Lime and Tangerine

I am more colorful again. Yesterday and today I wore very similar color schemes, but only took pictures of one.

I actually had a better picture, with the jacket buttoned, but I deleted it. Oopsie! I wore the jacket closed and it looked much smarter. This is an older Talbot's linen jacket, lined, so it isn't all that cool in hot weather (the lining kind of defeats the linen-ness), a Talbot's skirt, and a Talbot's tee. And Talbot's shoes. Talbot-tastic!
  
These are the earrings I bought at the Bucktown Arts Fest:

Not from Talbot's!

They were made by Veronica Riley Martens and are a great pleasure to wear; very light, different but not wacky, with very secure French clasps. I hate little fiddly earring backs, but hate losing one earring even more. She gave me 15% off because I was wearing a pair of her earrings!  Yay! I adore this necklace too, and adore even more her quoting Bryan Ferry on her Etsy site.

*sigh*

The car is back in my garage, by the way, but I am $400 poorer. I realize this is not so much for a car repair, but I have not even owned a car for two years, and am out of the auto spending habit. 

Orange and Brown

These are McDonald's colors, I know, and yet I love them. I love burnt orange in cool weather and canteloupe for balmy days. I have orange sweaters, tops, and jackets. Someday I would really like an orange skirt, maybe in corduroy. Or at least burnt orange tights.  Anyway, on Monday I saluted Ray Kroc. Here I am bundled up in my snuggly faux shearling.

And here I am in a Liz Claiborne chiffon blouse, via eBay, and drapey Talbot's flannel trousers. The blouse is just a bit snug in the bust, so it had been sitting in my closet for a while. It turned out to be very comfortable. It does gap a bit in front, but the ruffles completely hide that. At least as far as I know. The pants also came out of long invisibility too, as they were in the dry cleaning basket. I thought they were too big, but they were only a bit loose in the waist, and not unwearable. Yay!  New pants!

Check out how Riley is wrapping himself around me, though that is definitely not his best side. Below are my new Bussola brown ankle boots and my Lia Sophia necklace (eBay again). These boots are very comfortable, with a thick rubber sole and heel that greatly reduce the shock on my pitiful knees and heels.  I was very excited to get them for 65% off! There are only 3 pairs of Bussola boots on eBay. Gotta buy local, I guess.

Don't you think that is a very rude-looking butternut squash in the background?