Aqua & Navy

Technically, these are winter crop pants because they are wool. That means I better wear them before there is snow on the ground and it's too cold for even a bit of ankle or calf to peek out. They are actually left over from the J. Crew sale of last year when I scored these and the orange ones for $18.  I only got around to wearing them now. Better late than never.

Necklace: Forever 21

Top: Joe Fresh (in NYC) shop online here at JC Penny

Pants: J. Crew (other colors on sale right now here)

Heels: Sole Society

Cheery Yellow

I know it's cold out, and I certainly was not wearing this outfit yesterday. But I still have a few outfit shots left from those fleeting days that were somewhere between summer and fall. Did you blink and miss them as well?

So in protest of this winter-preview weather we are having, here is some cheery yellow for your Wednesday. 

By the way, did anyone else pick up/try on this Zara top and find it ran ridiculously big? This is a small and I still had to take it into the tailor to get it taken in. I know it was supposed to run on the boxier side, but I just couldn't wear it like that. But I also couldn't pass up a hard-to-find interesting yellow top. I guess it was worth a trip to the tailor in the end.

Top: Zara (from the summer)

Jeans: Theory via the Fashion Outlets of Chicago store (similar)

Bag: Phillip Lim for Target

Blazer: Uniqlo

Necklace: Nordstrom

Shoes: J. Crew

Watch: Michael Kors

Banded Totem Shift Dress

I love this dress the moment I saw it. It practically screamed my name. Bright bold colors, a fun print and a structured shape that's perfect for work. All that made this dress too hard to pass up. 

What I did not love was the price. Starting out at $178.00 it was just too pricey for a work dress. I had the feeling that the masses might get turned off by all that color and maybe this one would make it to the sale section soon. Sure enough it did but I still waited it out for a second sale cut. I found one left in My favorite Anthropologie in Philly (there is a couch in the elevator! It's like a tiny floating living room) and snatched it up!

This dress pulled double duty when I wore it after work to the Women Empowerment Open house in Pilsen. These ladies threw quite a party in their new location. But like the bad blogger that I am, I didn't take any pictures there! Don't worry though, you can check them out here!

Dress: Anthropologie

Shoes: J. Crew Factory

Bracelet: Banana Republic Outlet

Earrings: Francescas (similar stunners here!)