Weekly OOTD 8/8

[kmohr]

I'm disappointed I wasted a good interview outfit today. My interview is rescheduled to tomorrow and I have another Thursday so two more days this week I have to look presentable! Lol

Lands End Ponte sheath dress and old old old Maurices blazer.

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I love the color of the dress!

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[notatree]

Tuesday 8/9

[ditzydi]

I had planned on using my dslr but the settings are off and everything looks blue. So no outfit today but I thought I would do a product psa.

II picked up two Woolrich, down filled vests for $25 each at Sam's They look identical to the Jcrew ones. I got the navy and kakhi? But they also had a pretty red. Was really tempted to get the red too bc Sam's never has anything my size and these fit awesome but the idea of spending $75 on vests kind of made my stomach churn. Ha.


ETA:  Speaking of vests, I thought it was so stupid when bloggers wore vests over denim jackets.  I was watching Back to the Future the other day and realized they must have copied Marty's lifevest outfit.  

[ohgillian]

Aug 9, 2016 9:00:52 GMT -5 ditzydi said:

I had planned on using my dslr but the settings are off and everything looks blue. So no outfit today but I thought I would do a product psa.

II picked up two Woolrich, down filled vests for $25 each at Sam's They look identical to the Jcrew ones. I got the navy and kakhi? But they also had a pretty red. Was really tempted to get the red too bc Sam's never has anything my size and these fit awesome but the idea of spending $75 on vests kind of made my stomach churn. Ha.

Oooh, nice! Can we get a pic of them on? (I hope that's not a weird request - if so ignore me!)

[ditzydi]

Aug 9, 2016 10:07:47 GMT -5 ohgillian said:

Aug 9, 2016 9:00:52 GMT -5 ditzydi said:

I had planned on using my dslr but the settings are off and everything looks blue. So no outfit today but I thought I would do a product psa.

II picked up two Woolrich, down filled vests for $25 each at Sam's They look identical to the Jcrew ones. I got the navy and kakhi? But they also had a pretty red. Was really tempted to get the red too bc Sam's never has anything my size and these fit awesome but the idea of spending $75 on vests kind of made my stomach churn. Ha.

Oooh, nice! Can we get a pic of them on? (I hope that's not a weird request - if so ignore me!)

Not weird at all.  I had wanted to take a pic last night but I was dealing with an oncoming migraine.  So I took these and then crawled into bed.  I will take some pics and post tonight.  

[ohgillian]

Skirt Ann Taylor; Cardigan J Crew; Necklace Stella and Dot; bracelets from my mom.  I don't own any navy pumps, but pretend I'm wearing these ones below that I just ordered. (Which I think will match better in person.)

[ohgillian]

Aug 8, 2016 13:17:59 GMT -5 kmohr said:

I'm disappointed I wasted a good interview outfit today. My interview is rescheduled to tomorrow and I have another Thursday so two more days this week I have to look presentable! Lol

Lands End Ponte sheath dress and old old old Maurices blazer.

That's disappointing - and it would mentally throw me off. Good luck tomorrow!

[bethaboo]

This is for church on Sunday. So far today has been a pajama day and yesterday was "

Eta: I seriously need to iron.

[ohgillian]

Aug 9, 2016 11:37:55 GMT -5 bethaboo said:

This is for church on Sunday. So far today has been a pajama day and yesterday was "

Eta: I seriously need to iron.

I like this look!

[ditzydi]

Here you go ohgillian. Itook a pic of both vests front, side and zipped.

DS just asked me why I kept putting on 'those 60's clothes'. Omg I died. Ha.

[ohgillian]

Aug 9, 2016 19:54:05 GMT -5 ditzydi said:

Here you go ohgillian . Itook a pic of both vests front, side and zipped.

DS just asked me why I kept putting on 'those 60's clothes'. Omg I died. Ha.

Thanks! It looks great and I like it a lot. I think one of my Amex has a free Sam's club membership offer right now that I've been ignoring. Or maybe it's a day-pass. I'll check and see. 

[ohgillian]

I feel pretty put together today! These are the new pants you guys helped me with. I feel so much more polished in them than I did in the flare-cut black pants that I'd been wearing forever. I did forget to change into my work pumps before I took a pic, so these are my crappy condition commuting shoes.

Constructive criticism welcome. Different necklace? Some other way to make this a less boring outfit while still within my general classic/tailored style? I'm wearing a new patent skinny belt but I don't think you can see it. 

[bethaboo]

Training this morning. Mostly it's training me to be up and out of the house by 6:30 again.

[mrst2]

Aug 9, 2016 19:54:05 GMT -5 ditzydi said:

Here you go ohgillian . Itook a pic of both vests front, side and zipped.

DS just asked me why I kept putting on 'those 60's clothes'. Omg I died. Ha.

I LOVE these on you! 

I was just about to buy the Jcrew factory vest today too.  Wish I had a sam's club membership! 

[kris356]

ditzydi, thanks for the tip! I guess I'll be going to Sam's this week.

[notatree]

Wednesday

[kmohr]

Another day, another interview, another Lands End sheath dress! I'll change from my denim jacket to a navy blazer before the interview.

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[snipsnsnails]

I've been on vacation for a while, but some outfits from the vacation.

[ohgillian]

Pinspiration vs sad reality. What's wrong here? Do these pants just not fit, like all my others? That's probably the case, since I'm learning all of my old pants didn't fit.  Wrong color of pants? 

Pinspiration #1 (source: outfitposts.com)


Pinspiration #2 (source: outfitposts.com)


Frumpy reality (source: my bathroom):

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ohgillian I think your take is pretty close to the inspiration, but the pockets on your pants stick out a little. The pants in the inspiration pictures have a smoother silhouette and appear more fitted in the hips and thighs. It also kind of looks like your top and sweater are the same length. In both inspiration pictures, they are different lengths - in one pic the cardi is shorter, and in the other longer. It creates more visual interest.

[ditzydi]

Taking a staycation so I've been living in shorts and rompers. But I did go get my hair colored yesterday. It's finally starting to look the way I had envisioned when I started this process a year ago.

[house]

This is coming tomorrow hopefully: Got it from bluefly for fall (link) on sale for $44 and there's an extra 20% off with code BLUE20



  Hoping its not too long on me. 

[bethaboo]

I forgot to do a full length shot this morning. I wore this to my second day of training with teal Cole Haan flats.

[bethaboo]

Also, I wanted to aw E's ootd.
She almost never keeps the headband on.

[bugmeetsworld]

Aug 11, 2016 10:43:07 GMT -5 snipsnsnails said:

I've been on vacation for a while, but some outfits from the vacation.

I love this outfit! That skirt is so cute!

[Chiquitita]

I just went to SAMS and bought a cute swing sweater for 16 dollars ... I can't find it on-line but it might be my new favorite sweater. I bought leopard print and I may go back and get a solid gray AND get one of those vests !

[fryjack2]

snipsnsnails. Where Is that skirt from? I want it! So cute!

[ohgillian]

Aug 11, 2016 12:38:56 GMT -5 @lapsha said:

ohgillian I think your take is pretty close to the inspiration, but the pockets on your pants stick out a little. The pants in the inspiration pictures have a smoother silhouette and appear more fitted in the hips and thighs. It also kind of looks like your top and sweater are the same length. In both inspiration pictures, they are different lengths - in one pic the cardi is shorter, and in the other longer. It creates more visual interest.

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. I knew there was a pants problem, but the bolded is a really helpful observation that never would have occurred to me. I actually had the shirt pinned up at the shoulders b/c I thought it fell too low and I haven't gotten it to the tailor yet. So I will try this outfit again, modified. Thanks!