It's All Love

Or, I guess I should say, it's all hearts:

Sweater: thrifted vintage  Blouse: LOFT (similar)
Pants: Gap  Boots: Franco Sarto "Eminent"

Really, it is.  The design on both my sweater and my blouse are hearts:

The sweater is vintage (I removed the arms) and the blouse is LOFT:

And they were surely meant to be; otherwise I wouldn't look so damn happy about it.  (Just kidding, I totally would).



Happy Monday, All!

Gracey

Scout Leader of Love

I feel like a scout leader in this outfit:

 Blouse: Old Navy  Cardigan: LOFT (similar)
 Skirt: vintage, thrifted (similar)  Sandals: Isola (similar)

But, not just any scout leader.  The hearts on my vintage Hallmark scarf make me feel like the scout leader of love:

Vintage Hallmark scarf, thrifted  

So, yeah, scout leader of love.  That's a thing right?

I think so.


Happy Wednesday, All!

Gracey

Wearing My Heart on My Sleeve

Well, it's not my heart, it's a lot of hearts and I'm wearing them on both sleeves:

Shirt: Gap  Skirt & Sandals: Thrifted

The big news there is that I'm wearing sleeves.  It's funny, because in spring when the weather gets to 75, I'm breaking out the sundresses and sleeveless tops.  But, in fall, when the weather gets to 75, I break out the button-downs and start layering.

So, why this shirt, other than the fact that the temperature dropped below 80?  Well, today's challenge pattern is hearts so I figured this heart-print blouse was both seasonally-appropriate and challenge-appropriate.

Although, Friend Ferge says the shapes look more like the letter L than like a heart but I told her L was for love so it's basically the same thing:

Shirt: Gap   Earrings: Made by my sister

Right?  Right. (By the way, I love that I can always count on you all for agreeing with my hare-brained logic.)


In addition to my abstract heart/L print blouse, I also wore a denim skirt and my Rieker huaraches:

And it was the perfect outfit for our momentarily fall-like weather before it climbs back into the 90s.  Ugh.

Happy Wednesday, All!

Gracey

Get the Look

Foxxxy Anubis and No Waist

I am not anti-belt by any means.  I love belts; I have a ton of them.  But, that doesn't mean that I always want to wear one.  I mean, I know I have a waist (of sorts), do I really need to define it everyday?  I'm sincerely hoping the answer to that is no, because today's outfit features my Foxxxy Anubis brooch and no waist:

After one glorious week of sunshine, Oregon is back to it's rainy ways and I'm back to black.  And tights.

Skirt & Top: Thrifted  Blouse: Gap  Pin & Earrings: Vintage  Boots: Splendid

 But, I tried to bright up my black with a heart-print top and switched out my standard black tights for blue.  And, of course, nothing says spring like a Foxxxy Anubis brooch:

Totally spring-like.

Happy Monday, All!

Gracey

Wuv. Twue Wuv.

I'm not a big fan of Valentine's Day.  I mean, I don't dislike it, but if it were removed from the calendar, I'd be okay with that.  In part because I don't have any truly momentous Valentine's Day memories.  My best Valentine's Day memories are creating those hearts in elementary school with the squares of tissue paper twisted around a pencil end.  You remember those?  Those are great.

But, I digress.

Because I'm not that big on Valentine's Day, I don't bother wearing hearts or red or pink or red and pink hearts.  But, this year, I made an effort:

Yes, that's right, I'm wearing red.  And a heart.  And my earring actually says "Love."  All this effort, just for you, Reader Friends:

You're welcome.

Happy Valentine's Day, All!  Have a wonderful long weekend!

Gracey

Get the Look

Old Navy "Forever" tee

Old Navy cardigan

Similar skirt

Nine West "Darsy" ankle boots

My "Love" earrings are Old Navy too, but I don't see them online.

Mid-Week Musts: The Valentine's Edition

Today's mid-week musts are all about Valentine's Day:

The Dress: From a new-to-me brand, Poppy & Bloom.  They make retro-inspired dresses for plus-sized gals and they do it beautifully
The Scarf: Plaid and hearts and general adorableness
The Earrings: Cute without being cutesy
The Tights: These may be cutesy but I <3 them anyway (see what I did there?)
The Lipstick: My go-to red lip; M.A.C Viva Glam I


Okay, you caught me.  Today's must-read is a book that has nothing to do with Valentine's Day, but it has "love" in the title so, you know, that's something:

And really, this is a great book.  It is weird and daring and absolutely delightful. I actually read it several years ago and am re-reading now and I highly recommend it to those of you who like your literature a little strange.

Happy Wednesday, All!

