Work It: Casual Thursday

I have a confession. This post was almost titled "Ridin' Hound & I'm Gettin It!". Yes, inspired by my houndstooth blazer, riding boots, and words from the poet whom we all know as 2 Chainz.  Some days it is just too cold to wear slacks and dress shoes, so I moved casual Friday to Thursday and pulled out the boots and (not quite) jean skinnies.

Blazer: New Directions (similar) / Cardigan: Old Navy / Turtleneck: H&M / Pants: Old Navy / Boots: SM New York (similar)

Selecting A Statement Coat

Yellow trench coat
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Pink coat
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Double breasted wool coat
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Emilio pucci
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Matthew Williamson neon belt
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Chill Weekend

I think I am the very last person in the blogosphere to use Polyvore, but that's OK. I've finally bitten the bullet and joined and I have been hooked ever since. This past Friday there was snow (!) and sleet :(  in NC so I was cooped up in the house, bundled up trying to stay warm. I wanted to create some outfits for the weekend, but out of sheer laziness I found myself using Polyvore to come up with looks based on items in my closet instead of going up to my actual closet.

Here are the inspiration looks I came up with...

...and here are my actual looks from this past weekend:

Work It: Snakeskin & Oxblood

I thought I got home too late in the afternoons to take outdoor pics, but I guess I was wrong! I was able to catch the last little bit of light for my mini-photo shoot. This is another work outfit featuring a pair of oxblood ankle trousers by Merona and a New Direction snake print blouse from Belk's.  Trousers always make me feel a bit bigger, so to counter that I  accented my waist with a skinny belt and added a black cropped cardigan.  Silver jewelry completes the look.

Blouse: New Direction (similar) / Pants, Belt: Merona (Target) / Shoes: Michael Antonio / Cardigan: Ann Taylor Loft (similar) / Watch: NY & Company / Earrings: The Limited (similar) 

OOTD: Layers & Prints

Denim Shirt: JCPenney / Sweater: Forever 21 / Jeans: Bisou Bisou (JCPenney) / Booties: Steve Madden / Clutch: The Limited / Necklace: Amrita Singh

A denim shirt has popped up several times on my blog, but it is one of the most versatile items in my closet. For this look, I layered it under a striped sweater paired with oxblood skinnies and accented with a leopard clutch. I love layering shirts under sweaters because it is a great way to add a subtle  pop of color, texture, or a print to an otherwise blah outfit. I wore this outfit to dinner and a movie with the boo. We finally saw Django Unchained, which was so good! Hope you all had as good a weekend as I did!