Tuesday, Wednesday: Cold-weather remixes

Okay. WOW. I am completely flabbergasted by the responses to the Nude Sandal DEATHMATCH. Luckily voting has tightened up now, but I thought for sure the Atlases were going to blow the Tazers away. My jaw is to the floor! I cannot believe I had nearly the opposite reaction of everyone here and at YLF; I almost returned the Tazers without even mentioning it on the blog. I adore the Atlases beyond belief, and I honestly felt kind of frumpy in the Tazers.

I guess I will try them both on with more outfits before I decide for sure. I do have a couple of other sandals that I am feeling iffy on, and maybe one of those will go back instead...the response to keep the Tazers was so overwhelming I am wondering if I am missing something in their allure!

BUT. I won't be able to decide on that for a few days... it needs to get warm again first! Grrr, the temps dropped like a stone the last few days, and today it is threatening to snow. SNOW. That is just so wrong.

My outfits layered up accordingly.

Tuesday:



Been a long while since I wore this combo, maybe back in the fall? We had huge rain all day, and I was out traveling for meetings, so the oufit started with the need to wear my plum patent La Canadienne rainboots. (I have said this a million times, but these are ideal for bad-weather days when I still need to be dressy and can't change my shoes when I get to my destination. They may be my smartest shoe purchase ever.)

From there, I added my patterned Michael Kors jersey dress, brown swirl-pattern tights (it was cold!), white Gap ruffled tank, mustard Halogen sweater, and gold locket necklace from J Crew Outlet. Sorry, shopping stalkers, these are all items from last year! :)

Because it was raining like crazy, I added my new white Martin + Osa trench. This one is becoming a fast favorite!




Wednesday:



Another remix of a familar outfit. This is the first time I didn't belt this sweater, instead purposely going for the super-voluminous look. I spent a cold, rainy 9-hour day at my desk, and being wrapped in a virtual Slanket held a lot of appeal.



The teal sweater-top is from Loft this winter, the grey chunky sweater is from H&M, the black pants are part of my Semantiks suit from Nordstrom, and the shoes are my grey patent oxford heels from Franco Sarto. Because it was so bulky and drab, I added a couple of pieces of jewelry to add some interest: my pewter mesh magnetic bracelet from BR, and a fun ombre blue beaded necklace from Old Navy.



Got my highlights fixed last night, so this is the last of my roots you will see for a while! :)

Now I must go figure out what to wear when it SNOWS. Ugh.