The fits just keep coming!

Ha ha, I crack myself up.

SATURDAY

Heading to my favorite Long Island spot, Peconic River Herb Farm. Taking a friend who has never been there.

Wasn’t exactly sure how warm it was going to get so I light-layered with the thought that I may be taking the chambray top off.

I like the outfit in theory but I’ve had both this chambray top and striped top a long time and they’re both looking a little dingy and floppy. So it only gets a 4.5/5 from me. Which is still pretty good.

Striped Tee: New Look, 3x. 2017. Comparable here and here.

Blue Tencel Chambray Button-down: Charlotte Russe, 3x. 2015. Comparable here and here.

Jeans: Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda, black wash, 20 short. 2021

Sneakers: Black Converse Shoreline slip-ons, 2020

SUNDAY

Rainy and cool. Not going anywhere besides the deli for breakfast.

Finally got to break out the grey hoodie, it’s been too warm on the weekends til today. It’s really not a work item.

I love it under the collarless coppery Madewell jacket. I’m going with a 5/5. Go me.

Grey Hoodie: Old Navy, 3x. 2021
Coppery Liner Jacket: Madewell, 2x. 2020
Jeans: Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda, black wash, 20 short. 2021
Sneakers: Black Converse Shoreline slip-ons, 2020

MONDAY

I really like this rust top but it has fallen through the cracks ever since I bought it. I got it end of fall 2019 just as it got cold and it’s really not a cold-weather item, even under a cardigan. Then when it got warm enough in the spring of 2020, I was only working from home, and even when I came back to the office a couple days a week in June, it just seemed less casual than the other things I was wearing. So after like a year-and-a-half, I feel it’s finally going to hit its stride and get the attention it deserves.

First, The Color. You know I love a warm, spicy color. It’s my way of wearing COLOR without being so BRIGHT. Then it’s got that little ruffle detail on the button placket and (short sleeve) cuffs, and I’m really appreciating that small detail on a tailored item. It’s like, be a boy but make him in touch with his sensitive side.

Then the texture and feel. I guess sartorially, my love language is touch. I LOVE THE LITTLE RUFFLY DOTS. I don’t know what you call them but they’re sort of whimsical in a charming way, not in a cutesy way. And the fabric itself is lovely. Super lightweight, a rayon/poly blend…but it feels like nice velvet. So I touch myself a lot.

You know what I mean.

I hope you know what I mean.

I didn’t intend to write Ode to a Rust Blouse today, but…I don’t think I ever introduced it properly for the above reasons.

Moving on. I like the beigey-creams of the pants and cardigan with the rust. The thing that throws me off a bit is the chestnut tone of the shoes. I’m sort of over these shoes at this point anyway, but until a new better pair materializes in front of my eyes, they’re my only warm-toned flats. But the shoes bring this down to a 4.25/5. But I’m giving my hair a 5/5.

Rust Blouse: Loft, 3x. 2019
Cardigan: Old Navy, “Palomino” (stupid, 2x. 2017.
Jeans: Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda, stone wash, 22 short. 2015
Shoes: Kelly&Katie chestnut flats

TUESDAY

Am. Not. Feeling. It. Today. Was out last night, slept late this morning, didn’t have time to shower, haven’t ironed things I want to wear that need ironing, blah blah blah. Plus it was going to be warmer AND I was going to be outside taking pictures. All that adds up to: Wear Something Easy and Casual and Light.

It’s always nice to have a couple “default” outfits in your closet. Things that are easy and tried&true. For when you have zero mental or physical energy to put into outfit creation.

