…rolled up into one.
Firstly, and most importantly; today is my brother’s birthday. Happy Birthday, D! D is my middle brother, and here’s something funny… our girls shared one year at the same school, and at the first school function my friends all spotted this man in the crowds of other parents and knew instantly on first sight that he was my brother. So I guess we look very alike! D is a great Dad, a wonderful Uncle, and a fantastic brother. I hope you found your prezzie last night. Hint: look in your letter box…
Secondly; today is the first day of winter! Thus my gloomy picture, matching the gloomy clouds above (sigh)… but everyone is cheering for the few inches of rain we have had in the past few days. Here’s keeping fingers crossed for lots more, and a good year for our farmers.
And finally; the first day of Me-Made June! Well, all is me-made here except the underthings. And tights. Tights are almost like underthings, right?
A random observation; thick tights plus thick hand-knitted socks makes for kinda tight shoes! No matter, my tootsies are snuggly warm….
Details:
Dress; Burdastyle magazine 05-2010-111 with minor modifications, plaid brushed cotton, details and a review of this pattern here
Skirt; Vogue 7303, olive green corduroy, to see this skirt styled in 6 different ways go here
Tights; Metalicus
Socks; handknit by me in Morris 4ply “Russet” here
Shoes; Francesco Morichetti, from Zomp
dog self-styled with her own fur coat
Mmm cozy tights, I've got mine on now too BUT we have blue skies and sunshine here today so NERR! (ok, she also omits the fact that we were covered in thick damp frost all morning first.)
happy birthday Cazza's brother, Dazza! 😉
hang on… i think i meant FOG… i somehow get the two mixed up. whatever it was, it was COLD and DAMP. And hello, weren't you just complaining about the hot summer not that long ago? heheh
Jacinta, believe me I am FAR from complaining about the rain! No one here is! It's all we can do to keep from running out and dancing in it!
Great looking outfit.
You look perfectly suited for the day!
You look snuggly warm and comfie.
And for your (country's) sake, I hope you do have a wet, but not too wet, winter. 🙂 (I still remember last year's flooding, so I'm not wishing that on you!)
Great outfit and love the dog's as well. Will be posting my outfit when I get home tonight, glad to see I'm not the only one wearing Winter for the MMJ.
I really like this outfit, altough it's not for me or my style.
I love this whole look on you.
Thank you for thinking of me. And yes. We are getting very excited about the pending arrival of Samantha. I am probably around 10 or 11 weeks away. I have a post coming out in about 3 1/2 hours from when I leave this comment about our Memorial Day. One of the pictures is one of Matthew, age 3, touching my belly as we talk about her. It is very sweet.
In your previous post from May 26, 6 different ways, My favorite look for you is where you paired the skirt with the long sleeved white top, white scarf and black gloves.
rains are about to start here too! A change in weather was needed! Your outfit look perfect for a stroll and doggie's self styled fur coat is awesome too!
Your outfit is yelling "Hey, I'm chic and comfortable!". Which – in my book – is the best type of thing an outfit could yell.
Looking forward to the rest of your MMJ. But, please tell your dog he'll need a more extensive wardrobe if he wants to take on this challenge. 🙂
Hello Caroline, I love your set today, congratulations.
Just clarifying, despite problems with the language rsssss you tinge with saffron, the spice? Here it costs a lot cents.
Hugs
Eilane – Brazil
You can take some of our rain we're getting up here, every town on the Missouri river is flooding (and that's a lot of towns since the river basically cuts the country in half)
I like the dress styled this way, and the grey and red palette. Perfect for winter. I'm going to feel cool looking at your blog I think. Lovely about the rain! Hope you get lots this winter.
I love this outfit! Hope you get some more rain soon.
Great looking outfit. I love your plaid shirt/dress.
We are finally heading into our summer and I look foward to hotter days.
I like the look of socks with tights and those great boots. Stay snug during these winter months.
Personally im a tad thrilled winter has returned its the perfect season to layer and this outfit looks lovely on you 🙂 xx