back in style

Tights - HUE

Everything else - Land's End

Now that I have to be at work by 7:30, I don't have time for stuff like taking a picture of my outfit every day. But anyway, this week I fought off the urge to wear all my new Christmas-prezzie clothes at once, so today's outfit is made up of a pair of new tights (brown with cute dots) plus a few layers from one of my mom's pre-pre-holiday Land's End at Sears shopping sprees. Yeah, I'm turning 30 in six months and my mommy still dresses me.

This is what I wore to teach fourth graders the difference between dictionaries and encyclopedias.

back to (high) school

Tank - Kate Hill

Cardigan - American Eagle Outfitters

Skirt - Context

Tights - HUE

I built this outfit around the tights, so it's kind of a shame you can't see their great colors better. The skirt is a high-waister, as you can tell from the second photo, but I wore the tank top un-tucked at work. I'm with older kids now, so I'm trying to make an effort to "step it up" some days—while still keeping in mind that I'm constantly touching dusty library books and other general school grime.

an experiment

Dress - H&M

Shirt - Express

Boots - London Fog

I went through a phase of buying button-down shirts, because I thought they would make me feel more professional or older or something. Turns out they're not really "me" most of the time. But I still keep a few hanging in my wardrobe. Today I was looking for a colorful cardigan to wear over my sleeveless polka-dot dress, and decided to try this somewhat frilly blue shirt instead.

black and white plus tights

Dress - Dept store

Tights - Urban Outfitters

Shoes - Blink (via my favorite store in Seattle, Aprie)

My professor came to watch me teach today, so I wanted to look a little extra-dressy. What do you think? The right outfit for researching reptiles with first graders?

Side note: I bought these shoes for a job interview a few years ago. Didn't get that job, but still love the shoes!

likes stripes

Striped Tunic - H&M

Cardigan - New York & Co.

Trousers - Kate Hill

First-day-of-teaching-first-graders outfit. Looking a little rumpled but I think I straightened things out before getting to school.

last hurrah

Dress - Le Tigre

Cardigan - Lord & Taylor
Jeans - Target
Boots - Nine West

Dressed down for the final day of my internship. Don't tell mom I wore jeans to work.

(P.S. Not sure yet if I wanna show ya my face—hence, the scribble.)