What's Your Sign?

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: "That's a pencil skirt, right?" He's trying to learn all the fashion appropriate terms. Isn't he sweet? "I don't think I've seen any of those clothes before." Nope. The shirt is out of my I'm Too Fat Closet, but clearly I'm not too fat. And the skirt is new. "Well, you look niiiiiiiice." I think he was flirting with me. LOL.

A word about this skirt. I love it and I hate it. It's a gorgeous purple tweed, it's fully lined, and it was only $30 at Target. Plus it fits me perfectly. But, with every step I took, it shifted about 1/2 inch counterclockwise. Seriously, my skirt ran laps around my body all day long. And the lining got really static-clingy. Sigh.

What I Wore While My Skirt Exercised:

• purple tweed skirt (Target)
• red tank (CAbi via Goodwill)
• plaid wrap blouse (The Limited)
• flats (Franco Sarto)
• necklace (key from antique store)
• earrings (inherited from Grandmother)

What I Ate That is Hidden:

I met a friend at the Zodiac Room in the original Neiman Marcus. It's just not an appropriate place to take pics of your food. And then I forgot at dinner. I think we'll just pic up food photos again after Thanskgiving.

BTW - Neiman Marcus is fully decorated for Christmas and it is gorgeous. Their ornaments for sale this year are ridiculous. Not only in price (that's to be expected at NM), but they are also just so weird.

Today's Post Brought To You By The Fog

It was really foggy this morning when I took my photos. I should have taken them inside, as a result, but we've started packing for our move, so there is not a clear space right now anywhere. Plus I thought the photos with all the fog spots were kinda fun. Also, today was another "real lawyer" suit day.

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: "You look like you're getting your picture taken to go on a firm website." Just so you know, big law firms post pictures of all their attorneys. On photo day, all the attys wear black suits and are really polished. No risky or fun outfits on those days!

What I Wore as a Foggy Lawyer:

• black suit (Lanr Bryant)
• pruple striped shirt (Gap)
• black flats (Simply Vera via Kohls)
• faux pearls (thrift??)
• purple brooch (Etsy)

What I Ate:

Rand and I just scrounged around for food last night, no real dinner, so no pics.

Traveling Scarf!

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: "It's so nice to see you in heels again." Agreed. I can't wait for my ankle to heel. I gave in and wore boots today b/c I just couldn't take it anymore. I didn't put them on until I got the office, to minimize the amount of walking I did in them. It was still a bad idea. Back to flats for me. :(

Kimberly's fabulous Traveling Scarf #1 made it's way to Texas this week. As soon as I got it, I knew I had to wear it the next day. As a couple of people have mentioned previously, the colors in the scarf are much more subtle and subdued than you expect. Once I saw the dove grey in the paisley pattern, I immediately thought of this grey jacket that I recently picked up from Goodwill. Plus I wanted to wear the scarf in a way that it had not been worn yet, so I tried a bib-style worn under the jacket lapels (I don't think anyone has done that yet). And it all just came together from there.

What I Wore With The Traveling Scarf:

• scarf (loan from Kimberly)
• grey jacket (Lane Bryant via Goodwill)
• hunter green dress (Target)
• grey striped tights (Lane Bryant)
• grey suede boots (Lane Bryant)
• red patent belt (Target)
• red earrings (vintage, borrowed from Maria)
• green ring (Etsy Dallas fair)

Thanks again for letting me participate. It was so much fun!

Girly Catch-up Lunch

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: No clue. He left for week even before I got out of bed. He went really early and I was a total slug-a-bed.

I met a couple of college friends for lunch at Monica's Aca y Alla where they have lunch specials for $5. Now that's my kind of lunch prices. And we're not talking sandwiches or salads. Mexican food! Delish but dangerous. And I totally forgot to take a picture, and I didn't eat breakfast b/c we had lunch so early, so no food pics from me today.

What I Wore For Another Day of Required Suits:

• maroon tweed jacket (Lane Bryant) *
• maroon skirt (Lane Bryant)
• lace shirt (Goodwill)
• pink slip, as color under the shirt, dyed by me (Goodwill)
• flats (Franco Sarto)
• flower pin (Target)
• nude fishnets (Target)
• silver earrings (via Ross)

* I was looking at this picture and I realized that since my bottom button is unbottuned it looks almost like my jacket is too small, but really it's just unbuttoned b/c you aren't supposed to button your bottom button on a suit jacket.

Exercise:

30 pushups

Yawn

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: "You're wearing pants. hunh. You never wear pants." I wear jeans every weekend, but he's right. I don't wear slacks very much. Skirts are much more flattering to my figure. But I had to wear a suit to work today, and my options are limited right now since I've gained weight, so boring brown suit it was.

What I Wore That Was Banal:

• brown flecked suit (Lane Bryant)
• brown shell (Walmart)
• brown flats (Old Navy)
• brown earrings (street vendor in Austin)
• amber necklace (gift from Rand)
• leaf pin (Goodwill)

What I Ate While Having Girl Time:

• breakfast: cheesy egg, alternative bagel, cuties
• lunch: potato soup, 1/2 California club (Jason's Deli)
• snack: Franciskaner Dunkel
• dinner: Guinness beef stew, bread, beer (Old Monk)

Exercise:

20 pushups

80s Video Games

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: "You look nice." I thought you hated this dress. "No. It's your Q*Bert dress. It reminds me of Q*Bert." Indeed it does.

I don't if any of you are old enough to remember Q*Bert, but I know I played it a time or two when I was a kid. I have no clue what it was about anymore, but Rand is dead-on when he noticed that the pattern on the dress is exactly the same as the Q*Bert board.

What I Wore 27 Years After Q*Bert Premiered:

• dress (Old Navy)
• blue sweater (Goodwill)
• black satin flats (via Kohls)
• grey necklace (Rainbow)
• silvertone/black pleather bracelet (via Ross)

What I Ate After Bailing On Dinner Plans:

• breakfast: cheese egg, alternative bagel, 3 cuties
• lunch: buddig sandwich, 2 carrots, 1/2 zucchini, large apple, string cheese
• snack: veggie bar, yogurt, banana
• dinner: spaghetti with meat sauce, spinach, garlic toast

Exercise:

30 pushups

Bungalo Goodness!

Rand's Daily Outfit Assessment: " You look cuter than I do. I need to change." This started a cuteness war, which resulted in him changing clothes and declaring he looked cuter than I. Bah.

We did a little more house hunting, which resulted in us finding The House - a cute craftsman bungalo built in 1916. Then we were off to a friend's house to watch the Cowboys game.

What I Wore While Wondering Why The Cowboys Can't Connect:

• teal silk skirt (Old Navy)
• pink tank (Old Navy)
• green cardi (Target)
• green/blue houndstooth flats (Old Navy)