Beautiful World

First and foremost... this morning was beautiful.

Thick fog blanketed the roads and mist settled on my windshield as the streetlights danced to the hum of the morning. I woke up this morning with such an appreciation for life and every small detail it has to offer; my heels sinking into the wet grass as I tried to take today's Little Black Dress picture, the race the water took to get off my windshield as I accelerated... life is truly beautiful and wonderful and amazing. Although things are hectic in my life right now and I'm still trying to fit in and "find my place", I'm glad I still have the desire and the ability to appreciate the little things in life- getting flowers from and "unknown" person on Valentine's Day just because (Thank You Mom- I have decided it was you), birds chirping as I fall asleep in the afternoon, the old man walking on the same stretch of road as I drive to work (no matter how late I am)... there is so much life has to offer and this morning I, for some reason, was reminded to look for the small things in life.

Thank you morning fog for reminding me to slowdown, for reminding me to appreciate, for reminding me to be thankful, and for reminding me to, as Rob Thomas sings, 'shine a little light on everything around me'

On an completely unrelated note and to break the rhythmic writing... today I paired the Little Black Dress with heels, that sank in the wet grass with a vengeance,  a purse that my sister got me when she was last in Spain, a sweater inspired cardigan on loan from Mya, and a belt to dress it all up a bit more for the simple fact of it being Thursday. I would describe the look as being... surprisingly sophisticated.

I'm going out with my pants on!

I decided to pair the Little Black Dress with pants today. I wore a belt mid way up my torso and pulled the dress through it and ended up with a short'ish peasant-type top. My new "top" was a little too mid-drift for my taste so I put a dark gray cami underneath. The cami went nicely with my shorter classic hounds tooth jacket pattern jacket that is infused with yellow threads. To top the look off, I wore plain black heels and carried a black purse, all together I think the look was classy casual with a hint of personality. I feel great about the look and am looking forward to pairing the dress with pants more in the future.
Did I succesfully pull off the dress-pant combo? I want to hear your feedback!

** The title for this blog is inspired by Randy Houser's song, "Boots On"

NEW eyes!

I have EXCITING news!!!!! I can seeeeeeeeeee again!

I picked up my NEW spectacles yesterday on my way home from work and can actually see now! I obviously had to wear them today. 

I paired my classy Little Black Dress with flip-flops (as predicted) and wore a long'ish marble-blue cardigan. To mix things up a little more I wore a v-neck sequin lined cami underneath the Little Black Dress; I didn't have time to change purses, but I think I managed to pull off the oversized Hermes bag with this look, despite it being the only brown think in a sea of black and blue. Early on in the morning I added another accessory by wrapping a bright blue Sponge Bob Band-Aid on my left thumb to protect a cut that has been bugging since last Friday!   

On an unrelated note... I found out that newsman Anderson Copper's Mom is none other than fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt.  Who knew?!?!?!

Hobo meets Casual

Today's look was very classy-casual, one may even say hobo'esque with a little touch of class. I paired the Little Black Dress with my friend Ursula's camel brown buckle boots, my old tweed-herringbone jacket (whose buttons have all fallen off) and topped it all off with a simple necklace and carried my dark brown Hermes bag; the look was a success.

I let a another person, from work, in on the Little Black Dress experiment. Now I have 2 people to relay any office folk reactions and/or comments about the fact that I've been wearing the same Little Black Dress... everyday since I've started working... stay tuned!

I think tomorrow I'll go with another classy-casual look... I may even wear flip-flops!!!

Check back tomorrow for Audrey's quote of the day AND my latest look!