Daily Outfit: Keeping it Simpler

That's me in the corner...

I thought I'd put some outfit posts on this here blog.  Sometimes, I'm wearing something and I think "hey, that turned out pretty well!" but then I get too busy to take a picture, even in my beloved work locker room that you need badge access to.  I hope to have some more Daily Outfits here and there.

Oh, sorry for the hiatus, by the way!  I just have been busy doing other things, and heck, it's my blog and I can do what I want, right?  :-)

The outfit above is a hodgepodge but it matches.  Which is unusual for me but I'm getting there.  Making outfits has been a bit easier since I made the closet purge.  Lots and lots of bags went to Thrift Town...  Some to Crossroads resale.  Then more to Thrift Town.  And, there is a chance I will need to get rid of more--right now, my clothing stretches across two (well, 1.5 due to giving my husband his fair half) closets...  If I have to get down to .5 closets, something has to give, and some other shelving options will probably also be considered.

Oh!  I digress...

With my slightly pared down closet, it's easier to see what I have to work with, and what I like is easier to access (just get rid of the static and get rid of things you don't love!).  Without further ado, this is in the picture:

• Pendleton Merino wool tan-colored cardigan, bought on sale for $40 (marked down by $100)
• Forever 21 cotton red gingham collarless tunic (sale, have had for at least six years)
• Eddie Bauer twill grey trousers (sale, marked down to around $15)
• Red socks (origin forgotten but they match the gingham)
• Atwell leather tan shoes with scallop edges (sale from Gilt, probably around $50)

I don't know if you can necessarily say that my outfit is expensive.  If you want to add my wedding band (plain gold) and two heirloom pieces, all gotten for free but worth some money, maybe it would be more.  But I hope that my outfits can show you that you can look OK (I don't look great, and that's not my goal as a doc control specialist who has to hoist dusty old cardboard boxes some days) for a fairly manageable amount of money.