It’s the Boots

Something is off about this outfit, which, yes, once again, I didn’t realize until I saw the pictures.  And I never thought I’d say this, but it’s the boots:

They’re wrong for this.  Yes, they’re right for 90% of my outfits, but they’re wrong for this outfit.

At least I think it’s the boots.  I mean, I like everything else about this outfit.  I like the butterscotch sweater (thrifted) combined with the mauve skirt (vintage, thrifted) and the grey tights (Hue via Macy’s).  And of course I love the polka dot (!) bow tie (silk, thrifted).  But, I’m not sure the boots are right.

I think I’ll wear this outfit again next week, provided our not-too-cold-and-surprisingly-not-rainy weather holds, with different shoes and we’ll see if it is, indeed, the boots.  Or, if I'm just being hard on myself because this cold is kicking my heinie and I've lost all perspective.

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!  Maintain perspective!

Gracey

Cobalt and Cream

This is one of those outfits that I swear looks good in person (maybe not great, but certainly good) but photographed like hell:

Of course, you’ll just have to trust me that it looks good in person unless you want to come to Oregon and stare at me.  Which is, surprisingly, less fun than it sounds.

The thing is, I don’t know why it was so hard to photograph.  I’m going to blame it on the quality of the light, the tiredness of the model and the temperature of the air.  Cold makes photography more difficult, right?  Because, it’s otherwise a pretty basic outfit that shouldn’t be that hard to photograph.  I mean, it’s just cobalt skinnies (Target), a cream tunic (Nordstrom Rack), black, cuffed boots (Gap) and some gold and cobalt bangles (Nordstrom and Ray’s Ragtime, respectively).

I don’t know.  It’s so very Monday today.

Hope yours is good!

Gracey

I Rock a Lot of Polka Dots

I was watching that show New Girl the other night and Zooey Deschanel’s character said that a girl insulted her by saying “You rock a lot of polka dots” in a snotty voice.  It totally made me laugh because I rock a lot of polka dots.  Especially this week.  Tuesday’s outfit was almost entirely polka dots.  And I’m rockin’ some more today:

I’m also rockin’ an owl belt, some boots and some color.  I belted my polka dot tunic (Eddie Bauer, thrifted) with my owl belt (Ross) and added a berry-colored cardigan (Ports International, thrifted), leggings (Vince Camuto via Nordstrom) and riding boots (Vince Camuto “Fantastic” via Nordstrom).

How about you, Reader Friends?  Do you rock a lot of polka dots?

Gracey

Mustard and Plaid

I like my plaid like I like my hot dogs; with lots o’ mustard:

Not that the plaid itself has lots of mustard.  It doesn’t; it only has a thin yellow line, but I took that thin yellow line and ran with it.  As I do.

I paired the not-much-mustard plaid skirt (thrifted) with a mustard cashmere sweater (men’s, thrifted) and mustard tights (Hue via Macys).  I added riding boots (Born Crown “Sosie” via Nordstrom), a thin belt (Gap) and a blue, vintage cameo.  The cameo is inscribed on the back “Dick Puckett 1958” and I got it at a garage sale for five dollars, I think.  I wore it because I thought it helped to tie the sweater and skirt together a bit more; and also because it’s awesome.

Also awesome?  The fact that Thursday’s are for Thrifters and Meagan over at Spunky Chateau is continuing her link party.  Once again, much of my outfit is thrifted (or garage-saled) so I’m definitely linking up.

Happy Thursday, All!

Gracey

Cobalt & Citrus

A lot of bloggers have been craving pastels lately, but I’m not a fan of pastels (you may have read about my war on mint green).  What I’ve been craving are brights.  I gave into that craving today:

I also gave into my craving to pair brights with other brights.  Specifically, I paired cobalt with various citrus hues.   For the cobalt, I wore an open cardigan (Calvin Klein via Ideeli) and leopard flats (Nine West “Naughty”).  For the citrus, I wore a lime-striped tee (Old Navy) and a lemon yellow scarf (Old Navy) dotted with bits of lime and orange.  I grounded the whole look with gray skinnies (Gap).

It’s not the most leg-lengthening look, but it definitely satisfied my craving for bright colors.

Happy Wednesday, All!

Gracey