All dressed up, someone take us to lunch!
This is day ten of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 , Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, and Day 9.
Greetings! I appreciated all the feedback from yesterday’s post. Not that I want to make outfits that aren’t working for me a regular part of this challenge, but it was kind of fun to hear how you all would make it work better. I like your can-do spirit! Maybe I’ll do a mini-post where I try the ensemble again but with some of your suggestions. Would that be something you would want to read, or is that stupid? Let me know!
Today feels like ‘yang’ to yesterday’s ‘ying’. I’m in a mini love affair with my outfit today, but my personal life was a bit of a bomb. Calliope did something to my laptop which completely deleted all of my preferences and customizations. All my bookmarks, stickies, even my desktop picture is gone! It’s really all my fault, because I have let Calliope play with my Macbook in the past. Thanks to her lifetime experience with our IPhones, she now knows how to press the power button…and clearly she did something while it was starting up.
I hate to say it, but my response to the whole situation was less than stellar. I think I just needed some ‘me’ time to process my frustration, but Andrew was out, and so I had to try to suck it up, ‘try’ being the operative word. I tell ya, being a mom is hardcore! Hopefully Calliope will keep her fun and good nature even though as our firstborn she is getting newbie parenting complete with newbie mistakes. Some days I don’t feel like I pass muster, but I’m working on it.
Luckily, this OOTD passes muster (at least for me anyway)! Let’s take a look-see shall we?!
The Deets: Trench Coat worn as dress-AE. Belt- XXI. Scarf- Target. Peeptoe Oxford Heels- Vince Camuto. Bag- Hayden Harnett for Target.
Losing the scarf. Its hot y'all!
Its about time Opes had her own photo (and her manatee, 'TeeTee' ). On Calliope: Dress- Gymboree. Necklace- Tweet Baby Designs.
Mahjong decided she wanted to model today too!
Oh my goodness, I love Day 10′s look!
I recently bought the trench coat at Plato’s Closet because I felt like it was a wardrobe item that my closet lacked, and I don’t know how I lasted 30 years without one. So classic, but so fun. I really appreciate the idea of cinching it with a waist belt and wearing it as a dress, since it is Florida and the days of perfect trench coat weather are few and far between. Not every trench will work, apparently Nico’s trench has a slit that made today’s outfit more than a little scandalous for her (Oh my! Stay tuned for her weekly challenge post sometime after Day 14), but I lucked out and mine has a button and placket that keeps things tasteful (Even so, for the record I’m wearing my trusty swap shorts underneath- no wardrobe malfunctions here! ).
Back it on up
As you can see from the pics, I decided against the scarf for my own ‘health safety’, but in cooler temps I would definitely welcome the sophisticated addition (and by now you all know how much I lean towards orange for a color accent). Also, Lucky’s model didn’t have any earrings on, but I think they are a glamorous touch to the ponytail, goofy photo below notwithstanding ;D
Earrings and Sunnies- XXI (A.K.A. accessories Valhalla!)
I don’t think it came up during Day 4 but the shoes were the happy result of what felt like an exhaustive search for the perfect incarnation of the oxford trend (at least for me). I wanted a heel, I wanted it to be neutral, lace up, and peep toe, and I didn’t want to spend more than 60 bucks. When these babies came up on Gilt heavily discounted and during a free shipping promo I pounced on them. No buyers remorse here, and they are actually quite comfortable.
Cute shoes and cute toddler - Yes!
All things considered, I feel like a jet setting spy! All I need is my passport and my Angel pose!
Day 10 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of Wear-8 (with the proper back button of course). Personal Excitement: 9. Outfit’s use of closet ‘must haves’- 10.
And what do my fellow other Angels think? Is the trench coat one of those items that ideally every closet should have? Are you into the Oxford shoe trend? Do you think I’m in an orange rut? And do any of you have some valuable parenting advice to offer an occasionally frazzled mommy besides keeping my wine rack well stocked?