Gracey

Hearts and Raw Edges

This sweater used to have sleeves, but it looked ridiculous with sleeves so I hacked them off:

So now, instead of sleeves, I have raw edges:

And hearts.  Isn't it adorable, all covered in hearts?

Really, now that I got rid of those pesky sleeves, I love this sweater.  And I love it with my polka dot jeans, white button down and riding boots:

And, of course, with my heart necklace:

I figure if anything goes with hearts, it's more hearts.  Right?  That's a thing, pairing hearts with hearts?  Sure it is...

Happy Monday, All!

Gracey

Stiff Weirdness

You see this sweater?

I love this sweater like no one’s business.  But, I’ll be damned if I can figure out how to wear it.  It’s just sort of stiff and a weird length and possibly too big.  But, it’s also multi-textured hearts and that makes me love it in spite of it’s stiff weirdness.  Sadly, love doesn’t turn one into a styling genius, so this happened:

I mean, I guess it’s not terrible.  But, it’s not right either.  I think the proportions are just too off.  Not off in that cool way that jostles the eye but still allows it to continue it’s journey along the lines of the outfit.  No, off in the bad way where your eye basically gets slapped in the face and you have to look away to prevent further damage.

Bam!  Like a slap to your eye face.

So, obviously, I need some help.  How would you style this sweater, Dearest Reader Friends? 

Thank you in advance.  And Happy Tuesday!

Gracey

Secretly Awesome

This sweater has a gold, snake print up the front, like it was slithered on by a giant, gold covered anaconda.  It’s pretty cool, but you can’t really see it in these photos:

Guess you’re just going to have to take my word for it.  Because heaven forbid I actually take a photo that shows detail.

In addition to my secretly awesome sweater (a.n.a via JC Penney), I also wore my very favorite pleated skirt (thrifted via Goodwill), tights (Hue via Nordstrom Rack), boots (Vince Camuto via Nordstrom) and my new favorite scarf (Betsey Johnson via Nordstrom).

I just realized that I wear an awful lot of snake.  I wonder if that means the Sorting Hat will put me in Slytherin when Hogwarts finally calls.  I hope not!

Happy Friday, Everyone!  Like most, I have a three-day weekend, so I’ll see you all on Tuesday!

Gracey

Shop the Look:

As similar a snake sweater as I could find

Similar black pleated skirt

Similar black boots

Betsey Johnson scarf (in cream)

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Cozy Hearts and Stripes

It was very cold on my ride in today, so I bundled up in cozy hearts and stripes:

 

This heart scarf (Betsy Johnson via Nordstrom) really is super cozy:

 And not to terribly twee (I don’t do twee very well).

I wore the scarf with a striped tee (Old Navy) layered under an anorak (Liz Claiborne via Goodwill) and added black skinnies (a.n.a via JC Penney) and boots (thrifted via Goodwill).

It was simple and warm and perfect for a cold, foggy morning.

Happy Friday, Everyone!

Gracey

Shop the Look:

Betsy Johnson scarf (I couldn't find this exact scarf online at Nordstrom.com; I bought mine on clearance in the store.  The one I linked to is the same scarf, but in cream with gold hearts (Ebay)).

Similar long-sleeve tee

Similar jacket

a.n.a skinny jeans

Similar boots

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Harlequin and Hearts

I learned a lot from wearing this outfit today:

 

One, in spite of the neutral color palette, this outfit attracts a lot of attention.  From whispers of “look at those shoes” as I passed by, to concern that I was interviewing for a different job.  

Two, I am apparently considered by my peers to be more fashionable than professional; today’s outfit was described as “professional-fashionable” as opposed to my “usual fashionable-fashionable.”  I’ll take it.

Three, when worn over black tights, these shoes kind of look like the wedge high-top sneakers I’ve been trying to avoid.  Heh.

Four, this skirt is not great for bike riding.  It’s so full that the wind kept catching it and I looked like a giant crow or bat trying to ride a bike.  And, with my black coat, I also felt a little witchy.  My friends are always threatening to drive behind me blasting the Wicked Witch’s theme from The Wizard of Oz.  Today would have been a great day for that.

All that for what’s basically a very simple outfit.  It’s a harlequin sweater vest (vintage J. G. Hook via Goodwill) layered over a black turtleneck (Gap) with a black skirt (Ralph Lauren via Goodwill), black tights (Hue via Nordstrom Rack) and Matiko “Ella” wedges (Ideeli).  I also added a belt (vintage brass), earrings (gifted) and the titular hearts in the form of a heart necklace from ModCloth ( v. old).

And I think I liked it.  I think it’s unusual but I also think it’s kind of cool.  But, honestly, I don’t know; I’m having the hardest time dressing myself lately. 

Happy Tuesday, All!

Gracey