Loft Wool Pants on me!

Ahhh the famous Loft Wool Pants!  See them on other petites in this Alterations Needed Forum post.  Kelly of Alterations Needed had a size 0P up for sale on the forum so I quickly nabbed them up.  I was a little worried that they wouldn't fit as LOFT bottoms tend to fit tight on me but I like the way they fit.  They DEFINITELY do not look like they do on many of the other petites LOL - I am definitely bigger than some of the other ladies that have these pants. They definitely fit tighter than I envisioned, but I love them all the same.

Loft Pants:  size 0P (buy here) 

Cardigan:  H&M XS

Top:  Mexx XS

I love the charcoal colour of these pants - they go with everything in my wardrobe ;)

You can definitely see they have a more fitted look on me and they are shorter on me as well.  I'm not sure I could roll the cuffs up anymore as they are quite tight around my calves. I can wear them tucked into boots too; they don't bunch up at all.

These pants came just on time!  I have NO dress pants right now - a few I have to get hemmed and a couple are in "repair" mode right now.  Luckily I can wear jeans to work everyday of the week but these pants are great as it's been too icky out to wear a skirt or dress. 

As some of you may be aware anything wool makes me itch like crazy.  I was worried about these pants but I thought since they were lined most of the way I'd be ok.  Turns out I was wrong - I can feel the wool through the lining!!!! I am wearing leggings underneath so problem solved. Most days of the Fall and Winter I wear stockings or leggings under all my pants.  I am always cold so for me this is a necessity. The texture of these pants likely won't work in the Spring and Summer so I won't have to worry about the itchiness then.    

Did anyone else grab these pants?

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Anniversary night out :)

Some of you who follow me on Twitter know that the Husband and I recently celebrated 5 years of marriage!  It really has flown by and it's so nice that we're not sick of each other yet LOL!!   We've actually been together 12.5 years so we've been through a lot together!  Anyway, our anniversary fell on a weeknight but we still wanted to go out for a really nice dinner.   It was terribly cold and rainy out that night and have to admit part of me just wanted to throw on my PJ's and cuddle up under the covers, but it's always nice to get out and have a nice dinner together.

Dress: My LBD  Dynamite XS (really old!)

Wrap Sweater - really old too, I don't remember where I got it!

Shoes:  Liz Claiborne size 7 also seen here

Earrings:  Avon

I also received this little present in the mail!



 Beautiful Baroque Pearl Earrings from Birks!

He definitely knows me well, doesn't he ;)

I hope everyone had a great weekend! :)



OOTD: Subtle Accents

Does anyone else feel in a rut or is it just me?  I'm going to blame it on the weather.  The past few days in Toronto have been gloomy and cloudy and cold!  All I want to do is stay in my pj's all comfy and cozy in my bed.  But unfortunately I have to pay the bills and as casual as my work is I'm not sure pj's would cut it!

This is an example of an outfit I didn't really put much thought into.  Basic jeans, simple top.  To make it more professional I threw on my new favorite LOFT blazer.

Blazer:  LOFT size 0P (as seen here all dressed up)

Top:  Mexx XS

Jeans:  Aeropostale size 0 short

Bag:  Coach

Shoes:  Liz Claiborne size 7

oops!  Wasn't ready for the shot!

Without the blazer (boring!)

So because the entire outfit was VERY neutral I wanted to add a splash of colour with the bag (this is one of my favorites even though it's so big!)  and the shoes:

These shoes are my only other item in leopard print as I mentioned in this post.

So that was my attempt at some subtle accents when I wasn't feeling all that hot.  My hair was even doing some weird thing so up in a pony tail it went.  Speaking of hair for anyone that has bangs how do you get them to not split like mine do???  I assume I need to "train" them to stay in place?  The problem is my hair is curly so I don't always wear them down and have to blow dry them straight to look like that.

Any advice would be appreciated!

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