly statement necklace.

Here's that blanket scarf again worn a little more conventionally. I did not intend to wear this scarf all day, but in case you didn't know, January is a cold month.

I don't think I've had the chance to rave about these jeans yet, which is interesting because I've worn them at least once a week since I got them. These are some form fitting, super long, ultra-soft flares and I love them. Personally, I am very happy that flares have come back into style. I've always liked their fun retro appeal.

Goodbye 2015, You Were the Worst.

I got this cute little sweater as a birthday present and instantly envisioned an outfit similar to this. I imagined a long white button up with wide leg pants and I developed this outfit from that. I'm not sure why I didn't immediately pair the sweater with a dress or skirt, as I'm sure that is how the sweater was intended to be worn. This may be a sign that I'm aging and stuck in a style time warp as this look is very representative of how I dressed in 2005. For sanity's sake I'd rather think of it as a throwback, than a relapse.

Now this is more representative of my 2015 style. Roomy on top, leggy on the bottom.

I forgot to write "hat hair from hat", because, look at it.

I found this all black outfit very difficult to illustrate. In the flesh, I thought the layering of an allover sequined dress and a sheer flocked tunic was quite dynamic. Hopefully, you can imagine how that looked from this drawing. Trust me, it was dope.