I am still in surgery complication recovery mode, so it's a shorter work week than usual for me. I have mostly been sleeping, or heading to the doctor. My plan was to build outfits starting with my shoes. This is not my most polished week. Clothes are wrinkled. No makeup.

First, let me show you the Emerald Green J Crew coat I ordered. What do you think? K/R

Outfit 1: Wool Rag and Bone Sneakers, Derek Lam 10 released crop flares, an emerald green Equipment blouse, and the Rag and Bone gilet. It was an outfit that worked hard from 7am when I left for work until 9:30 pm when I returned home from the Friend of the Library Author Lecture after work.

Outfit 2: Nude SW cage sandals, James Perse tweed texture dress, Rebecca Taylor fringe cardigan, Suzi Roher fringe chain belt, fake pearls and silver bangles and hoops mixed with my aunts bangles. I was bloated (which happens when you have kidney surgery) but I still recieved a lot of complements on this outfit. I'm not sure what people were responding to, but everyone seemed to like it.

Outfit 3: Green booties (Ecco) Very comfy, high rise skinny jeans, a new J Crew top, my Rebecca Taylor coral leather jacket, and a green Drakes London Scarf.

Lessons learned: All three pairs of shoes are still comfortable. The green booties are the least stable and some caution applies to wearing them on wet linoleum school floors. They are fine on carpet. I was happy with the gilet. It traveled to and from work with me on my commute and didn't wrinkle. It provided good warmth on an early fall day, it looks stylish at an afterwork social event where the dress ranged from casual to moderately dressy. Picking shoes first can lead to more waffling before settling on final outfits.

So, what do you think? What about that coat?