Oompa Loompa Day

Dress: Old Navy
Booties: Naturalizer

Sometimes colored tights make me feel fine. Sometimes they make me feel like an Oompa Loompa.

Today was an Oompa Loompa day.

January Purchases

Talbots Silk Charmeuse Cami - $11.99
Talbots Solid tie-shoulder dress - $14.99
Talbots Gabrielle twill dress - $14.99
Talbots Cowl-Neck Dress - $37.79
Old Navy Micro-Pleat Full Ski - $9.00
Talbots Silk Georgette Pleated Skirt - $21.89
Talbots Classic Side Zip Fit Midnight Rinse skinny crops - $11.99
Talbots 1/2" Leather skinny belt - $7.97
Old Navy Turtleneck Sweater - $6.00
Old Navy Turtleneck Sweater - $7.97
Old Navy Turtleneck Sweater - $13.00
Old Navy Wool Cloche Hats - $14.00

Grand Total: $171.58
Not too bad considering I overdosed on needless Talbots items after I discovered an extra %40 off code.

When I am going to learn my lesson and stop buying pants online. They rarely fit. The two pairs I bought this month were final sale and neither were quite right. Baby got back.
I love the two skirts I bought this month. I'm really digging pleats lately.

The turtleneck sweaters were bought because I am always cold and I recently discovered I have neck wrinkles. Aging sucks!

She Works Hard For Her Money

Sweater: J Crew
Dress: Ricki's
Bracelets: Banana Republic
Booties: Naturalizer

I got nothing tonight.

Tank Head

Sweater: J Crew
Top: Ella Moss
Skirt: Ricki's
Booties: Naturalizer

A random outfit I forgot to post last week.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I did lots of this over the weekend.


I can't believe I am posting this on the internet! This is me in my comfy clothes, acting silly with RDog. We were having a good game of Battlefield when I decided to put the cat's Christmas present (a cat tank) on my head. Hence, the name tank head. Good times!

No Brown Bread For You!

Sweater: Talbots
Skirt: J Crew
Shoes: Cole Haan
Earrings: Joe Fresh

Today's post title relates to the squabble RDog and I had while taking these pictures.

While snapping away, RDog asked, "Do we have any bread in the house?"

KDot's reply, "Yes, I just bought some yesterday."

RDog: "Brown bread?"

KDot: "No, flax."

RDog: "Yuck, flax.

KDot: "Since you rarely eat bread at home and I bought it for my lunch and I don't like brown bread, I bought flax. If you want brown bread, you are going to have to either tell me when you want it or buy it yourself."

RDog: "So there's no brown bread?"

KDot: "*^*%&$"

So a lot of photos turned out with me with my mouth open talking and looking indignant.

Darn brown bread.

Ballerina Wannabe

Sweater: J Crew
Sweater shell: J crew
Skirt: Old Navy
Shoes: Naturalizer

This skirt must be worn with a hair bun. It's the law.

I danced a little bit in my classroom by myself today and felt like a ballerina.

Then I felt like a fool.

It's the skirt's fault. :P

Wiggle

Sweater: Banana Republic
Skirt: Cassis
Booties: Naturalizer

I was singing "I'm sexy and I know it" while RDog took these pictures. My favorite part of that song is the line,"wiggle, wiggle, wiggle."

I can't lie; I was doing plenty of wiggling which resulted in plenty of pictures with me and my limbs askew, eyes closed and or crossed, and my mouth agape. I've realized I am not an attractive dancer.

And no, I won't be posting any out-takes. There are some things that just shouldn't be on the internet!

Winter

Sweater: J Crew
Blouse: Old Navy (it's sleeveless, it's my trick for no bunching)
Skirt: Ricki's
Shoes: Naturalizer

I dug out the tripod and timer because I finally made it home before dark! RDog wasn't home yet (he doesn't get home until it is well past dusk) but we had the prettiest snow; I knew I couldn't miss this photo opportunity.

So I suffered through the cold for these pictures but rewarded myself afterward with a cosy blanket, hot tea and Kitty cuddles.

Fashion disaster averted!

Sweater: J Crew
Skirt: Cassis
Necklace: RDog
Boots: Naturalizer

This was one of those mornings when I got dressed and realized what I was wearing wasn't quite right (too sheer and low cut for school). I hurriedly grabbed something else because I was late (I am always late in the morning). This is what turned out.

It was the first time I've worn this J Crew sweater since I purchased it last summer. I was in such a rush, I forgot to take off the tags and they were sticking straight out of the back collar. Fortunately two sweet girls noticed shortly after I arrived at school and told me. Fashion disaster averted!

OPP

Sweater: J Crew
Sweater Shell: J Crew (thrifted)
Skirt: Ricki's
Boots: Naturalizer
Necklace: J Crew

Today's title came from the song I was singing in my grade 11 English class this morning. My students had no idea what it was from so I schooled them in lame 90s hip hop. Sing it with me, "You down with OPP, ya you know me!"

Comment Away!

Sweater: Gap
Skirt: Old Navy available here
Necklace: Etsy available here
Boots: Naturalizer

I installed Disqus the other night. I don't know why I waited so long. It makes replying to comments so much easier! Now I won't be the slacker blogger who misses most comments and never replies. I will respond to them all! So go ahead, comment away! :-)

Brown Town

Sweater: Old Navy
Skirt: J Crew
Necklace: Joe Fresh
Bracelet: Joe Fresh
Belt: Danier Leather
Shoes: Cole Haan

This outfit revolved around a turtleneck and the fact that it was very, very cold.

