Monday: Super Casual Business Casual

Decided to try Angie's "messy scarf" look, and as she noted, let the scarf do the talking of the outfit. I think this turned out better in real life than the photo; I look a lot squatter here than I do normally. I think I have to remember to stand straight and not bend my knee in photos when I am wearing shorter pants and flats. Duly noted!



Ah, yes, that's better. And Emily gets ever closer to her internet debut! She and George are just hilarious these days; she's no longer terrified of him and hiding under the bed, but they aren't quite buddies either. As I type this, they are sitting about two feet apart, sniffing and gauging each other, and Emily is trying to figure out a way she can get past George to go up the stairs without actually going near him. I love my silly gatos.

Anyway, back to the outfit. The pants are new from Ann Taylor Factory Outlet, a nice black-and-grey microcheck pattern. The shoes are my metallic AK Anne Klein loafers. The top is a grey floral Lauren Conrad tee from Kohls, and the cardigan is from Gap in "vineyard". The scarf is the Target purchase from a couple weeks ago that I have been dying to wear. The cardigan is the SYC challenge piece; I bought it in the spring but never took the tags off. I wanted to return it but it was past the date when I tried, so I decided to keep it and find ways to work it in this fall. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just kind of bland. I will try to spice it up better next time.

A simple neutral outfit. I wasn't keen on the grey tee -- it felt too casual then and now in hindsight -- but the other plausible options were still drying after laundry day. But it worked well enough!

Work and life is pretty insane this week, but I will stay on top of posting as best I can. Thanks for your patience, all!