Tuesday: Hello, new look!

I am back, and I am unveiling my new look for the fall: pants!



Don't get me wrong, there will still be plenty of kickass Kohls dresses (and skirts), but I have been itching for a change, and the sales and fit of the new Gap pants spurred me into action. The skinny pant phenomenon has been fun and interesting, but OMG I missed that bootcut silhouette!



These are the Gap modern bootcut in grey; I got the longs for this color so I could wear heels. I also got the regular length in navy for flats, which will be perfect with my NAS Sam Edelman cheetah flats; apparently I am quite the trend-setter because I am seeing animal print flats on EVERY list of must-have shoes for the fall. I've got mine!

Anyway, back to Tuesday's fun outfit. The dalmation-dotted top and yellow cardigan are new from LOFT, picked up on a weekend expedition with my new shopping buddy Kate. It's so funny, I adore yellow but I realized recently that I only have 1 or 2 pieces in the shade. I think my brain assumed because it's such a strong color that was all I needed, so whenever I saw something in the store in yellow, even if I loved it I rejected it because "I already owned a yellow sweater." Meanwhile, I have a good half-dozen black or purple ones! D'oh. So now I am not going to limit myself on the yellow items. They're too much fun to keep myself to only 1 or 2!



OH! And yes, here is my new angled bob. Comparing photos in iPhoto I can see there isn't actually a huge difference between what I had before to my current cut, but I can see and feel it in real life. There's much more vibrancy to the color, it swings and moves better, and when I use product (I ran out yesterday, oops, thus the styling was not as good as usual) it's got much better volume on the top.





Next up: time for new everyday glasses! These are finally not strong enough a prescription, and I am tired of the way they look on my face. I want that Liz Lemon smart-girl look, but these are just too thin in the arms and the shape isn't right anymore. The hunt begins!

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P.S. Thanks for all your continued sympathy for Sophie, and your patience while my posting has been so infrequent. This hiatus has been a mix of a lot of factors: getting back into the groove after vacation, making peace with the change in my body and accepting that this stupid weight is not going to magically disappear overnight, and letting my heart heal and getting used to not having that sweet old girl around anymore. I needed a little time where I wasn't "on stage" every day, but now I am back and ready to jump into the blogging fray again!

I may also start talking a little more about weight loss, eating, cooking, self-image, etc -- expanding beyond more than just my clothes. I don't know that I'm ready to go full-on dieting in front of the world again, but I've been reading some books and having some thinky thoughts and it seems a shame to keep it all to myself. If you are just here for the clothes, feel free to skim when I get to yammering! :)