Business Cas Fashion Show

The dress is yesterday's news, sure, but you've never seen the scarf before! Know why? My darling Erin kindly gave it to me after I complimented her on it a few weeks ago. I'm not as awesome as Erin or any of the Swedes at tying scarves, but I was pleased with my skills that day and got a couple of compliments from the girls at the office so mission accomplished.

This is apparently the BCFS where everything is a hand-me-down from Erin. She gave me those boots a couple of years ago and ever since then I've gotten excited about them whenever I've taken my cold-weather shoes out of storage. Have we talked about this sweater yet? Linda bought one last winter and I loved how it looked on her so much that I ordered it for myself in two colors, grey and black. At twelve bucks a pop I couldn't afford not to. Turns out the black one was a mistake, however, as it always loses out to another favorite when I'm reaching for a black sweater. Poor little guy. Maybe I'll try to find a way to work him in to the rotation sometime soon. Also, Linda wore hers on this day and I begged her to come into the gym with me to take this picture and she refused. Pssht. 

This outfit is the result of a rare successful plundring of the Gina Tricot sale rack during an otherwise unevenful lunch break. The shirt fits exactly as I think a button-down should and has light torquoise stripes that probably aren't appropriate for the season (and likely indicate why it was on sale) but are very pretty. I also got a cheap statement necklace with plastic jewels in the same colors as the blouse and my favorite wedges. Poof! Fifteen dollar ensemble! 

Note to self: if the whole point of the picture is to show off the to-die-for oxfords, make sure they're well-lit and in-focus. Since I discovered how squat flat shoes make me look compared to heels, I seldom wear them to work. It takes a really great shoe to make me compromise my principles and this, my friends, is a really, really great shoe. I promise to do them justice with a better picture in the future. 

I wore this today and good golly, I'm glad to be out of it and in my cozies. I fought that dang skirt all day because, while passable standing, I was flashing a whole lotta pantyhosed leg under my desk.

Thank you for your time. I'll see you here in the gym again when all the FW2014 goes on sale.