We're having problems with our fire alarms at work. I don't know the technical part of it but the fire alarms go off when it is very, very cold. Yes, a fire alarm that goes off in extreme cold. Everyone has to evacuate when the alarms go off. This is not fun. I think my feet are still numb from the last "drill". But at least my neck stayed warm.

Casual Saturday

Sweater: Reitman's (a Christmas gift from my in-laws)
Tank: Old Navy
Necklace: J Crew wannabe from Ebay
Jeans: Reitman's
Boots: Naturalizer

We went to visit RDog's parents on Saturday to celebrate his father's birthday. I wanted to make sure to wear the sweater they gave me for Christmas so they (his mom) would know I liked it.

Sunday was spent doing house chores and getting ready for the week ahead. The weekends really do go by too fast!

How was your weekend?

Talbots Extra 40% Sale

Edited to add: I just found out this was meant to be an unique code. I'm not sure if Talbots will be honoring the orders. This happened to me once before and the orders did go through. *crosses fingers*

Shopping With M shared a great Talbots code on Polyvore. In case you didn't know, use 019588431 to get an extra 40% off the lowest price and free shipping!

I went a little crazy with this one.

Here is what I ordered.

Turnlock Suede Clutch

I've been eyeing this one for months. But as I feel envelope clutches are pretty trendy and won't be in style for long, I didn't want to pay too much. $22.50 sounds just about right for me!


Scoopneck Cable Knit Sweater

I've put a ban on buying cardigans as I own way too many and not very many pull overs sweaters. This one will fit the bill nicely.


Cowl Neck Dress

Winter dresses are hard to find. I have lots of blue, gray and black dresses so the green will be a nice edition to my closet.


Silk Georgette Pleated Skirt

I've wanted a mustard skirt forever.


Now the waiting game begins. Will any of these items actually ship? I've had really bad luck in the last few months. Numerous orders have been canceled by Talbots due to inventory problems.

Are you shopping at Talbots? What did you order?

It's Wine Thirty!

Sweater: J crew
T-shirt: Old Navy
Skirt: Ricki's
Boots: Naturalizer
Necklace: Gift from a student

Finally, the long week is over. It's wine thirty in the RDog and KDot household.

Have a great weekend!

It's a Scientific Fact.

Sweater: J Crew
Blouse: Thrifted
Skirt: J Crew
Shoes: Naturalizer

This skirt looks 4 times more sparkly in pictures than in real life. It's a scientific fact.

Let's Throw This Outfit Into the Far Reaches of My Closet

Sweater: Ralph Lauren
Skirt: Thrifted
Shoes: Naturalizer
Scarf: Thrifted

We were a bit rushed with the photo taking tonight. I worked an extra long day, rushed home to start making spaghetti and promptly got tomato sauce on this white cashmere sweater. When RDog got home, I pounced on him screaming, "Take me picture NOW. I have spaghetti sauce on my sweater and want to take off this dumb scarf, NOW, NOW, NOW."

Needless to say, the poor boy was rushed which is why I only have one good picture from tonight.

The spaghetti stain did come out.

The scarf got thrown into the far reaches of my closet. I love collecting vintage scarves but I realized I don't actually like wearing them. I always feel like an airplane stewardess. I'm so jealous of you hip scarf wearing people out there!

Explosions of a Different Kind

Sweater: Ricki's
Blouse: Ricki's
Pants: Cassis
Boots: Naturalizer
Bracelets: Ricki's and J Crew

Ever have one of those days when you think about earlier in the day and it seems as if you are remembering events from days ago?

That was my day. Yes, it felt that long.

The highlight of my day was when the water fountain outside my classroom exploded, spewing sewer sludge all over the nearby walls.

One of my students (who was late for class incidentally) was an eye witness. He described the event "as streams of poop exploding from the fountain."

Gross, but this English teacher can't knock his word choice.

Bad Kitty!

Blazer: Martin and Osa
Top Banana Republic Factory
Necklace: J crew wannabe found on Ebay
Pants: Gap
Shoes: Naturalizer

One of my new year's style resolutions is to acquire AND wear blazers most often. I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of greatness by not wearing blazers regularly. What better way to start than on my first day back from vacation.

I'm so glad I went back to work before the students. We had a professional development day (which means we sat and listened to presentations) which was a lovely way to ease back into the swing of things. Especially after my little Kitty monster woke me up at 1:55 am playing.

When she plays, she makes this horrible crying noise that sounds like she is being tortured. I should make a youtube video of it as it is super cute, just not at 1:55 am.

A Typical Friday Night

Sweater: The Bay
Pants: Caissis
Boots: Naturalizer

Last night we had plans to do a fancy supper out with friends. I had stayed home in my pjs all week and was looking forward to actually leaving the house. I had just finished picking out a pretty sparkly outfit and had put the finishing touches on my hair and makeup when our friends called and canceled (boooo!).

Luckily RDog understood that he was required to still take me out for dinner. I may have whined just a little, "But RDog my makeup is pretty and I have nothing planned for supper."

I traded the sparkles for a cozy sweater because it was gosh darn cold outside and we headed off to a downtown cozy restaurant where I indulged in some seafood chowder (yum). RDog even dropped me up and picked me up at the door so I didn't have to walk in the cold.

What a good man.

Then we headed home to watch a bad movie (The PoolBoys - don't reccommend) and play some SingStar (totally fun).

A typical, relaxing Friday night. How was your Friday night?