Farewell, 2011.

Is there a more perfect color combo than gray and mustard, unless it's red and mustard?

Why not pile them both on for maximum enjoyment?

 

glasses: Warby Parker "Finn"

v-neck: American Apparel

cardigan: Target

skirt: Gap

tights: old, no tag and no idea

shoes: Seychelles, via eBay

The lipstick is L'Oreal "Target Red" and quite possibly my favorite red ever. The tie in with Target just make it that much more apt.

 

I'll be back tomorrow with my New Year's resolutions.

Redesigning

YAY! All the design changes are posted. Before, I had a wordpress template on a blogger platform and that was making Disqus go crazy. THEN, when I was in editing the html, I somehow erased my whole template (sob!), and it turned to an icky green blogger one.

So this was the way to go. There's still some tweaks I want to make, like re-doing that tiny header, but it can wait. 

Hope you like it. Commenting should be a lot easier from now on.

Topher liked it so much he combed his hair for our walk today. 

Pink

Yesterday, both Bear and I had unexpectedly great days at work. Things came together on a big project and made a previously unreachable seeming goal much more achievable. Bear also had some great moments. We decided a spontaneous date night was in order, so we went out to a local spot with live music. 

The other great thing was that I finally got to go to the chiropractor, so my back is doing much better. I think that showed in my sartorial choice---bright and girlie again instead of the dark neutrals of last week. 

earrings: Target

dress: Anthropologie, via eBay

belt: Target

shoes: Lulu's (bought with giftcard won at TXSCC)

And heels of course. 

Low

I had lunch with a friend today and she told me about dressing "high church", which would be lots of jewelry, a dress, heels, maybe a hat. 

I told her this outfit would be "low church". Jorts make anything casual. 

sunglasses: Target

top: Gap Body

jorts: J. Crew

gladiators: Steve Madden

Flats

This dress was almost a return, but the husband made a good case for keeping it. I'm excited to pair it with boots this fall. Meanwhile, I'm worried I might not make it back to heels for New York Fashion Week.

Yes, my back is still acting up. Or out. I've apologized for all the slouching, but it's having none of it. 

dress: J. Crew

belt: Target

bag: H&M

shoes: Target

bracelet: Forever 21

Hope everyone on the East Coast is staying safe.

Issues

The past 24 hours haven't been the greatest. I have done something to my back that has resulted in severe back pain radiating down my left side. The good news is, the chiropractor can see me Monday. The bad news is, that's four days from now. 

Since I'll be re-cooperating from my couch this weekend, I decided to fix some blog kinks and upload Disqus for commenting. It's still not functioning fully perfectly. From what I can tell, you can see the Disqus comments on the individual posts, but not from the main page. Just wanted to let you know that I'm aware of it. Please pardon the dust. 

t-shirt: Target

skirt: J. Crew

oxfords: Steve Madden

Honestly, this isn't the greatest manicure I've ever done, but I wanted to show the color. Essie describes it as "a striking deep gray-green" but on me, it looked much more gray, verging on black. 

Poser

Silk top: Thrifted, Savers

Skirt: Thrifted, Salvation Army

Belt: Old Navy

Shoes: Thrifted, Buffalo Exchange

Confession: I feel weird in front of the camera. 

"Just do what all the other bloggers do," Bear said.

So I did this. Head down, turned to the side, holding my arm. 

And then things *really* started to get weird. 

We'll have to keeping working on it. 

Are you comfortable in front of the camera? Do you have go-to poses?