Still I can't escape the ghost of you

And so you're back! From outer space! Or from my travels, such that they were. I was in meetings for work and then to visit my family for Thanksgiving and my Granny's funeral.  The latter was sad but also a bit enjoyable. My family knows how to put the FUN in funeral. My mom and my uncle are quite amusing and when they get together it's hard to keep a straight face. For example:

My uncle to someone I didn't know: how's Scott doing?
Man: oh he's good. he's a trained chef but he also has a business installing windows. I'm not sure how that's connected.
My uncle and mom simultaneously: maybe they're takeout windows.

And Thanksgiving was also good with lots of turkey and wine. And wine and wine.

And today, back to the work grind (boo) and back to blogging (yay).

First of all I'd like to say how sad I am that I missed the virtual birthday party of Sheila. Let's pretend that what I'm wearing in this post is my party outfit. It's pretty festive.

Jacket: Le Chateau
Dress: Dorothy Perkins
Tights: Peek Brooklyn
Shoes: Dorothy Perkins

This dress is a little shorter than I would normally be comfortable in at work but these tights made me feel more covered up.

Then again, these tights are maybe not work appropriate either. Swirly!

I think this jacket works well with this dress. The cropped style is a good complement with the width of the black skirt.

Looking like the bureaucratic vixen that I am. I like how my tattoo seems to match the tights.

I took these photos at 8am when I was alone at the office. My cats woke me up much earlier than usual so I just got up and got ready for work.

I'm not sure what I think about the exposed zipper. I guess it makes the dress more interesting from the back rather than just being a big beige block of blah.

Ok. So these shoes. What do people think? Are they:

a) cute 1940s-esque hells
b) reminiscent of Minnie Mouse or Miss Piggy

VOTE!