I started out wearing the American Eagle Dolman sleeve sweater, which is comfy but a casual look that photos pretty poorly. I’ll stick to wearing this top with a thinner leg jean.

I decided to change the sweater out for something more structured. I really like the cropped jacket with the jeans but this is more of a mild weather Spring look.

I tried on some lighter color cardigans, not shown, but that was not working at all. The large flare on these jeans really needs something sleek and darker up top. So I grabbed my black cardigan and a scarf.

I look like I have cramps in this photo, *pose fail* lol

I don’t know that I love the green on green with the scarf. The scarf does have some blue in it but the green shade is a yellow undertone while the top is blue. I do like how the pattern scarf picks up on the lace sleeves, without overwhelming. Getting closer to a complete look.

I miss having these jeans hemmed to a 4″ heel length. They definitely look better with a long silhouette. But I hardly ever wear a 4″ heel, so I had them shorted to a 2.75″ heeled shoe.

Citizens of Humanity Angie super flare jeans
Free People Crafty cuff thermal
American Eagle Outfitters side zip bootie
1-AEO Dolman sleeve sweater
2- Anthropologie Stork club jacket
3-J.Crew crystal button cardigan and Anthro scarf

Wearing: Anthro Polaire vest, Free People crochet cuff tee, Joe’s Visionaire jeans, American Eagle side-zip booties

The American Eagle Side-zip booties worked out really well. They were comfortable enough right out of the box. I added an arch insole since the angle is not that supportive. The faux leather is not plastic or cheap looking. I took my regular size 7. Overall, great buy for $35.

The concert was amazing, although we had to wait for Beady Eye forrrrrever. We are old and it was past our bedtime by the time the show started at 10:30. So sad, I know lol. Here is a clip of my favorite song from the show, Man of Misery. I hope you will watch it because it is awesome. If you’re in Reader, you will probably have to click through to see it. If you’ve never heard of Beady eye they were essentially formerly Oasis, a band from Manchester England.

QUICK NOTE: I changed the blog template again ( I know, even Dh is laughing at me at this point). I just couldn’t deal with not having a sidebar, it’s hard to keep things organized with out one. Anyway, the new design is pretty streamline and simple, I think. Please let me know if you have any problems with it. I also updated my old posts. I finally cropped my photos and added back a whole bunch of my outfit posts. You can find them under Wearing in the sidebar (yay for sidebars)

Anthropologie boy tee
J.Crew Infinity cardigan
J.Crew patent belt
Joe’s Visionaire jeans
Ugg boots

Thanks for all your comments in the Closet cleaning post. I was leaning towards blog sale for awhile but then I counted up what I have to go and it is at least 50 items. That many would overwhelm the blog, you’d be scrolling and scrolling lol. So I am going to just list it all on Ebay. I also decided to list my old J.Crew catalogs. I’ll sell them in sets of 2008, 2009, and 2010.

It’s going to take awhile to get ready for the sale. Washing and hang drying each item is the biggest time kill! But I am already looking forward to the resulting tidy closet. I am getting rid of everything that doesn’t give me joy to wear.

As I mentioned in the previous post’s comments, my favorite way to wear these oxfords is with a patterned or colored sock. Today I went with a neutral but still contrasting grey sock. I always try to make the look deliberate and not like the nerdy shoes were an after thought.

J.Crew cashmere sweater in peony
Anthropologie Dapper and dashing trousers
Frye Carson oxfords in Fawn

Previous oxfords outfit, skinny jeans and argyle socks. I’ll have to try them with a skirt soon. I’ve worn them in the past with a pencil skirt but I know they’ll look better with something shorter and full.

Problem with my outfits though, is they are pretty boring visually. I know this lol, but I am well past the dressing up for the blog stage. There will be no crazy ass blogger outfits, only real life. Which, I’ll face it, is not as interesting. Also, I wear jeans or pants 6 days a week. So there will be few cutie skirt looks, although I do occasionally like to dress like a human cupcake.

So let me know your thoughts. Is there a point to posting what I actually wear or are blogs better suited for living a dream?

Today’s outfit I was not even going to photos because it’s basically jeans and a sweater, how exciting is that lol. But once I added the cropped jacket and arm warmers that went with the peeking out black tee, I started to like the layers of color.

Anthro jacket (do not know the name)
JCrew peony cashmere sweater
Anthro boy tee
Sock dreams arm warmers
Joe’s Visionaire jeans
Antelope booties