November Purchases

Naturalizer Driven shoes: $72.31
Naturalizer Collette Shoes: $47.99
Naturalizer Carmen Boots: $71.99
Ricki's Cardigan: $22.49
Land's End Canvas cardigan: $15.00
Joe Fresh skirt: $39, used $20 in PC Points = $19
Ricki's Blouse in purple and white $8.89 each for a total of $ 17.78
Ricki's skirt: 13.99
Ricki's Sweater tunic: $13.99
Old Navy Cloche Hat: $12.99

Total: 307.53

It was the month of the shoe. I realized that most of my shoes are open toe and I live in Canada. Yup, I realized both things this month. I decided it wasn't so practical to own 20 open toe pairs of shoes and 5 closed pairs when I can only wear sandals and such for a few short months a year. And during most of those warm months, I'm at home in flip flops, not using my "dressy school stuff".

Naturalizer had a good sale (20% off and free shipping) so I hit it hard. I have really wide feet (they're pretty much square) and Naturalizer is almost the only line that fits these chunko feet.

Oh, and by the way, I freaking love my new hat. Expect to see it lots. I may wear it to bed tonight, I love it so much.

Sneaky

Cardigan: J Crew
Cami: J Crew
Skirt: J Crew
Shoes: Naturalizer

RDog and I had to do a bit of sneaking to get these pictures done tonight. Our house is full of his family members. RDog is the only person in my "real life" who knows about my blogging obsession. I'm scared to tell anyone else in fear that they will think me superficial. Well, perhaps I am a bit superficial but I don't want anyone to know that. :P

Do you tell real life people about your blog?

Rocky Road

Cardigan: J Crew
Blouse: Ricki's
Belt: J Crew
Skirt: Ricki's
Shoes: Naturalizer

Still digging the food blogs and the cooking. I'm munching on these tonight. So good in my belly, not good for my belly.

I Love Kitties

Sweater: Martin and Osa
Necklace: Martin and Osa
Blouse: J Crew sample found on EBay
Skirt: J Crew
Shoes: Naturalizer
Kitty: Adorable

Speaking of adorable cats, have you seen Oskar the blind cat on youtube? If you like cats and need to waste some time, check this out.

Random Mooing

I had just heard a cow moo. We don't live near any farms.

Dress: RW & Co.
Sweater: Ricki's
Flower: Forever 21
Boots: Naturalizer

A storm was brewing this afternoon so we were dismissed a couple of hours early from school. After a white knuckled drive home (I haven't put my snow tires on yet), I'm enjoying seeing my house in the light of day.

Three Things Learned

Blouse: Martin and Osa
Skirt: Ricki's (It's gray but the indoor photo changes the color)
Necklace: J Crew
Shoes: J Crew

I've learned three things in the last day:

1. If you say that your cats haven't been playing with your breakable Christmas decorations, they immediately start batting your tree's glass balls. . . in the middle of the night

2. Food blogs are addictive. I've been reading Baked Bree non-stop for the past two days. RDog is happy; I'm cooking up a storm. Tonight I made chicken marbella. It was wicked awesome.

3. Groups of three sounds better than groups of two. Two things I've learned didn't have the same ring.

A Crazy Christmas Cat Lady

Sweater: J Crew
Blouse: J Crew
Bracelets: Joe Fresh
Skirt: Ricki's
Shoes: Naturalizer

This is the first Christmas tree of the year. There will be many more to follow. I plan on having 3 big trees and 3 teenie ones. I love Christmas decorations.

I always wanted a white Christmas tree and found this one for a song last year after Christmas. All the purple and blue ornaments were also bought in January last year and then packed up until now. It was like Christmas opening the boxes because I had forgotten what I bought.

Thetree skirt is forever rumpled because I have two cats who like to roll around in there. Luckily the only ornaments they have batted off the tree so far have been plastic ones. There are six plastic ornaments and many glass balls. Smart cats; they know they'll make their mommy upset if they play with the breakable ornaments.

Nobody Puts KDot in the Corner

Blouse: J Crew
Necklace: J Crew
Belt: J Crew
Skirt: J Crew
Shoes: Naturalizer

Tired Eyes

Sweater: Land's End Canvas
Necklace: J Crew
Cami: J Crew
Skirt: J Crew - I thought it fit me but when I looked at the pictures, I realized it's still a bit too tight. It's pulling in every single picture. More workouts are needed before its next wearing.
Shoes: Naturalizer

Mullet Jacket

Dress: Martin and Osa
Sweater: Ricki's
Belt: Yard Sale
Shoes: Karen Scott

This morning I had two jacket choices. I went with this one because it is longer and I wanted to cover up some of the junk in my trunk. I was worried that I had too much badonka donk going on (a la Joan from MadMen). This dress is really clingy!

However, looking at these pictures makes me realize that the other jacket (a cropped one) would have been a better choice for my front. That realization got me thinking . . .

Is it possible to get a jacket that is long in the front, short in the front? Aka a mullet jacket? Maybe I'm on to something here . . .

