Finally Boots and a Long Skirt

I have loved the look of boots and a long skirt for a while now. The problem I had last year was that my favorite boots rendered me unable to walk the next day. No really, I ended up on crutches once. Talk about suffering for fashion.

So I finally found these boots that don't kill my feet but by then I only had one long skirt. I found this silky blue skirt on sale at Old Navy. It was shiny and silky which gave it kind of a formal feel. So I wasn't sure if I could pull of wearing it for just a regular work outfit. Apparently it works. I think I'll tweak it a little next time I wear it to have more waist definition. Every belt I tried with this bunched the sweater up in a blobby way that made me look way more chubby than I am. It was one of those days that I fiddled with it until time to leave for work and then decided to just go with it.

Then I left for work and ran over my cat (See my last post).

Strolling through the parking lot at work with one of the many churches in our neighborhood in the background. We're surrounded on all sides by churches which can make for interesting backgrounds.

Catch up outfit photo from last week

 
I'm happy to have some good boots to wear with my long corduroy skirt. It didn't get a lot of wear last year because the only boots I had killed my feet. So I met my goal for finding wearable boots. It was rainy which kept it cool enough for the corduroy and boots but warm enough to ditch my sweater. I'm loving this mild fall we're having this year.

My Thrifty Finds

My thrifted clothes haul from last week:

 I never thought I'd say that because normally I'm afraid of thrifted clothing. It makes me think of the jeans I bought at Goodwill when I was in college and how 1,000 washes never quite got rid of that cigarette smell. At least I hope that's what it was.

But I visited Finders Keepers and hit the motherload. Apparently somebody had brought in all their old jackets because there were a boatload of size 12p jackets. I put the size because it's way smaller than I can ever wear on bottom and even usually on top. I'm still confused about whether I'm pear-shaped or have an hour glass figure. I just know if I told you my jean size, you wouldn't believe me. It means I have to buy pants to fit my butt and thighs and have the waist taken up. Or at least I should have the waist taken up. Usually I either do a sloppy job myself, try to cinch it with a belt or simply ignore the problem. However my blogging efforts have made me acutely aware recently of how badly my pants fit. Like I said, I'm a work in progress. I look at my photos and think, "How can I post this when those pants have such a severely sagging crotch?" Sorry, I couldn't solve all my wardrobe woes at once, but hopefully we'll begin to see improvement in this area.

But for the good news--rust jacket, animal print zipper sweater, brown tweed Sag Harbor skirt and grey pencil skirt. Then the $40 London Fog trench coat brings the total to $88. I've been looking for skirts to wear with my new boots and for jackets for a *slightly* more structured look. I have to be able to move my arms freely and, amazingly enough, I could in that jacket. Normally, I'm soooo finicky about anything close-fitting. Think super picky little kid with clothing issues and you get the idea.

 Be on the lookout for outfits featuring these!