Preppy Chic

This week’s theme is preppy chic.  My idea of preppy chic is lots of cardigans, pearls, flats and natural makeup.  Preppy chic is a no fuss look.  Who cares if I spent hours putting the look together, the idea is to look effortlessly chic.  Let me know if you think I did preppy chic justice, or what you think constitutes preppy chic.

"Sometimes your nearness takes my voice away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice.  Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart."

                                                                         - Robert Sexton

When you're here you're family

I went to dinner with my sister and some friends to have a belated birthday dinner for the sis.  Her birthday was on the 22nd of November so I don’t even think it counts.  However we all got free dessert because we were out celebrating her birthday lol.  No complaints here.  I’m not really into Italian food, and I’ve only been to Olive Garden once or twice so I didn’t have high expectations for dinner.  Dining out is more about the experience which includes the food but also includes the company I’m in, the service and the ambiance.  I can tell you the company that I was in was hilarious.  We had quite a lively and dirty conversation during dinner that I’m sure caused a few raised eyebrows from fellow diners.  

Orange You Glad You Stopped By?

I felt like a collage of foliage in this outfit.  To top it off, this outfit was super cheap, because the blazer and the turtleneck were swapped :) Doesn’t get any better than that folks!!  Not much excitement today, I wore this to class and did some reading at the library for a couple of hours.  I love the color scheme, I tried not to be too matchy matchy but I think I failed.  I’ve also been trying to experiment with different effects and editing techniques on my Mac so let me know how it looks or if I should just leave the pics as is.  I’m also really proud to say that I’ve been taking pics with my timer and jumping into a pose just in time. Lol I’m getting better at it.

Not Tapas but small Plates

I met up with my friend Z to catch up on all the things going on in our lives.  We went to Cuchi Cuchi, an eclectic restaurant in Central Square, Cambridge.  The decor was so over the top, the waitstaff had cool 1920’s? flapper outfits on.  Z and I always order several appetizers to share, so we can grub while we gab.  We had a Moroccan chicken dish with couscous and grapes, deep fried tomato from Mexico and potato croquettes from France.  How cool is it that we got to traverse several continents without being groped or viewed naked?  I always have fun meeting up with Z because she is that friend every woman should have, supportive, great listener, funny and she knows when to give her input.  I hope I’m as good a friend to her as she is to me.

Layers of Fun

Here is what I wore to hang with Z.  This is an example of a layered outfit.  My cargo styled dress is a summer dress but I paired it with a long knit sweater duster thingamajig, tights and long socks and I like to think the look worked?

"Love is a friendship set to music."

                          -Eli Joseph Crossman