The New Black Cardigan

One of my favourite things to have happen is to unexpectedly find a perfect piece of clothing on sale for an extremely low price.  This happened yesterday, when I happened upon the black open cardigan that I wore today.  I can't really put into words what it feels like when I buy a piece of clothing on sale for an extremely low price, bring it home, try it on and realize that it is perfect, because it is comfortable, I like the way it looks on me and I can immediately pair it with a multitude of clothing already in my closet.  It is truly a happy dance moment.

The Green Gingham Shirt

My search for some racer back tanks continued today ... and ended.  I didn't find exactly what I wanted, which was a ribbed knit racer back tank.  I settled for a smooth knit racer back tank.  My semi-disappointment at not finding exactly the kind of racer back tank that I wanted was offset by my finding the most perfect (in my opinion) floppy summer hats.  All in all, it was a pretty good shopping day.

The Yellow Rain Slicker And The Cloche Hats

After a glorious Saturday, Sunday and Monday saw the return of rain and less warm weather.  Unlike most of last week though, when there were back to back to back days full of rain, Sunday and Monday saw only sporadic rain.  To be honest, I didn't mind so much.  I think that Saturday's taste of Summer gave me back my acceptance of weather (it is what it is) and (maybe more to do with my not minding the return of rain so much) I got the chance to wear my new yellow rain slicker (another gift).  Last week though was an entirely different story -- I was tired of rain and not at all pleased.  So to cheer myself up, on Tuesday evening, after work, I went shopping and bought myself a straw boater hat.  (If I remember correctly, it may be my very first straw boater hat.)  While finding the straw boater hat did cheer me up, my cheery state was somewhat short lived when I realized that I really couldn't wear the straw boater hat immediately.  Getting the straw boater hat also made me realize that what I really needed was hats for now.  (Not sure what it is with me these days, but I can't seem to stop wearing hats.)  While I don't dislike my black felt cloche hat, I knew that my time with it was limited and that I would have to find something else to put on my head.  And the straw boater hat wouldn't quite cut it ... yet.  So, when I got home, I went digging through my stash of hats.  I made some pleasant discoveries.  The two cloche hats that you see here are two of these discoveries.  Both more appropriate for warmer temperatures than my good old black felt cloche hat but not smacking so much of Summer like the straw boater hat.

The Big T-Shirt Dress

I am nearing the end of a three-day weekend.  While I had every good intention of posting throughout the long weekend, I was enjoying it so much that I couldn't bring myself to go anywhere near the computer until near the end of the weekend.  Saturday was just a glorious day, weatherwise.  While it started off very Spring-like, fairly warm and sunny, with a bright blue sky, which I would have been quite happy with, it quickly progressed to a hot and sticky Summer day, making me not believe my lucky stars.  As I said, just glorious.  And, it gave me the opportunity to try out my new big t-shirt dress.  As I have said previously, as much as I love the idea of t-shirt dressing, I have not had much luck pulling off t-shirt dressing, so I was a bit apprehensive as to whether I would feel comfortable in the big t-shirt dress.  And I really wanted the big t-shirt dress to work because it was a rather costly gift.  All I can say is, maybe it was just a case of having the right t-shirt, because, not only did I feel comfortable in the big t-shirt dress, I also didn't want to take it off ... ever.  Seriously, I could live in this big t-shirt dress!

Vanilla Ice Cream Dress

(Note:  Due to whatever was going on with Blogger earlier this week, one of my posts disappeared and one went awry.  The post that disappeared was an important one for me, so I am recreating it here.  It was originally posted on May 11 and should be read as if it were May 11.)

It seems like forever since I last posted.  In reality, it has been just one week.  It is truly amazing how my perception of time can vary depending on how far away I journey (in miles/kilometres or otherwise) from my daily life/routine.  The farther I travel, the longer I feel I have been away.  I was in New York City this past week, where I saw the Alexander McQueen show ("Savage Beauty") at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  What I saw took my breath away and brought home to me exactly how sad it is that the world no longer has the benefit of his creative genius.

The Cafe Au Lait Dress

As usual, I awoke to the morning radio show today.  Somewhat unusual for me, I couldn't stop listening to the morning radio show -- I mean intently listening -- when I should have been concentrating on figuring out what to wear today.  "Focus," I kept telling myself.  But as soon as I said it, off my mind would wonder again to the morning radio show.  What makes it worse, there wasn't even anything very interesting being said on the morning radio show.  It amazes me that I did manage to put together an outfit and not be late for work!