Casual Light Gray and White: A WIW in Three Chapters

Chapter I: DH works late Friday nights, and I'm off to Athos, a delicious Greek restaurant, with a friend that I haven't seen in ages. Good wine, yummy food, great conversation, and fun shoes - what more could you ask for? I was going to head over to the mall and check out a blazer I saw in the J.Crew catalog, but it was near to the mall's closing time, so I headed home. Big. Mistake.

Chapter II: Saturday morning, and I'm off to breakfast at my favorite diner with a different friend (I've left DH home this time, poor fellow). Same outfit, different footwear, and I've added a black bag and my black-rimmed specs to bookend. It's snowing when I leave the diner, so J.Crew will have to wait.

Chapter III: It stopped snowing! It's Saturday evening, so off to church I go. Since I haven't worn this outfit for very long either day, it's a no-brainer to wear it again and just swap out the shoes. I'll get to J.Crew for sure now! Except when I leave church it's snowing like crazy. I'm homeward bound again. My wallet (and DH) may be happy, but I am sad.

The moral of this excessively long story? Never put off 'till tomorrow when it's not snowing today. (Isn't that how the saying goes?)

Epilogue: So it snowed, and it snowed, and it's still snowing, for the second weekend-into-Monday in a row. Pic 4 is Cosmo Edward and his roadway system in the backyard.

White jeans: J.Crew, last year
Poncho Hoodie: JCP, older
Striped tee: Old Navy, last year
Snakeskin booties: Vince Camuto, Christmas gift from DH 2013
Black booties: ? Christmas gift 2014
Light gray/beige booties: Sam Edleman, last year

And hey J.Crew, you and I have a date next weekend. For sure. Unless it snows.

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9 years ago

Anonymous

Oh I do love a good story, but this one has been left on a cliff hanger...will our heroine make it to JCrew? Will the jacket be available in her size? Will Cosmo Edward ever make it back home through the snow?? Stay tuned folks!

Meanwhile, in the snowy wastelands, the starring lady looks wonderful in her grey and white outfit. The reader enjoying how the footwear and jewellery changes things up

merwoman

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I love all iterations! Hope you get to JCrew!!

Ruth M

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I love and covet your poncho hoodie, and you look just great in the light grey and white colour combination. I enjoyed your story and am looking forward to a happy sequel next week. (And laughing out loud with Diane G!)

CocoLion

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Diane G you are so funny!

#3 works the best but #2 is a close second. I'm not sure why the snakeskin booties in #1 aren't getting me as excited as the solid gray ones. You also look very pretty in these pics, the snow must be good for your complexion!

Day Vies

1 and 3 are my favorites. I love the light airyness of gray with white. I think in #2 the black accessories ruin the light feel and looks too heavy to me. I adore the fact you put stripes with a python print -- NICE! In #3 the added tension of the round elements in the necklace play nice with the strip I also like the addition of the gray boot. Perhaps if your top was white with a black stripe I wouldn't feel like the black elements were too heavy. Overall I love this look it's casual cozy and pulled together and looks fresh in the depths of winter.

Karie

Diane G and merwoman, this truly is a cliffhanger, as I just checked the weather and next weekend calls for MORE SNOW! J.Crew is so close, yet so far away...

Aw shucks, thanks for the "pretty" compliment, CocoLion! Maybe there is a benefit to all this snow after all.

Ruth M, I think the happy sequel will involve me giving up on the thought of trying the blazer on in the store and just ordering on-line instead.

Below is the blazer that will (hopefully) be involved in a happy ending.

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Regent blazer in chambray

$168.00 $99.99

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Oh, that blazer looks quite gorgeous! You may as well just go ahead and order it online right now since the forecast is for more snow

Helena

Very nice, and I love how a slight change in accessories changes up the look. Have fun with all that snow!! I just finished shoveling us out yesterday

Torontogirl, isn't it fun just switching up a few accessories to see how many different looks you can make?

Ruth M, I just had a lightbulb moment and decided to call the store and see if they even have the blazer before I trapse over there in all my snowsuit-wrapped glory - and they do have it, in both my sizes (I'm always in-between two), and they're holding both for me until tomorrow night.

So J.Crew, our date is now for tomorrow night. I'll be there - snowsuit, snow shovel, and all.

UmmLila (Lisa)

Ha! Reed has a similar roadway system, also with snow higher than his back, dug by me out in the yard.

I like the cool greys on you. Is this one of your first photo shoots without dark glasses after eye surgery? You look good!

Ummlila, yes, it is one of the first sans dark sunglasses photos since my eye surgery. Thanks for the compliment!

Day, I also felt that the black booties looked a little "heavy" - good idea to try it with a black & white striped tee. I do have one (also from Old Navy, just like the one I'm wearing but different colors).

Jaime

You look perfect for a winter wonderland - my favorite is #1. J Crew awaits!

frannieb

Great variations of the outfit everyday.
Love the road system - haven't had to do one this year because we have had a mild winter. My daughter and I usually put on our boots and stomped out a maze - usually tons of fun and we end up giggling and soaking wet because the snow gets so high.

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