Happy Monday!
Hope all of your weekends were swell. Mine was quiet; the only low point was updating my Ipad to IOS 6. Sigh.. I am not technical. I had help. But I still lost some pictures. Sigh...Last week was crazy at work. As well, it was my mother's birthday and since she has now been gone for 11 years, I always feel a little sad.
Thought I would do a little review of the double serge pencil skirt in the festival blue.
I purchased it recently on the 30% off sale. It was a great price and I love blues, as you know..
I love the skirt in this picture, and I like it worn with the charcoal tights, but I am not liking the jacket and black sweater combo. I am thinking that a charcoal sweater would have looked better or maybe a blouse under the blue jacket. I like the jacket, but it doesn't like me here. sigh... This is the humbling thing about showing you what I wore...
The skirt is a lovely cobalt colour - much richer than what is shown on the web site. It is a great colour and as always I am in a petite 8. I am either a p8 or a 6, but the petite is easier as it requires no hemming!
Other random weekend thoughts:
Did not buy anything after our virtual shopping trip, but I am pretty decided that I will buy. Once I bite the bullet will let you know!
We watched 2 movies on the weekend: Rock of Ages and the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Neither was in the running for the oscars or will be, but they were great for what they were!
I also cooked two great dishes - One of them is a fall staple here - cider braised pork shoulder with apples. There used to a show here on food network canada called Christine Cushing Cooks Live. It was awesome - she taught me so much! Sadly, she and the network changed up the mix and the show gradually fell apart. I am sure she is doing something else awesome right now, but I do not know!
It is an amazing recipe - a melange of indian spices and apple cider and reisling. All great stuff! If you are interested, give it a try, the recipe is here. Check out the pear ring salad on the same page - it also great and a real crowd pleaser at a dinner party!
Those of you who are vegetarians, just go right by this!
Have a happy Monday! Tomorrow, I will model the navy sparkle cami - it was very successful!
Stay safe out there!
Hope all of your weekends were swell. Mine was quiet; the only low point was updating my Ipad to IOS 6. Sigh.. I am not technical. I had help. But I still lost some pictures. Sigh...Last week was crazy at work. As well, it was my mother's birthday and since she has now been gone for 11 years, I always feel a little sad.
Thought I would do a little review of the double serge pencil skirt in the festival blue.
I love the skirt in this picture, and I like it worn with the charcoal tights, but I am not liking the jacket and black sweater combo. I am thinking that a charcoal sweater would have looked better or maybe a blouse under the blue jacket. I like the jacket, but it doesn't like me here. sigh... This is the humbling thing about showing you what I wore...
The skirt is a lovely cobalt colour - much richer than what is shown on the web site. It is a great colour and as always I am in a petite 8. I am either a p8 or a 6, but the petite is easier as it requires no hemming!
Other random weekend thoughts:
Did not buy anything after our virtual shopping trip, but I am pretty decided that I will buy. Once I bite the bullet will let you know!
We watched 2 movies on the weekend: Rock of Ages and the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Neither was in the running for the oscars or will be, but they were great for what they were!
I also cooked two great dishes - One of them is a fall staple here - cider braised pork shoulder with apples. There used to a show here on food network canada called Christine Cushing Cooks Live. It was awesome - she taught me so much! Sadly, she and the network changed up the mix and the show gradually fell apart. I am sure she is doing something else awesome right now, but I do not know!
It is an amazing recipe - a melange of indian spices and apple cider and reisling. All great stuff! If you are interested, give it a try, the recipe is here. Check out the pear ring salad on the same page - it also great and a real crowd pleaser at a dinner party!
Those of you who are vegetarians, just go right by this!
Have a happy Monday! Tomorrow, I will model the navy sparkle cami - it was very successful!
Stay safe out there!
I hated Rock of Ages till Tom Cruise appeared (I can't stand musicals) but after that I sung along to all my old faves!
ReplyDeleteI haven't updated my iPad yet, I hate how Apple have taken away google maps.
I know what you mean! I thought he did very well and had a good time with the role!
DeleteI hate updating everything - it was hours getting things back and running and I am still having issues with my kindle app.
I understand missing moms, birthdays are sad.
ReplyDeleteI didn't cook anything good or wear anything nice or watch anything good (other than football!) this weekend. It was all outdoor/painting/cleaning clothes for me this weekend. Not very glamourous!
Did you see the brown polka dot pants are on sale this morning? (were they on your list for consideration?)
I like your outfit with the blue skirt, I don't know what I'd do differently. Maybe a lighter color under the jacket, but I have to say I like the way you wore it.
Well Cate, you are so sweet re: my mum and my outfit! I think I must have been in a Jonah mood looking at that picture!!!
DeleteI will have to go back and look at the polka dot pants - I loved them earlier in the season!
Merry Monday right back at you, WMM and all. FYI, Christine C. is still doing a show, but novice cooks only - "Fearless in the Kitchen" - that now airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) here and is in review for the US version. These days, she's concentrating on a small food line, mostly pasta sauces made in ON and Greek olive oils from her family roots. Is that the Le Chateau jacket I spy? Looks really good - and with the skirt!
ReplyDeleteHi - hope all went well in your travels! I will have tocheck Christine out - last track of her! Yes, is indeed the LC jacket. I have to start taking this pictures with my camera, not the BB - it is wretched!
DeleteI bought this skirt in the tall 8, my only new skirt this season; I wore it to dinner with the black cashmere cowl from last year and black ribbed tights, short black boots. I think you'll get lots of wear from this. I like it with your jacket, too.
ReplyDeleteHi Lane!
DeleteI can't wait to wear mine with black as well!
Hi WMM, that cobalt blue looks super on you. I'm sorry you had a subdued weekend, but I guess that feeling sad on your mum's birthday is a chance for you to stop a minute and remember and reflect, so that's a good thing (although I'm sure she's in your thoughts at other times too).
ReplyDeleteI think that Christine Cushing also pops in on Marilyn Denis's show now and again.
I would quite like to see The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - it looks like most of British Equity, Senior Division, is in it.
Thanks Patricia! I agree - a wee bit of sadness now and then is not a bad thing...
DeleteI love the blue skirt on you, WMM! It is such a beautiful color! What about trying it with an ivory/cream cashmere sweater or turtleneck, black tights, and your black knee boots? You could possibly even add your Madewell storyteller scarf too. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope this week is less crazy for you. The boys and I are headed over to Shriners Hospital in Tampa for my son's clinic visit in just a little while, and then the rest of the week's routine should be back to normal.
I'm looking forward to seeing what you decide to get with your 20% off and Mickey Money! I'm sure you already know, but there is an extra 30% off final sale and promo-priced items this week, too.
Have a great day! :)
Hi FFN - good luck at the Tampa clinic! Thanks for the nice advice on other skirt connections!
DeleteI am almost there on my choices. Nothing on the 30% off sale wows me. I contemplated the romance pink schoolboy, but it is final sale and I have sworn to never do that again!