Daily Outfit - Kate - 11/23/10

This was the perfect thing for the less-than-perfect stupidly warm weather.



Don't you love long flowy skirts?



I love these boots. I've had them for almost four years (I bought them on our honeymoon) and have NEVER worn them out of the house. I've always just worn them around the house, thought about wearing them out, then gotten scared of the heel height and taken them off in favor of something more reasonable.

Because I'm an old lady, you see.

Skirt: TJMaxx
Tee: GAP
Cardi: Target
Boots: BCBG
Earrings: mum

Daily Outfit - Kate - 9/18/10

Saturday is for errands, cleaning, and an outfit made up of "favorites":



This is also the blog - and life! - debut of this awesome scarf, which my mom found at a head shop in Lawrence, KS a couple months back.

What my mom was *doing* in a head shop in Lawrence, KS, I'm not about to ask. But presumably it at least partially consisted of scarf shopping. So it's OK. :-P

Oh! And also! I made you a present!



It's a face.

I hope you enjoy it.

Skirt: Talbots, via Marshall's
Tee: Target, 2008
Scarf: a head shop in Lawrence KS, via Mom
Bracelet: booth at Red Barn in Kirksville; circa 2007ish
Earrings: Mumsie
Shoes: Softspots, via DSW, 2008(?)

Daily Outfit - Kate - 7/22/10

I finally got around to wearing this skirt with a black tank, as promised.



Personally, I think the look would've been more effective if I could have lost the cardigan, added some big black and cork wedges, and accessorized with a bloody mary.

But hey, Thursday is Thursday. What can ya do?

Skirt: TJMaxx
Tank: Target
Cardigan: Sears and it's really really old
Sandals: Payless, circa 2003 or something
Necklace, earrings: mi madre
Bracelet: Phoenix Rising, in the Delmar Loop

Daily OUtfit - Kate - 7/8/10

Before I show you yesterday's outfit, just let me disclaimer that it's *so* much prettier in person. Promise. But I got caught in a torrential downpour on my way home from work, so the skirt is soaked and my hair exploded &etc &etc. So take my word for it on this'n, ok?

OK.



I love that little lacy thrifted tank top, and the muted steel blue color works so well with the vibrant purple of that skirt. If I were just hanging out I would've gone cardigan-less, but methinks that spaghetti straps + a shelf bra are just a wee bit inappropriate for work, eh? (or at least, where I work).



I always love this necklace anyway, but I think that the colors really worked with yesterday's outfit! Really tied the whole thing together.

You know what ELSE tied it together?


Oh c'mon you knew I was gonna do that! :-D Tattoo is healing nicely :-)

Skirt: Talbots, via TJMaxx
Tank: thrifted
Cardigan: Target
Necklace: mumsie
Earrings: Twisted Silver
Wedge sandals: super old. Payless? Maybe?

Daily Outfit - Kate - 6/21/10

If you think I look unusually fresh and lively today, there's a reason.



You see, it was nearly 100* in St. Louis today, and I suspected (rightly so) that two bike rides in these surface-of-the-sun temperatures would place my skin tone somewhere past "healthy glow" and into "disgusting" territory. And let's not even talk about the bicycle grease on the leg, or the sweaty pits or the limp hair. Let's just...NOT.

So anyway. I took my outfit pictures before work today. Craziness, I know!



I'm all the time thinking, "Why don't I wear these shoes?" And then about twice a year I pull them out and put them on and within 5 minutes say "OH. THAT'S WHY."

Skirt: Marshall's, 2005
Tee: GAP outlet, summer 2008(?)
Cardigan: Target, Spring 2009
Wedges: Payless, circa 2004
Ring: booth at Maple Leaf
Earrings: MOM

Daily Outfit - Kate - 6/15/10

There's a cat rubbing his face on my hands and laptop as Itype this, so pleasesees forgive me for any typos.They're nott my fault.

Really.



I loved today's outfit waaay morethan you would think a person should love a relatively unexciting outfit. I felt so happy and cool and comfortable and awesome in this!

I'm also going to officially name it my "middle school art teacher" outfit 'cause doesn't it just have that vibe??



I love my Ohm scarf and late afternoon sunlight and the color black.


What I don't necessarily love is having every 30th photo or so where I look like Dooce.

I mean, she's pretty. But Dooce is Dooce and I'm Kate and I'm not Dooce.



There. I fixed it.



Skirt: Talbot's, via TJMaxx/Marshall's/whatever.r
Tee: Old Navy circa last century
Scarf: Plowsharing? MacroSun? one of my hippie shops on the Loop
Earrings: MOM
Ring: NOTMOM.

Daily Outfit - Kate - 6/1/10

Well, I went for it:




And Jen, YOU WERE RIGHT. I can - theoretically - totally pull this off :-) Next time it'll be with a black tank, I promise :-)

My favorite part of wearing long skirts is when I get to walk up stairs, and hold the skirt up so I don't trip. Makes me feel like I'm straight out of the 19th century!



Tee: thrifted, originally Target
Cardigan: Sears, circa EONS AGO.
Skirt: Marshalls, summer 2010
Sandals: somewhere, sometime (a long time ago)
Earrings: mumsie
Ring: booth at Maple Leaf, fall 2009

Thank you for daring me to step outside my comfort zone :-)

Yay or Nay

Happy long weekend, everybody! I get to fill my time with errands! and cleaning!

I know you're jealous. You should be.

So here's a question for y'all. I bought this last week at Marshalls:


Supercute, isn't it? I love the prints and the sorta full shape, but it's sort of hard to pull that off when you're 5'2" (I'm wearing it with heels, above).

Maxi skirts are in lately, right?



So if I wore it with a shorter top to balance out my proportions (I just threw it on with the rest of Wednesday's outfit for the above photos), d'you think it would work? DOES it work?

Honest opinions, please. I want to make sure I'm not foregoing good sense in favor of OOH A PRETTY PRINT AND NICE SOFT COTTON!

<3

Daily Outfit - Kate - 5/26/10

today was one of those days where I had a Grand Vision, and then after much changing and tossing and switching and flinging and dropping and mixing, I was left with an entirely mediocre result.



Ever have those days?

Still though I <3 this skirt so I'm happy :-)

Also since it's apparently Dog Week here on our lil' ol' blog, behold:



I call it, "takes 1 through 15, representative."

She's a love!



Skirt: Talbot's, via TJMaxx
Tank: GAP
Tee: Target
Necklace, earrings: mi madre
Ring: booth at Maple Leaf, fall 2009
Sandals: Privo, summer 2009

Daily Outfit - Kate - 4/29/10

OMG, y'all. OMG.

Wednesday night I went to TJMaxx for some black flats, and I left with a skirt, an apron, and three awesome throw pillows.

I'd dragged a bunch of items into the fitting room, and was disappointed in each - too short, too big, to long, too small. You know how it goes. Then, of course, the last thing I tried on was The Skirt. And I was immediately smitten. <3!



I love this thing! It's my first full-length skirt since, like, 9th grade (except for my wedding dress, I guess, which was *definitely* after 9th grade :-P). And I love how drapey the cotton fabric is, and the interesting texture detail, and how it sort of tickles my ankles as I walk. I love the color and the slightly flared shape.

I love - feel free to laugh at me - it's Talbot's.

Yup, I've done it again.



So twirly!



Also, I think it makes me look much leaner in real life than in photos. Just in case you were wondering.



Skirt: Talbot's, via TJMaxx
Tee: GAP
Cardigan: Target
Earrings and Necklace: Mumsie!