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Closet Confection: America’s Sweetheart

red peacoat, white bow blouse, leopard print skirt, black tights, ankle boots

When: Monday, February 14th, 2011

Where: Work + A Surprise Date w/ Hubby

What: Shirt (United Colors of Benetton), skirt (Zara), coat (Guess via Burlington Coat Factory), tights (Wolford), shoes (BCBG via Loehmann’s), sunglasses (Marc Jacobs via Nordstrom’s Rack)

I always love wearing red on Valentine’s Day.  And since I didn’t include any red garments in my 30 for 30 round-up, I just decided to throw one of my favorite winter coats for a splash of color.

red peacoat, white bow blouse, leopard print skirt, black tights, ankle boots

I have a pretty hot date later on tonight, but it’s a complete mystery to me where we’re going.  As much as I love surprise outings, I always freak out over what I should wear.  I had Eric review my outfit last night to see if it was appropriate for our outing.  He gave me two thumbs up, so  think I’m all set.

red peacoat, white bow blouse, leopard print skirt, black tights, ankle boots

I’m super excited to see what he has planned, and I have  a feeling I’m going to have a hard time concentrating at work today!

red peacoat, white bow blouse, leopard print skirt, black tights, ankle boots

Happy Valentine’s Day, peeps!

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Closet Confection: Top Ten Greatest Hits

h&m blazer, vintage striped dress, black cableknit tights, black suede booties

When: Wednesday, February 9th, 2011

Where: The jobby-job

What: Blazer (H&M), dress (vintage via eBay), tights (Uniqlo), shoes (Vince Camuto via Loehmann’s), belt (H&M), necklace (Pippin Vintage Jewelry), sunglasses (Forever 21)

Well folks, I’m a third of the way through and feelin’ mighty fine indeed!

h&m blazer, vintage striped dress, black cableknit tights, black suede booties

h&m blazer, vintage striped dress, black cableknit tights, black suede booties

h&m blazer, vintage striped dress, black cableknit tights, black suede booties

h&m blazer, vintage striped dress, black cableknit tights, black suede booties

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I bought this dress on eBay a while back when I was on my 80s vintage kick. The waistline is a little strange, so I slipped on this elastic belt to help hide it. As I was leaving the house, I realized that the belt had a silver buckle but all of my jewelry was gold.  Rather than waste time searching for a different belt (because I’m always rushing for work in the morning), I just turned this puppy around backwards since I was wearing a blazer and no one would see it from the back anyway.

Is it just me, or are any of you weird about mixing metals? I used to be really OCD about it, but I’m getting better.  In fact, my favorite pair of earrings are a mix of silver, gold, and pewter hoops.   However, I still do things like wear my watch on my right hand if it’s gold (I normally wear my watches on the left)so that it doesn’t clash with my wedding bands.

Oh well, old habits die hard.

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Closet Confection: On the Six

pink chiffon dress, black blazer, black wolford tights, black vince camuto ankle boots, marc jacobs sunglasses

When: Monday, Feburary 7th, 2011

Where: Work

What: Dress (H&M), blazer (H&M), tights (Wolford), shoes (Vince Camuto), sunglasses (Marc Jacobs)

To keep the theme going with the title of today’s post, I went out of my way to catch the 6 train to work this morning.  Ok, not really.  It would have been hard trying to explain to my boss why I was a twenty minutes late to work.  But to my credit, I did take the 5 train, which is kinda like the 6…  except it’s express and gets me to work on time.

pink chiffon dress, black &m blazer, black wolford tights, black vince camuto ankle boots, marc jacobs sunglasses

pink chiffon dress, black &m blazer, black wolford tights, black vince camuto ankle boots, marc jacobs sunglasses

I’m sure J-Lo would agree.

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