You look lovely Dawn. I adore the polka-dot blouse/purple top combo (that's a good colour on you).

And congratulations on the dissertation! I know you've been working very hard on this during the last weeks. You must feel relieved now. Are you going to celebrate?-)

Dawn -- the purple is a great color on you; you look comfortable and and stylish.

And CONGRATULATIONS!!!! on handing in your dissertation. I'm at the beginning of mine so I have an idea of how much work you've done. I am sure that you are relieved and I hope you are proud of this accomplishment.

Fab - but I think your instinct is right that the jeans look a tad casual. But you still manage to dress it up nicely with the layered tops.
Congrats on your diss!!

Cute outfit, the purple looks great on you. I love the layered tops. And congrats on your dissertation!

Congratulations on your dissertation! Your outfit looks very cute and I think that shade of purple looks lovely on you!

Love the purple and green color combo on you! Congrats on finishing your dissertation! I assume you were referring to the final draft? :-)

Big congrats on handing your paper in! You lovely lovely as well as comfy. Love both your tops and the way you have paired them!

Thanks everyone! I celebrated by going to a gig on Friday night, going shopping this morning- more on that later- and finishing a paper that was due on Monday. :-)

I think I may be restricting those jeans to house-cleaning and muddy walks only soon. I need to find a pair to replace first though.

Congrats! That's WONDERFUL. Love the top combo. Very fab.

Dawn, congrats on finishing your dissertation!!! It's a wonderful accomplishment.

I really like how you layered the tops. It's very pretty and effortless.

Congratulations on your accomplishment!!
I think you are being to critical in your judgemnt on those jeans. They are not so bad. You are young and can look funky and intriguing in things that might be tacky on an older woman. I think you look great.