As I've intimated elsewhere life right now is a balance of good stress (new job) and bad stress (ailing in-laws). Have been ping-ponging between the two. YLF is my pleasant break where I can disconnect between those two realities and talk about clothes and ogle clothes I might want to buy and admire all you wonderful fashionable ladies. Which takes my mind off of everything else for a little while. Seems frivolous but it's keeping me sane. Thank you.

Here's two WiW's for work... unfortunately all I've got are bathroom selfies...

pic 1-2-3
Club Monaco sweater
AG skinnies
Coach blush handbag

pic 4-5
AT Legacy blush pink blouse
BR black cardigan with gold buttons
Coach bag
BR trouser jeans
Impo leopard booties

The Coach bag I'd been eyeing for awhile, I finally bit. This is going to be my alternative to my usual white go-to bag for spring/summer. I usually don't do pink. But I fell in love with this. And so far it's validated itself, it's perfect size to fit everything I want to lug around, with lots of pockets to keep it all organized. My theory is that it'll work with any outfit I might normally want a white bag. In practice that's what I'm aiming for, but it's still a bit of a challenge for me since I look at it and think... hmmm... it's PINK ...especially right now, since it's still rather cold out. For example, I wonder if it is too matchy matchy with that blouse, and also with my current go-to Bernardo metallic puffer, and finding a scarf that'll tie it all together is huge challenge. I could use suggestions here!!!

The BR trouser jeans..... I'd posted about these elsewhere. I kept both the 25S and the 26P's. I washed and dried both, twice, to get all the shrinkage out. And wound up with a 25S I cannot even zip. I don't think I can return them, so I've tucked them away for now, since I know my weight is on high side due to stress/winter so maybe I'll fit in them eventually, maybe not.

Meanwhile the 26P's which I thought were too loose and needed hemming shrunk to a nearly perfect size. I know you can't see in this picture -- sorry best I can do right now--- but I wore them all day and did not futz with them. They did not stretch much at all throughout the day either, so washing/drying got nearly all the shrinkage out. There's no need at all to hem them -- though when I rec'd them they were 1-2 inches too long. Not anymore. That is a LOT of shrinkage, which is frustrating, when trying to determine K/R!!!! But I am happy now. They are PPL, you may be able to tell in pic 5... they are gracefully long, practically touching the floor.

That said, they aren't uber-cool trouser jeans like Tanya's, but for work, they will totally suffice. This was the look I was going for. Conservative enough, with a bit of trendiness in the shoes peaking out...

I'm going on and on now... pardon me for that. I will say the last week or so, I have realized just how important it is for me to feel comfortable in my clothes. Not just appropriate to the occasion, and feeling nice against my skin/not futzy, but also there is the control side of things. As I told my husband tonight, when there's so much stress going on (good OR bad), clothes are the one thing I can control, and that makes me feel I can handle anything thrown my way.

I have to laugh at these crappy pics but it was totally therapeutic for me to take them, and now share them with such lovely women who I suspect will understand what I am saying here!