Va Va Velour

Okay, it seems like I am almost at the bottom of the basket that I found in the garage that was full of velour turtlenecks and other tops that I had stashed since the 90s. Two more fuzzy getups for today:

With my forest green top, I wore a skirt from Studio M. It is embellished and beaded, and I will show you that below.

On top, I wore an equally vintage Thierry Mugler gabardine zip front jacket.

Here is the detail on the skirt. It's navy blue and deep green.

On my right arm, a CZ bracelet and my Montana peridot ring.

On my left arm, a Tiffany charm bracelet, a diamond eternity band, and an emerald/diamond ring that was my mom's.

I wanted to wear boots, but my BCBGs are black with gold hardware, and since the jacket has silver hardware, I switched to my Newport News harness boots.

My necklace is a bit difficult to see, but it is black velvet with rhinestone accents.

A different kind of fuzzy today. We will start with my Label by Five 12 crepe sheath dress with the pleather trim. I got it from Saks.

On top, the fuzz!!! It's a navy and black plaid boucle jacket made by Joseph A.

The dress has this silver bar trim at the keyhole neckline. So I wore a fuzzy velour choker with a nice sparkly center. I got it at Nordstrom in Portland. There is a longer silver herringbone necklace, but you can't see it in this picture.

On my right hand, a amethyst/opal ring and an Italian silver bracelet.

 On my left arm, two diamond tennis bracelets, my diamond eternity band, and a pale blue topaz ring.

You can see the silver necklace somewhat in this picture.

Let's do some linking!!

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See you all soon !!!

Mi Poquita Sombra

Yesterday, my little shadow Pandi kept photobombing. It was my housekeeper's day, so Pandi was due to go to work with Doc. I guess she was looking for a way out.

"Don't mind me. I am just trying to hide so I don't have to work, mama".

Mission accomplished, but she still went to work later that morning. There's nothing really special about my outfit. Just some old navy dress slacks from Nordstrom and a red velour turtleneck. The jacket is pretty cool. It is vintage, by LeRoy, and I got it in Portland way back in June.

It is a nice substantial knit, kind of the same quality as St John Santana. It's also thickly textured.

Two necklaces. The shorter one is another Joan Rivers convertible piece that was my mom's. You can't really see, but I chose the amber marble. The longer one is a Louis Vuitton lock pendant that was a gift with purchase.

On my left arm, an INC red leather cuff and my yellow gold wedding rings.

On my right arm, a ruby/diamond ring and a ruby bracelet.

Onto today. This is a Worthington skirt that is coral with navy side panels. It is fully lined. It's nice quality for a JC Penney item.

I topped it with a pirate sweater from Michael Kors.

The sweater also has good quality gold tone accents - rings and aglets with the MK logo.

Tow necklaces again, both diamond and sapphire.

A close up of the sapphire bracelets that I wear a lot.

And the sapphire/diamond ring that I always wear with them.

Some Friday end of the work week linking!!1

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Have a great weekend!!!!

Spooky Times

Well, our Halloween was kind of a non-event. The LA Dodgers are in the World Series, and last night was a make or break situation. So ZERO kids came to the door. That's okay, since we had the haunted bookcase the other day.

This is what I wore to give my coworkers a scare:

Easy twill slacks in chocolate brown, with a brown lurex cardigan and a velvet top underneath.

The top is half burgundy and half brown, with a gold, beaded trim at the empire waist.

My costume necklace matched perfectly - a triple strand of black, burgundy and gold faceted beads.

On my right arm, a Native American souvenir copper bracelet and two rings.

The rings are identical, except for one is garnet and one is citrine.

On my left arm, my yellow gold wedding rings and an INC stretch cuff.

Today, I have to be much less scary, since we are having another survey at the hospital, and professionalism is a must:

I have a pair of lightweight wool Jones New York tattersall slacks and a copper lurex polo from Joseph A.

On top, a wool crepe blazer from Premier. Sadly, it has significant wear on the pocket and cuffs, so this will be its last hurrah.

My Ann Taylor thin leopard belt is calf's hair print.

Here is a look at the embroidery on the blazer sleeves.

My costume necklace is also INC. It's rose gold tone, with darker large crystals.

On my right arm, just my creepy green ring from Nordstrom.

On my left arm, my Swarovski duo: the Nirvana ring in Black Diamond and the Infinity bracelet.

So let's link:

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See you all soon !!! Have a great day !!!

The Haunting

This weekend was consumed by Doc's birthday on Saturday and then our Haunted Bookcase party on Sunday. Here is the bookcase:

Doc has spent the last month stocking it up for the occasion. Our grandkids aren't allowed much candy, but they sure like books !!

I covered it with a black tablecloth and a black crocheted shawl. I put two candles on top and let King Rat rule over it all.

Here they are, waiting for me to lift the cover and let them see what is inside.

They each got three bags to fill - there was plenty of loot.

They were so excited. Both Doc and I wondered how this was going to go over,but it was a smashing success.

There was one book, Aesops Fables, that had a damaged cover. So I cut out all of the beautiful drawings and my MIL, Mimi, gave the kids sketch pads, so they could practice drawing animals.

Everyone had root beer floats at the end. Pandi got a little excited and a little clingy during this party. After everyone left, she stuck to me like glue. She even tried to crawl up under my velour jogsuit as I was watching the World Series.


For the neighborhood kids, I made three bags with quarters in them .

Today at work, we are having a retirement luncheon with a Taco Bar.  This is what I am wearing for a day that finally feels like fall around here.

This is a silk wrap around skirt and a velour top. When I was digging around looking for Halloween decorations, I found a bag with 5 or 6 velour tops in it. They must be from the late 90s, but since they are synthetic materials, they still look brand new. And since velour is one of the major trends this year, I will run them through the washer and resurrect them.

Here is a good look at the print on the skirt - royal, teal and green.

My very last purchase before the great clothing ban of Labor Day 2017 were these velvet sandals.

Three necklaces today - two long silver herringbone chains and a moonstone/amethyst necklace that Doc got me in Monterey, California, years ago.

On my right arm, a mabe pearl ring and a silver cuff from David Yurman.

On my left arm, a costume bracelet and a sapphire/marcasite ring.

So that was my weekend. Now let's see what everyone else was up to.

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See you all soon !!!