Xhilaration by Target

Excuse the truly horrible mess in the background, I was searching for a tank top to wear with this lace skirt.  I didn't find one and ended up buying some at the Gap the next weekend.  I thought it would be kind of fussy to wear lace out of the house but it's actually quite simple.  I treat it like any other black skirt and try to keep the top fitted.

I kind of think the point of this skirt is to see the lace so I'm not sure which tights to wear with it now that the tights police have arrived.  I'll probably go with black and sheer but I'm a little afraid that will de-casual-ize the casual-ness I try to present when wearing this skirt.  I might try footless tights but I'm a little afraid it'll be too mid-eighties Madonna.  Maybe for Halloween.

More Shoes! Indigo by Clarks

These forties inspired heels make me super happy.  I've worn them a few times with pencil skirts.  So far I've been wearing them bare legged, which is my preference but from now on I'll have to wear them with stockings of some kind.

I'm not sure which tights will suit these best, today I'm going to try some blue ones for kind of a librarian effect.  I have the perfect cardigan to go with them.  I do have my eyes open for some back seamed tights, anything to work the forties vibe.

Me Too Ruffle Flats

I bought these to wear with a very specific tunic and footless tights and I almost didn't get them at all because buying shoes for one outfit is a bit silly.   I don't know what I was thinking because I wear them with everything all the time.  I love them with pants, as in the picture, and with skirts...with pretty much anything.

I wear flats mondays and thursdays, our busiest days.  I like to save my heels for slower days so I don't grow to loathe them like I have in the past.

Clearly I have a thing for ruffles lately.  I'm feeling extra girly and I've been buying a lot of ruffly things and heels and glittery shoes.  And lace too, particularly a lace skirt which I definitely wear with these ruffle flats.  I'm much more confident mixing patterns and textures than I ever have before.  Being a grown-up kind of rocks sometimes!