Dress Me Up Dollie

Cardigan, Old Navy; sparrow pin, DIY; shirt, Old Navy, jeans, Dickies; shoes, Classified

I was really resistant to the idea of wearing these shoes today.  They're my absolute favorite flats and they're leather, so they're a little more resistant to Portland's famous rain.  But, given that it's going to rain today and I'm going to First Thursday (an event that involves a lot of walking), these really are the right shoes for the situation.  It just means that I don't get to wear these shoes for another month!  Very disappointing.

My sparrow pin is beaded.  I finally finished it earlier this week after working on it (clearly not very seriously) for well over a month.  I'm pretty fond of it.

I bet y'all are tired of photos in that corner.  It's just so damn convenient, I can leave my tripod set up there, which really streamlines the process of getting ready in the morning (if you assume that part of getting ready is taking a photo for the blog.  Maybe this weekend, I'll take some more interesting photos.

Sweater, Old Navy; belt, diy; skirt, Torrid; tights, Old Navy; shoes, Charlotte Russe

After wearing heels for 13 hours yesterday, I feel like I've earned these flats.  My feet are rejoicing in their lack of any shaping.  But really, those heels did right by me.  They were fairly comfortable until about the 11th hour (there's actually no joke in that, shockingly) when I was just so tired of standing, I'm pretty sure no pair of shoes would have made any difference. I'm going to try those inserts in another pair of shoes, see if that's what made yesterday's pair so bearable.

Back to the task at hand, though.  I don't remember buying these shoes, but I own the,.  They're alright.  Just a run of the mill pair of flats.  They were definitely an afterthought in today's outfit.  I chose them because it's not going to rain today and these are awful when it rains.  They soak right through and then I feel like I'm getting trench foot.  So I thought I should wear them while I can.

I thought this outfit was going to be adorable when I picked it out last night.  I was in a delerious sleepy haze at 9:45 (I was asleep at 10, is that ridiculous?), then when I got dressed this morning I was far too tired to try to fix it.  The shape of the sweater doesn't really compliment the skirt, blue tights weren't the right choice with an orange top, the list goes on...  But I've committed to the outfit, and thus it stays and you get to see it.