Not that I'm heading out to ring in the New Year, I do love the idea of fresh mint and silver sequins.
Rarely one to shy away from color, I noticed that my winter wardrobe often tends to skew towards monochromatic.
The addition of of this blush pink coat was a sure way to brighten things up, in addition to the mix of prints, patterns and textures, the resulting look is anything but monochrome.
When I included this leopard dress in my October budget post, I recounted my frustrations with needing to exchange it for a different size, but once everything was finally sorted, I wanted to take this dress out into the world as soon as possible.
Did I need another leopard dress in my closet? Of course not! However I just loved the print and the pockets, and the classic cut. (I'm thinking I might need to move the belt loops a bit lower before I next wear it.) The dress is a heavier fabric so it worked out for the late fall afternoon with just a cardigan. I went to lunch in New Haven with my sister and we snapped these photos afterwords, then immediately retreated home before the sun could set and make us regret leaving the house with bare legs!
The RundownHere in the middle of December, daylight hours are at a premium. In the summer at 5 p.m. it would feel like the night was young, and now, if I'm not in my pajamas by 5, I start to get cranky. The sunsets, brilliant as they may be, are brief, and then the question of how one can convince themselves to be productive after the last bit of daylight fades away arises.
I don't feel like I can properly color correct my photos in the artificial light, so editing gets delayed. Then as the evening progresses, my ability to string sentences together diminishes. So I'm left with drafting posts (everything but the copy) which then sit and linger as drafts, since the days fly by and before I know it, another week has gone by.
Which is why photos taken the first week of November are just appearing now, and I will continue to tell myself that somehow I will learn how to function through the rest of these short winter days.
While bohemian is rarely a word I would use to describe my style, I can't deny that I love the aestetic, in an I-want-to-live-inside-an-anthropologie kind of way.
When shopping in a brick and mortar store, I almost never buy black; my eyes skip right over it and are drawn to the prints. This leather jacket was one of those pieces, so unique, beckoning to my bohemian spirit, demanding to leave the store with me. I briefly considered how short leather jacket season is in Connecticut, compounded with the bold print, but if I bought only sensible things I would have significantly more room in my closet.
I tried it on, it zipped, and it was mine. Only after the fact whilst texting Megan (I'd spotted a pair of boots which seemed to have her name on them) did she altert me to the fact that the jacket had retailed for over $1,000, making the $52 I'd just paid completely worth it.
It's quite likely I won't be wearing this jacket again until sometime in the spring, so I'll have plenty of time to think of some other ways to style it.
How did you fair this shopping weekend? Were you good and bought gifts for others, or were you indulgent and bought things for yourself? Admittedly, I did try to get the bulk of my holiday shopping done, but the draw of a sale was, as per usual, too much for me to resist. None of those purchases are included in this list however, as they haven't arrived yet and I tend to return almost as much as I buy.
The days are shorter, the trees now bare, temperatures slowly
erratically creeping lower. Never before have I witnessed a town
bustling with outdoor diners in the middle of November, everyone trying
to capitalize on the warm, sunny afternoons when we are graced with them.
Lydia is a fashion lover, photographer and collector of shiny things. Loves a great sale, and occasionally remembers to stay on budget.