Glorious Sunshine

Sweater: J crew
Shirt: Banana Republic
Skirt: Old Navy
Shoes: Naturalizer

I was able to sneak in a few pictures during the day so I have another post with glorious sunshine. Unfortunately, RDog wasn't around to take the photos and remind me to include my feet in the shot.

Weekend Wear

Jacket: Old Navy
Shirt: Brooks Brothers (thrifted)
Belt: Land's End Canvas
Jeans: Reitman's
Boots: Naturalizer

It was so great to see my house in daylight.

RDog and I spent the weekend relaxing and putting up Christmas decorations. This year I am going to be the crazy Christmas lady with her house fully decorated before December 1. Sqqueeee. . . pictures of my craziness will come soon.

Roaring Fire

Sweater: J Crew
Cami: J Crew
Skirt: Ricki's
Belt: Gap
Watch: RDog's
Shoes: Naturalizer

This picture was taken after a 12 hour work day (parent teacher interviews after school). It was nice to come home to a roaring fire, some Chinese food leftovers and a nice glass of wine. Ahhhhh, the long weekend is here.

My Man

Blouse: Land's End Canvas
Necklace: Reitman's
Belt: RW & Co. (On it's last leg; the fake leather is starting to crack)
Skirt: Ricki's
Shoes: Naturalizer (Finally new shoes. They can be found here)

These pictures are from yesterday, aka RDog's birthday. He requested Chinese food for his birthday dinner so I complied by ordering a pile of Chinese takeout. Then we took these photos after eating said pile of food. Luckily, RDog is a pro at disguising food babies.

As for his birthday present, I spied these on EBay and thought they were perfect. My man loves Burberry and he loves to dress up.

I think he like them. He let out an "oh" when he opened them. My man also doesn't like to show much emotion.

Cat Tail

Sweater: J Crew
Flower: J Crew
Skirt: Ricki's
Shoes: Naturalizer

We had to move our photo location in side. It is just too dark by the time we get home at night. On the plus side, RDog's indoor photo taking skills should grow a lot over the next few months. Another plus is that the cats get to hang out with us while we do our picture thing. Can you spot Kitty in these pictures?

Wine Day!

Dress: Old Navy
Boots: Naturalizer

These pictures are from Saturday, otherwise known as wine day. It's our annual tradition. Every year in November we go to a wine festival in the afternoon, followed by dinner out with more wine, and finally end back at our house for more wine. Thus, it is known as wine day!

I wanted to wear something a bit dressy but it was quite chilly (there were actually flurries in the air). This ended up being my compromise; a sweater dress that's a little tighter than one I would wear to school. I don't like wearing "school clothes" on the weekend. Sometimes a gal gets tired of pencil skirts and cardigans. It's also a super comfortable dress which was great because it was a long day. A fun day, but long.

Dying Light

Sweater: J Crew
Cami: J Crew
Skirt: J Crew
Shoes: Naturalizer

RDog and I are having a hard time getting home before the sun goes down. It's getting harder and harder to get non-blurry pictures. I suspect that we may be moving inside for picture time (which means a yucky flash).

The Age of Reason

Sweater: Land's End Canvas
Skirt: Ricki's
Flower: Forever 21
Shoes: Naturalizer

No particular meaning to today's post title. It's simply from one of my favorite tv shows; Boardwalk Empire. Any other fans out there?

Homemade Hem Hackjob

Dress: Thrifted
Sweater: J Crew
Belt: J Crew
Shoes: Naturalizer

Someone did a homemade hem job on this dress in a former lifetime; it didn't end well. Don't worry, Polka Dot Dress, I'll still love you.

October Purchases

J Crew Ruffled Shirt via EBay (not shown) - $6.46
Forever 21 Flowers - $ 16.61
Lands End Canvas Cardigan in blue and green - $15.00 each
Spanx Tights via EBay - $22.89
Old Navy Ruffled Shirt - $5.09
Old Navy Color Blocked Shirt - $12.75
Old Navy Skirt in gray and green- $5.00 each
Old Navy Skirt - $6.00
Old Navy Dress - $9.00
Old Navy Jacket - $16.00
Lands End Canvas T-shirt (not shown) - $3.00
Land's End Canvas Turtleneck (not shown) - $3.00
Old Navy skirt - $23.00
Old Navy T-shirt - $8.97
Land's End Canvas scarf - $11.99
J Crew Cami - $18.97
Land's End Canvas gingham shirt (not shown) - $6.00

Total: 209.73

I went into Old Navy one day this month to do a return and was hit with a motherload of a sale. I couldn't resist. The prices seem to be a lot lower in store lately.

I also did pretty well with the Land's End Canvas Classified sale.

November's wishlist - still looking for black everyday school shoes and dreaming of brown riding boots that fit my extraordinarily large calves.

Sugar High

Dress: Old Navy available here - I love this dress. I'm waiting until it goes on sale and ordering more colors. However, I'm going to try a tall size; it's a bit short.
Sweater: J Crew
Belt: Reitman's
Shoes: Naturalizer