Trying to find the inbetween

Still sick but much better. Someone at work today said "You look much better than you did on Thursday. You looked horrible!" I know what they meant but I didn't think I looked that bad. o_O

Today I wore my more subtle cat dress.

Dress: Mango (last worn here)
Belt: Noujica (also last worn with this dress)
Shoes: Fluevog Presence | Impel (last worn on Saturday)

I'm getting tired of these shoes but I like how they blended with the design on the dress.

My favourite part of this dress is the back.

And that's all I've got for today. Other than to mention that my condolences go out to anyone who was personally impacted by the events in Boston. Terrible.

Comma comma comma comma comma chameleon

Not sure if I've mentioned on here that I'm Acting Director again for a few weeks, or potentially for 6 months depending on the outcome of an interview I had before Christmas. Because of that I had a very busy day today. So busy that apparently I couldn't even brush my hair before taking these photos.

I had run out at lunch to do some errands so I have windblown/hat head here.

Dress: Makenew (last worn here)
Belt: Noujica (last worn here)
Shoes: Dorothy Perkins (last worn here)

I think I need to have about an inch cut off the length of my hair. It's starting to look a little limp.

I was wearing a jacket with this dress but the photo I took with it on was pretty terrible so just use your imagination.

I dubbed this dress my "punctuation dress" when I wore it the first time. Seems pretty accurate.

Sorry about not having much to say. Hopefully tomorrow will be more interesting.

 

Feel the heat, pushing you to decide

Oh dear. I think this outfit is pushing the envelope a little bit. This is a little more "night at the disco" than "working in the office". But...not sure I'm too concerned since I spent the day in my office alone or on conference calls. No one saw me other than my coworkers. And now, all of you.

Dress: Emily Ryan on etsy
Belt: Noujica from The Workshop in Ottawa (last worn here)
Tights: Emilio Cavallini from Peek Brooklyn
Shoes: J. Crew (last worn here)

My favourite parts of this dress are the cut outs at the collar bone.

And these tights are so awesome. You can wear them with the pattern up the front or down the back. Because the dress is longer at the back, I put the pattern at the front.

I'm not sure about the "mullet" style but it's a very comfortable dress. I can see me wearing the hell out of this. Totally worth the cost.

This would be a great fancy party dress. Now, I just need to get invited to a party where this would be appropriate.

Next time I wear this to work I'll probably dress it down to be less provocative.

Now that we both partake can silence kill the cat?

Recently some of my girl friends and I have been discussing what we want to do with our lives. Just because we're in our 40s doesn't mean we've got things all figured out. We keep coming back to two different plans:

1. Sell our houses and move to London to become bloggers
2. Sell our houses and move to Paris to ride bicycles (a velo!)

In both scenarios, we own a lot of cats. Crazy cat lady bloggers! Not likely to happen but we can dare to dream.

So in honour of our future dream, I wore my crazy cat lady dress.

Cardigan: Part Two (from local store Rennaisance)
Dress: from Mango.com (last worn in the first post of this blog)
Belt: Noujica from The Workshop in Ottawa
Shoes: Asos (last worn here)

You have to look closely to see that the motif is black cats sitting on circles.

The only way I'd like this dress more is if it had pockets. It's fully lined and is made of a nice thick fabric.  It might look nice with a crinoline underneath it since the skirt is nice and full. Twirly!

I like the slightly scooped back which give it a slightly "ballet" feel.  Reminds me of the leotards that I used to wear at ballet class.

See, CATS! CRAZY!

Blue Birds

Sorry about the no post yesterday. I forgot my camera and the photos I took at home were crap so I took the night off.

Today I wore this dress to match my shoooooooooes of happiness and joy.

Scarf: Alexander McQueen (last worn here)
Dress: Shabby Apple (last worn here)
Belt: Noujica from The Workshop in Ottawa (last worn here)
Skirt: Mexx (last worn here)
Shoes: Miss L Fire (via Modcloth)

Last time I wore this dress, I also wore this scarf. Seems like a logical pairing.

The last time I wore this skirt I wore it over another skirt. Nice to know it works as well under other things too.

I was being watched while taking my photos hence the stupid goofy look on my face.

And here I'm apparently looking to heaven for guidance.

This dress is made of out rather thick cotton so I'm not a huge fan of it but it matches the shoes so perfectly.

Cutest shoes ever? Probably! With little birds and flowers on them. Adorable!

My shoe enabler friend sent me a photo of these. Now they are on my feet. ENABLER!

Oh. This happened in my building today. GHA! Christmas is my least favourite holiday.

...and with that, Megan left the building.

Miss Mary Mac, all dressed in black

I bought this dress a few years ago in San Francisco and this is only the second time I've worn it. That's just wrong.

You know what else is wrong? I'm wearing the same top that I wore last Thursday! What is wrong with me?

Oh, I think I need a haircut.

Top: Dynamite (last worn last Thursday)
Dress: Judy Tampa
Belt: Noujica from The Workshop in Ottawa
Shoes: Fluevog Wonders | Ayers (last worn here)

Adding this belt to this dress makes it look like a Smoking Lily dress.

Today after work I went over to my friends house for dinner and to watch the last two episodes of Season 3 of Downton Abbey. Talk about DRAMA! So heartrendingly good. 

I seem to have embraced the shorter length of skirt/dress. I've been feeling more confident about myself and my body image lately. I chalk it up to some positive changes in my life. I'm happy.

To my fellow bloggers, I'm way behind in reading posts. I hope to get caught up and back to commenting soon. Sorry for the radio silence.