Brrrrrrr.....

Winter in the midwest has been deceptively warm this season, but the last few days have been bitter cold.  Yes, I was foolish enough to take off my coat to get an outfit picture.  I put it on reallyreallyfast when the picture was snapped! If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you can barely see a few snowflakes that were falling.

Calvin Klein sweater dress (unbelted this time!) Anne Klein cardigan, thrifted.  Lia Sophia jewelry, of course!
click to enlarge picture and you can see delicate little snow flurries.

I spent the afternoon with my friend Rose, having lunch and chatting. I've mentioned Rose in past posts; we grew up next door to each other and spent nearly every day playing together as children.  Rose's mother was the first person who had the guts to tell me that I was wearing way too much sparkly green eyeshadow.  Back in the day, I loved to pile it on.  My own mom never taught me how to put on makeup or set boundaries about it; I just had fun playing with her makeup and looked really foolish a lot of the time.

Rose is an elementary school teacher who took some time off to raise her children.  She's at a crossroads now; she is a natural writer and has participated in several writing courses and writing groups.  She wants to prepare to re-enter the work force, but isn't sure she wants to teach kids again.

She's thinking of starting a blog of her own and we bounced some ideas around about that.  I do hope she starts her own blog.  I think it will be a jumping point for her; a place to get her thought on 'paper' and get into the practice of writing daily.  We came up with a really precious name that I think captures the essence of the direction of her  life right now and I will share it when she begins blog writing.  I'd love to introduce you to her then.

Rose kindly took some outfit pictures for my blog; she's such a good sport and has done this on our other lunch dates, too.  I'm so happy we have rekindled our friendship.  Rose is a truly good person...honest, natural, real, genuine.  Her name suits her.

Leather gloves purchased at T.J. Maxx.  I lose gloves....often.  I'm organized and keep track of things well, but for some reason I'm always losing gloves.

I wore this scarf with the outfit too, but took it off at lunchtime.  I really love it tied in a big fluffy bow!

Lia Sophia 'coy' earrings in hematite.

I'm very tired today and I'm going to keep this post short and less wordy than usual.  I wanted to share this outfit because I felt really great in it.  The blue cardigan was a last minute addition, but I think it took the outfit from basic and bland to really special.

Its the weekend which means I'm going to be doing some dancing...unless the weather does what the weatherman says its going to do: Snow like crazy and make icy roads.

In that case, I'm staying home and being cozy.