Get Your Beige On

Helloooo everybody! I do hope you had a nice weekend. 

I decided to wear beige to match my walls and carpeting. I like beige-it is like a primed canvas ready to be changed-up at a moment's notice...and it shows less dirt than white!  I tend to accessorise beige with gold, but silver works too. I know beige has come to mean, "boring" but I do find it a good starting place for clothes that have no other match. I particularly like it with brown, as I've done here.

 I bought this dress last summer on one of my trips to Grand Island, NE for the fair. I can't remember exactly where along the way this was purchased (possibly Lincoln, or Seward, but I couldn't swear for certain) but I do recall that it was inexpensive. Typically, I hesitate when it comes to long-sleeves on a heavy polyester dress as they tend to get suffocating quickly. I took a risk on this one because it wasn't much money, and I love the pattern and the way it adds interest to an otherwise plain cut and coloured dress. I like looking like I'm wearing vintage upholstery fabric. Don't judge. 

Can you see the sunbeam from the door window falling into my hand? I couldn't do that again in a million tries, but it made for a fun photo. Yes, I bring the sunshine to the blogsophere. You're welcome.

 Outfit Particulars:
1960's polyester dress-Can't remember
1940's/50's swing jacket-Hand-Me-Ups
Gloves-Hand-Me-Ups
1950's straw hat-Hand-Me-Ups
Charm bracelet-built it over the years
1960's Gaymode handbag-Goodwill
1960's Gaymode shoes-Thrift World
1950's Corocraft earrings-Thrift World
Fragrance-Vintage formulation Diorissimo
Lippy-Maybellene Shocking Coral

That was Saturday. By Sunday, I still hadn't snapped-out of my mood for dull colours.

 I promise you, I'm not in a bad mood! For some reason all the photos yesterday came out looking like I was ready to tear someone's eyes out. Still, just to play it safe, you shouldn't cross me.

 The blouse and skirt are both Pendleton Country Sophisticates, their non-woolen line. They're beautiful clothes, and both are machine washable, and they seem to be impossible to wrinkle, even after a day sitting at a desk. I have better things to do with my time than iron, so hooray for wrinkle-resistant clothing. Well done, Pendleton.

This lovely little brooch hardly gets worn as most of my outfits seem to demand bolder pieces. I've been making an effort to wear pieces that have been languishing in my collection. I can't even remember the last time I wore this. It is possible I haven't in all the years I have this blog. Ooops! I need to do better with that. 

 This bracelet has matching earrings...but they hurt. Women in decades past were tougher than I am.

 Both fake, but so sparkly and pretty.  Yes, there is something wrong with my index finger. I woke up with it that way about a week ago. The swelling hasn't grown worse, but it hasn't gone down either, and I can't really bend it. I'm assuming it is arthritis, though the fact it is isolated to one finger is curious. Isn't aging the absolute best?! Still, I can't complain-I have it pretty easy on the scale of catastrophic things people suffer from. By my age my mother had already had heart surgery, cancer, diabetes, spine surgery, and a hip replacement.

These porcelain earrings are so delicate they get their own padded box for storage. I'm so concerned I might damage them that I rarely wear them. The screw-back fastenings aren't the most secure, and at some point I really ought to replace them with clips-I'm sure I'd wear them loads more if I did. 

I purchased an eyebrow marker by NYX that works like a felt-tip with a very precise point. I am IN LOVE! No more smeared eyebrow crayon. No more messy gels and powders. Sakes alive, I'm lucky to be living in this age of scientific advancements. Oh sure, discoveries about gravitational waves are important, but they don't give you perfect brow definition. Did you ever see the brows on that Einstein fellow?  

Outfit Particulars:

Skirt and top-both vintage Pendleton Country Sophisticates-Goodwill

Moda international mohair cardigan-Goodwill

Brooch-Can't remember

Earrings-Hand-Me-Ups

Rings-Shop Ko

Vintage Naturalizer shoes-Thrift World

Shoulderbag-Goodwill

Hat-Hand-Me-Ups

Lippy-Cheap crayon from Walgreen's

Tights-Walgreens

Fragrance-Guerlain Guet Apens

There's a bloom on my gardenia tree in the sunny corner of the living room. Surely that's a good sign that spring is just around the corner. 

Have a lovely week. 

That's Right, Einstein