Week From Heck

No, I'm not bowlderizing myself, because I've had Weeks From Hell. This one was bad, but not quite that bad. Our boy tabby cat has been ill & needs a pill every morning, which has made it really hard to squeeze in time for a photo. And then I've had cluster migraines every day since last Friday, & I've had to miss work because nothing is touching the pain. Just today, I started a new medication, so fingers are crossed that this may help.

Due to these stressors, I've had precious little energy & time to blog my outfits, &, well, most of my outfits have kind of sucked too. Hence, here are the only two that made it on camera...

What I wore Tuesday:
Burgundy velvet Victorian jacket, made by my friend Donna
Black long-sleeve T-shirt, Old Navy
Black jeans, Levis
Pointy black boots with buckles & kitten heels, Baker's
Two pearl & silvertone necklaces, Aldo
Black w/pink gem Victorian-esque earrings, random accessory store
Dark burgundy lipstick, Chanel Vamp

The jacket goes with the Victorian tea outfit that the blouse I wore last week is also part of. The velvet was leftover from making my wedding gown (yes, I save every scrap). I bought the pearls thinking they'd be ideal with an Elizabethan gown, but I've yet to make one with silver trim, so I keep wearing these necklaces in my everyday wardrobe.

And the jeans were a successful result of my quest for black jeans. Levis 512 petites. A little bit of stretch, the perfect length for this 5'2" gal, & the sizes fit my curves. There's even sparkly black beading on the back pockets (we likes the bling).

What I wore Thursday:
Burgundy corduroy blazer, Kohl's (previously worn here)
Black silk sheath dress, Target (previously worn here)
Grey patterned tights, Calvin Klein
Black Indigo pumps, Clarks
Silver chunky bead necklace, Target
Pewter key earrings, made by me
Dark burgundy lipstick, Chanel Vamp

I was interviewed by a university journalism student for a project on digital media today, so I wanted to wear something professional yet comfortable (because I've felt like crap all week). A jacket & a dress is a classic combo. This specific dress is particularly great because it's sleek & simple, & it's made an elegant sueded silk (lined too). The jacket is soft & a little slouchy, but it's still a jacket which always reads "professional." I like to make a good impression.

Then I went for a slightly less-traditional color combo (for a CorpGoth ;-) by adding the grey tights. Black would be obvious, but I really need to do laundry & am out of all my fave. CK black tights! But I forgot that I'd bought some patterned & textured CK tights during that Black Friday sale; they were lurking in the back of my tights drawer (yes, I have a whole drawer full of nothing but tights & 3/4ths of them are black). Instead of the tone-on-tone black pinstripe, I gave the grey a try. What a rebel, I know.

The brain, that's where the pain is.