How I wear my… flu?

April’s “How I wear my…” theme is skirts, and I just happen to have one of the prettiest spring skirts I have ever seen. Are you ready?

BOOM! Skirt of my dreams.

I bought this Liz Claiborne skirt late last summer after finding it on the clearance rack at JC Penney. I actually found it and then had to enlist a salesperson to help me track it down, because it got taken away to be put back on a rack while I was trying on bras. It was the only one in the store and just happened to fit me perfectly. I think I actually got three different people involved in the hunt for the missing skirt, but when it rang up at $13 I looked at my SA and said, “Totally worth the effort!”

And my not-so-secret identity: the Amazing Awkward Arms

It’s a gorgeous, vibrant oversized floral chiffon and it absolutely floats around me. I like to wear the skirt so that the skirt is the chief focus of the overall outfit. That day, I wore it with a black long sleeve tee (Mossimo from Target) and very opaque black tights (Hue). But I can’t resist awesome shoes, so my fuschia Chromatic Gallerie pumps picked up the similar hot colors in the skirt.

The day after that, I got hit by an incredibly awful flu, which just happened to coincide with my first Tigers Opening Day.

One of my favorite places

I will spare you the details of my miserable week. I honestly didn’t care what I was wearing for most of that time and on Friday, I found myself looking in the mirror and amazed at just how terrible my outfit looked. That is what comes of getting dressed and thinking “I just need a shirt. Any shirt.”

I’m not necessarily feeling 100% healthier right now, but I am feeling at least 80%  cuter and that’s almost as good!

Awkward Arms strikes again. I can only assume my mannequin arm was to show off the bracelet..

NY Collection tee, Prophecy pants, both at Carson’s/Younkers/Bon Ton what have you. The onyx and sterling drop earrings were a Christmas gift from my parents about 25 years ago and the twisty silver bracelet was bought at the little jewelry store inside the Mexico pavilion at Epcot. I’ve actually bought a couple of very cool jewelry pieces in that store. This bracelet was pretty inexpensive, but it’s handmade and I like how unique its twists are.

And just because it’s my blog and I love this, here’s that skirt again.

So pretty

Back in boots

It snowed again yesterday. We got about 6.5″ locally, which brings us within striking distance of an over 100 year-old record. I have pretty mixed emotions about that because, on the one hand, breaking the record means more snow; but on the other, if we don’t break the record, what was the point of this horrible winter?

Anyway, I wore my snow boots yesterday and swapped them for cuter shoes when I got to the office. In fact, the whole outfit was cute. Unfortunately, I’m working in a different office this week, so I haven’t been able to take a picture until today.

I really need to stop doing that with my chin

I’m wearing my favorite plum cord jacket again today, this time with a black boatneck tee and a gray and black houndstooth skirt (both from Target). I was going to wear the new black cardigan with the skirt and tee, but it needed some kind of color, even if it’s not necessarily the brightest or sunniest color. One of the things I love about this jacket is that it has a very feminine cut, while also being not very “frou frou.” The jacket’s cut gives me the appearance of a defined waist, which I don’t have naturally. (Actually, I have a defined waist on one side and not on the other. Scoliosis. What’re ya gonna do?)

Before leaving the house this morning, I gave my boots a quick polish. I have had these boots for at least ten years and they’re showing their age a bit, but they are remarkably well made. They’re Naturalizer and I got them at Marshall-Field’s (RIP out-of-town department store that replaced my beloved Hudson’s).

Working in the other office makes it hard to find a place to take a picture, which is why I’ve got this strange, antiseptic-looking lobby setting. I’m dying to get some natural light, but the cold and snow just haven’t been conducive to pictures. The fact that I took this in the lobby also means that I was posing for pictures while people were coming and going, which lead to some pretty funny pictures, honestly.

Exit, stage left!