February Fashion: Part 2

Another Boden Top - 2/11/14

It is a testament to both the size of my wardrobe and my relatively new appreciation of 3/4 length sleeves that I find it so easy to put outfits together that involve a 3/4 length shirt and a 3/4 length topper (cardigan or jacket).  I would probably wear a different cardigan with this shirt in the future, but it was good enough with this sweater (and practical for my cooking session).

Earlier I said that I almost never see Boden brand clothes at the thrift store, but on the same day I bought that psychedelic Boden shirt, I also bought this more subtly-patterned one.  Thank you Random Stranger of My Size who donated these shirts.  (I find it implausible to imagine that after a total lack of this brand, two different people of the same size donated Boden shirts at the same time.)

New item:
**3/4 length woven top (thrifted, Boden)

On February 12, I had a doctor's appointment I walked to in the cold and snow, so I was pretty bundled up.  At this appointment, I complained to my doctor about my nasal allergies being a continuing problem (specifically, I'm having a lot of post-nasal drip that causes sore throat and nausea and a fair amount of sinus pressure that causes head/face/tooth ache) and she made two suggestions.  First, I'm on a new nasal spray -- Nasonex instead of Flonase.  Second, I'm now doing a nasal rinse in the evening.  Are you familiar with this?  Man, the first time I tried it, I freaked out because I felt like I was drowning.  After a few days of doing it, I now hate the first few seconds, but once the water starts draining out the other side of my nose, it's bearable.  Even after a short time, I'm noticing some improvements in my symptoms due to these two changes.  We'll see if things improve enough this way or if I'll want to seek different/more aggressive treatment.

Spot On -- 2/13/14

I love this scarf but don't wear it very often.  If I recall correctly, I pretty much designed this whole outfit around the idea of making the brighter blue scarf the focal point of the outfit.

New items: none

What a Maroon! -- 2/14/14

I forgot it was V Day until sometime in the afternoon, but because I wanted to test out my new leggings, I ended up wearing something reasonable festive and color-appropriate if somewhat child-like and silly to my eyes.  I think there's something about how the shirt and leggings in the same color make me look like I'm wearing a full-on maroon body suit underneath or something.

It was quite amusing to me to see this post a mere 3 days after I tried out a black-and-white striped dress with black topper and maroon pieces.  There must have been something in the air in Snow City that affected the clothing choices of Sallys that week.  I also enjoyed seeing how a somehow more grown-up version of this outfit looked.

But the important thing is that these leggings are the BOMB.  I had some black ones and some grey ones I loved so I bought them in every other color they had (sadly, only maroon, navy, and brown).

New items:
**Black and white sleeveless dress from Target
**Maroon tights from Kohl's