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winter 2011

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Closet Confection: Makin’ A Dollar Outta Fifteen Cents

ralph lauren rugby sweater dress, black tights, black boots

When: Sunday, February 13th, 2011

Where: Who knows?

What: Sweater dress (RL Rugby thrifted via Beacon’s Closet), tights (Wolford), boots (thrifted via Beacon’s Closet), necklace (H&M)

Wooohoo, this entire outfit was thrifted… except for the necklace… and the tights.  Come to think of it, thrifted tights would be kinda gross.  Geez, the more I type, the less impressive this is sounding.

ralph lauren rugby sweater dress, black tights, black boots

In all fairness, the sweater and boots were actually better than thrifted.  They were kinda free since I traded in some other items at Beacon’s Closet and used my store credits for new merchandise in lieu of cash.  Ok, I think I just redeemed myself.

ralph lauren rugby sweater dress, black tights, black boots

In other news, my attempts to get a little more creative with my outfit posts has caused me to lag a little behind in my 30 for 30 postings.  Yikes!  Time to play catch up.

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Closet Confection: Four Your Eyes Only

olive shawl neck sweater, grey pleated skirt, brown braided belt, grey sweater tights, vince camuto peep toe booties

When: Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Where: Work

What: Sweater (J. Crew), skirt (Forever 21), belt (hand-me-down), tights (???), shoes (Vince Camuto via Loehmann’s), sunglasses (Moschino via Loehmann’s)

Guys, I’m seriously plotting a move to Florida… or better yet, Hawaii.

Despite Puxatawney Phil’s recent prediction, the spring still seems so far from grasp.  Ahhh… but what can one do, other than put on a smile (through chattering teeth) and press on?

olive shawl neck sweater, grey pleated skirt, brown braided belt, grey sweater tights, vince camuto peep toe booties

Throwing on a cozy sweater and nubby sweater tights does help some.

And the little foot warmer I keep under my desk at the office helps a lot!

olive shawl neck sweater, grey pleated skirt, brown braided belt, grey sweater tights, vince camuto peep toe booties

Oh, and Swiss Miss hot cocoa!  With marshmallows!  That does wonders!

olive shawl neck sweater, grey pleated skirt, brown braided belt, grey sweater tights, vince camuto peep toe booties

Ok, I guess winter isn’t all bad.

In other news:  Since I’m always trudging around in snow boots these days and changing my shoes at work anyway, I decided to be totally impractical and include peep toes in my 30 for 30 challenge.  This was a great idea in theory, however I didn’t factor in having to clear a little path between myself and my camera while taking outfit photos.  Doh!

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Closet Confection: Three’s Company

black rugby sweater, snake print pencil skirt, black tights, black suede ankle boots

When: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Where: On my way to work

What: Sweater ($40 Rugby), skirt ($20 Express), tights (Hue), shoes (Vince Camuto via Loehmann’s), sunglasses ($40 Marc Jacobs via Nordstrom’s Rack)

The good news is that the temperature finally rose to a “balmy” 40 degrees here in NYC today…

black rugby sweater, snake print pencil skirt, black tights, black suede ankle boots

black rugby sweater, snake print pencil skirt, black tights, black suede ankle boots

black rugby sweater, snake print pencil skirt, black tights, black suede ankle boots

The bad news is that instead of copious amounts of snow being dumped on us, we got ice.  Lots and lots of slippery, dangerous ice.  There’s was tons of it as soon as I stepped outside my apartment, and I felt like a little old lady as I teetered towards the bus stop and almost fell, not once, but twice!  Unfortunately, I didn’t get the memo that my office was closed until after I was halfway there.  Don’t you just hate when that happens?

In any case, I went back home, ordered in for lunch and actually had a pretty productive day catching up on emails and making phone calls.  On the bright side, I can wear this outfit again tomorrow since I immediately changed back into pjs, fuzzy slippers and a huge fluffy robe as soon as I got home.

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