So this is not particularly creative or delightful BUT. It is EASY. 4/5

V-neck sweater: Cotton Emporium, 3x. 2018
White Tee: H&M, 3x. 2017
Jeans: Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda, Frisco wash, 20 short. 2021
Sneakers: Navy Converse Shoreline slip-ons, 2021

WEDNESDAY

So THIS is a fun shirt! A new purchase…in one of my favorite colors (chartreuse) that I just don’t see much in my size. This is from Anthropologie, and is a silky smooth viscose. It’s the shirt I dropped at the dry cleaner for the additional button AND buttonhole đŸ™‚Â  It’s perfect. I’m pleased. He kept saying that day that the buttonhole might not match, which I didn’t get but…it’s perfect. It STILL has no collar at the throat but that was going to be ANOTHER $15 so I passed.
I MIGHT take it back to move the cuff buttons (unless Jodie says, “oh that’s EASY, you can do that yourself”) because the cuffs when buttoned are LARGE. The sleeves are a little long (as always with me and my short arms) and if the cuffs were snugger it would keep the sleeves from falling down over my hands. I don’t mind that so much in a knit but not in a button-down blouse (#BettyeRules).
Anyway, love the shirt with black. Would ALSO love it under that blue-grey loose-knit cardigan I didn’t buy from Trunk Club, ha ha. It would be like that “early maple tree buds against stormy blue grey sky” color combo I so love. But who knew then that I would end up with this shirt?
Anyway. First I put on converse but I didn’t like that with the black skinnies. I think a straight-leg cropped jean would be fine but…it wasn’t doing it for me with the cropped skinnies. And every time I wear these flats now I’m like I WISH I HAD BLACK LOAFERS. These were Just Right when my feet were so painful and needed all the help they could get. But after The Year of Not Walking (aka Covid) they’re So Good and I think I could have a pair of REGULAR SHOES.
Button-down: Pilcro brand from Anthropologie, 3x. 2021
Cardigan: Old Navy, 2x. 2017
Skinnies: Charlotte Russe Refuge jeans, 22 short. 2016

THURSDAY

It takes real skill to take FIFTY PICTURES…and have my eyes open in four of them. With practice, you could be as good as I am someday.

So happy to get this button-down back from the dry cleaner. It’s not their fault I haven’t been able to wear it for like 12 weeks…it’s just been On The Pile.

The Pile is EXTREMELY comprehensive. It is * things for the laundromat * things for the dry cleaner * things to put away * things to donate * things to sell * things to burn.

It’s a big pile. It’s actually two piles. But when I had to get the extra button (AND BUTTONHOLE) added to yesterday’s chartreuse blouse, I grabbed this white blouse and my navy J Crew cropped length slacks (which have been on the pile for even longer than the white blouse) and dropped them off, too (several birds, one stone).

Back to the outfit (#queenofthetangent). First I put it on with the navy J Crew slacks (with the leopard flats) but…mmm…I think they shrunk jusssst slightly at the dry cleaner and the calfs (calves?) seemed even snugger than before…which makes the looser-fitting knee/thigh area sort of bunch up. I’m wondering if just that area can be let out. I looked at the seam allowance (look at me, knowing the sewing words) and there’s not much there. Anyway, it felt “not right” enough that I changed into these jeans.

And the grey cardigan. Always happy to wear this. And it was just cool/damp enough that I could wear it comfortably.

I wish I could find this exact sweater in other colors: navy (navy!), black, taupe, maybe a cream? It’s a lambswool blend so has a little “fiber” texture to it, yet is as lightweight and pliable as my cashmere sweaters.

Wow. Are there blogging awards? Surely I should be winning them with this “on the edge of your seat” content.

Button-down: Loft, 3x. 2020
Cardigan: Dean & White Woman, 2x. When the dinosaurs roamed.
Jeans: Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda, Scottsdale wash, 20 short. 2021
Sneakers: Black Converse Shoreline slip-ons, 2021

FRIDAY

I still love this floral top five years later. But…I have a had time transitioning to “no layers” in the spring. I really only put this golden mustard hoodie over top cuz the “one and done” top was sorta bugging me. I like the linen blend hoodie in theory but it’s a little loosey-goosey for me these days.

It’s fine. The outfit is fine. I’ll give it a 4/5. That seems low after the rest of the week. Not so sure why. Oh well.

Floral Top: American Rag, 3x. 2016.
Linen Hoodie: Tahari, 3x. 2018.
Jeans: Gloria Vanderbilt Amanda, white, 20 short. 2021
Sneakers: Black Converse Shoreline slip-ons, 2021

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