The difference between my mirror and real life

Fall has arrived, people. We're suddenly in 50-60s for temperatures, and the layers have come flying out.


Wednesday was a return of my NYDJ ponte pants. I almost accidentally wore the brown instead of the black, but I noticed my mistake as I was walking out to my car, and hustled back inside to change. I also got busted by my neighbor taking photos outside, so I did one round of shots where I felt really anxious and embarrassed, then I had to resort to inside shots in my kitchen.




I liked the colors in this; the pink LOFT sweater with the draped neck gets very little wear because it's a little too baggy overall on me. Adding the draped sweater from Marshalls with its asymmetrical hem and the strands of bright, warm pearls from Nordstrom focused back up to the sweater's best feature, the draped neck. I also like the contrast of the red cutout Target flats with the pink. (Heh, Economy of Style, looks like we were on the same style page again a couple of days apart!) 




I should have done a close up, but the bracelets were a delicate combination of some pretty silver wired bangles with tiny flowers that Laura gave me, and a multi-colored stone one from Target that I picked up a year ago and promptly forgot about because it was tucked into a closed jewelry box that I never look in. I finally found a good container for my bracelets on my chest of drawers, so now I can see everything better and forgotten pieces are coming into circulation.


Thursday was...Thursday. It was well and truly cold, and I am still struggling to figure out the shoe situation with my dresses; it's not quite cold enough for tights yet, but bare legs are not going to work either. Leggings and flats are kind of it, for the moment.






I don't think the sweater color worked as well in real life as it did in the mirror; the contrast between the dark pieces (Kohls peacock dress and black jersey scarf) under and the lightness of the cream wool was too much. Even going with the light rose-gold metallic Tahari flats from DSW wasn't enough to pull it all together. It's a new sweater from Gap, and long-time readers know how much I love boyfriend style cardigans; I have a short torso and long legs, so it's a style that generally works well for me. I have a few other ideas for this that I think will work better next time.




I need to remember that when I tuck my hair back and go for a smoother look, although it has more movement and looks neater in real life, tends to look flat and lifeless in photos. Hmm.

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The other thing I need to remember is that I am a stress eater. Lunches and dinners have been all takeout and junk; the only saving grace is that my "office" space all week has been a break room table in the IT building where none of my regular snacks are available. So at least I have not been shoveling candy in my piehole too.

We're going away this weekend so I do not anticipate my options getting much better, but I'm going to look for the healthier options when I can, and I'm going to think about how to handle the coming weeks. A major, major deadline is in seven weeks and the pressure at work is only going to get worse before then. I am not going to trash everything I've been working toward, so I need to come up with a plan.

Hope you all have lovely weekends!