All together ooky

They're creepy and they're kooky
Mysterious and spooky
They're all together ooky
The Addams family
Their house is a museum
Where people come to see 'em
They really are a scream
The Addams family
Neat

Sweet
Petite

So get a witches shawl on

A broomstick you can crawl on

We're gonna pay a call on

The Addams family

This is it! My Hallowe'en costume for the year - Morticia Addams!

Tie one on

Do you have any items in your closet that you can never let go of? This sweater is one of those things for me. It belonged to my Mum, and is probably older than I am. 

Naturally blurry

I have had the WORST luck photographing this dress. In fact, I've worn this exact outfit 3 or 4 times this summer/early fall and every single time the pictures come out ever-so-slightly blurry. Maybe I'm just not mean to share these mint/grey chevrons with you!

3 years

I can't believe it readers! It's been 3 years since I started this little blog.

Maximum Crochet

I was so excited to pull this maxi dress out of spring/summer clothing storage.

Celebrating 60!

My Grandparents just celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary!

Fashionably Frustrated

I am in a shopping rut!

Column of Crochet

Another great example of a prime varagesale find that just needed a bit of work!

Summer weather in the Spring

It was over 20' Celcius here today!

Maxi dress 2 ways

What on earth is going on with this weather?!
I mean, honestly, it's supposed to be like 40 degrees (with the humidity) tomorrow. Where was this weather in July when we could all just laze around and enjoy it. It's gross when I have to get kids up and dressed and lunches made and to school on time when you walk outside and the sweat just basically beads up on your skin. Ugh.

Anywho - weather like this (in July or in September) requires dressing so that air can flow around my body as much as possible. I picked up this awesome dress in the states at Walmart, it's from one of my favourite US Walmart "brands" Faded Glory and it was cool and breezy enough to wear all day, but when I went over to our church that evening for our band practise I threw on a t-shirt for a little extra coverage and it makes this cute dress look like a super-fun bandana print skirt!

Consider dressing your maxi dresses with a solid t-shirt over top and get double duty out of your wardrobe!

  

Playdate: Comfort to the Maxi... dress

There's something about hanging out with my best friend that makes me want to wear pjs. A little weird, I know - it's not like our whole lives have been endless slumber parties, but when you're as open and comfortable with someone as I am with my BFF I usually just want to wear something relaxed and comfy. Our kids tend to drive us fairly crazy, so we usually hang out in her livingroom while they destroy each other the playroom and chat and drink tea. See? Perfect. She totally gets me.

So this is what I wore to our "playdate". I love this maxi dress. I got it from Old Navy like a billion years ago (or, like 4, what ev's) and it's just like wearing a nightgown - only appropriate to wear outside your house. Which equals awesome. I'm not a fan of having half my bra showing which usually happens because the armholes on this maxi are abnormally large, so I usually throw a little shrug or cardigan over top. It was kind of hot and muggy this day, so I went with this cool little crocheted shrug. Just enough to hide the massive armholes, but not so much so that I was overly hot. Comfortable.