Make it pink AND blue on Fashion Friday!

What's the best part of Sleeping Beauty? (Other than that moment Philip slips behind Aurora to dance wth her, and Aurora realizes she's no longer dancing with an owl?) It's the epic battle... between fairies. Over dress fabric.  Make it pink! Make it blue!





But today I ended up with outfits themed around pink AND blue - accidentally!

 The first outfit is an imaginary outfit was inspired by a brand new plus-sized fashion website, called Clique to Know.  It seems to be cut from the same cloth (see what I did there?) as other haute-designer bargain sites like Bluefly and Net-a-Porter - offering deeply discounted fashions from high-fashion designers.

I've never been much for high fashion - aside from marveling at the artwork on runways.  I've never understood why someone would find it necessary to purchase - for instance - a jersey dress for four or five times the price of what I pay for my jersey dresses.  Mine cost about $20 or $30.  And they have lasted me for a long time.  And they're pretty, and I look nice in them.  Why pay $300 for a jersey dress that is not much higher quality?  Hence my confusion about Rachel Pally's line.  Are her dresses lovely?  Sure.  But are they that much lovelier, that much better quality, than what I'm wearing right now, which I got for all of $26?  Maybe I'd feel differently if I tried one on, wore it for awhile.  Maybe I'd fall completely in love.  Have you tried any of Pally's clothes? Am I missing the boat here? Please let me know!

For now, though, any Rachel Pally dress - even on a discount site - is going to end up in my imaginary outfit closet, not my real closet.  This one was my favorite piece available yesterday on Clique To Know. (Alas, these sales are flash-quick, so it's already gone today, with another sale in its place.)

Dress by Rachel Pally via Clique To Know
Sandals by Nicole Devious via Zappos
Wrap by Nordstrom
Straw tote by Fossil via Zappos
Earrings by Etsy seller Jujudesigns

I just happened to pair pink and blue in my own outfit this week, before I even saw the Pally dress!

Dress by EShakti
Scarf by
Sweater by Torrid, recently trimmed with ribbon by my mother-in-law Jean
Necklace, a gift from my lovely friend Rochelle. (Thanks, Ro!)

Lately, though, I'm finding that the best beauty accessories are the ones that are hard to find.

Such as kitten hair-combs.

And kitten neck-scarves.

It's a beautiful holiday weekend, and I'm off to celebrate it with Tom and Rena!  Enjoy your own celebrations - and I'll be back with you on the 4th with my take on a favorite patriotic recipe of my mother's.  Til then, happy Independence, and take care of you!

Fashion Friday... plus an extra adventure, and an adorable anniverary gift

Before I get to this week's Fashion Friday outfit, I want to talk a little bit about our anniversary gift.

Now you've probably heard that the first anniversary is paper, and the fiftieth anniversay is gold.  But... did you know that the fourth anniversary is kitten?

Well, it is in my house.  Meet Leonidas "Lon" Chaney.

Isn't he cute?  And the kitten, too.

   

We recently met this charming orange boy at our friend Lisa's, who was fostering him until he was old enough to be adopted.  And as soon as we played with him, we felt like our other "kitten" girls (they're a year and a few months now) would love to have him as a playmate.  So yesterday, we put in our application and picked him up.

He's already started purring!

   
   

He likes to pounce...

And play!

  

Until he gets tired. Here is is, snuggling the Kate Spade hat bag that held the hat my niece brought me.
(He has good taste.)

   

His sister Greta Garbo is very, very curious about him. This is as close as they've gotten so far.
Last night, when he was in his crate on our bed, she kept popping up from different angles to get a better look.
His other sister, Mabel Normand, is mostly hiding so far. She's pretty shy in general.
His elderly grand-dame auntie Dorothy Gish doesn't have time or patience for kittens.

   
All right, all right.  On to the fashions!

This week's outfit pulled double duty - it was my dinner wear for Supper Club 600 - Indian-style, plus I wore it out on a girl-date with a favorite pal of mine, Audra.

Asymmetric blouse and embroidered skirt by Lane Bryant
Birdcage earrings by artist Lisa Cone at Inspired Adornments
Jeweled bracelet by H&M
Shoes by SAS. What? They're cute AND they're comfortable

Here are Audra and I at the Million Dollar Theater for the Last Remaining Seats presentation of Errol Flynn's Captain Blood.
We're standing in front of a vintage curtain - in front of which Al Jolson once sang "Swannie" during The Jazz Singer.

The movie was terrific - clearly the forerunner of pretty much all pirate movies.  And both of us immediately wanted to watch more of his films.  Dashing! Swashbuckling! And witty, to boot.

I'm off to spend a delightfully fuzzy kitten-filled weekend.  Plus we have some other adventures in store - more on that soon.  Have a great weekend yourselves, and I'll be back with you on Monday.  Til then, take care of you!