Here's my week in review:  I spent the week playing phone tag with HOA reps about whether or not there were weight limits on dogs at our new house.  There were different answers we were getting and didn't want to go through on buying our new house if we weren't allowed to have our dogs.

I also spent the week playing phone and email tag with the HR reps for my new job.  I hate that AZ is so far away; it makes it more difficult to try and coordinate everything.  The good news is that both the house and the job are going to go through.  I should have an official offer on Monday!

Tuesday

Top: Ann Taylor
Cardigan: Sears
Skirt: Loft
Necklace: Premier Jewelry
Shoes: Hush Puppies

Wednesday

Top: Express
Skirt: Cato Fashions
Necklace: Premier Jewelry
Belt: Ann Taylor
Shoes: Target

Friday and Saturday

We were supposed to have a showing today on our house.  The people never called, but they also never showed up…so we woke up early and drove our dogs around for an hour for absolutely no reason.  GRRR.

Friday
Sweater: Cato Fashion
Skirt: Walmart
Flats: Hush Puppies
Necklace: Target

Saturday
Top: Loft
Cardigan: Maurice's
Jeans: Mudd (Kohl's)
Sperry's: Dillard's

That Bag of Grading

The past two weeks have been a blur of painting, packing, and staging the house.  The realtor came on Friday to take pictures for the website and I signed the papers, so it's now official that we are going to be moving.  GAH!

All day yesterday, my throat felt a little sore and then BAM! last night I felt the full-blown cold coming on.  I took medicine and tried to sleep in as best I could--colds tend to keep me up and feeling miserable.  Because of this, I've been eyeing my bag of grading that I brought home.  It needs to get done, but taking a nap sounds so much better!

Here are the outfits from earlier in the week:

Wednesday

Dress: JcPenney
Cardigan: J.Crew
Necklace: Premier Jewelry
Navy Wedges: Anne Klein

 Thursday

Seersucker Dress: JcPenney
Cardigan: Gap
Necklace: Dustee's
Flats: Hushpuppies

 Friday

Sweater: Ann Taylor
Skirt (actually a dress): Target
Necklace: Premier Jewelry
Flats: Hushpuppies

On another note, I have mentioned going to a capsule wardrobe.  I have been really good about not buying any clothing since going to this, but my spring wardrobe has just been…lacking.  I've been frustrated because some of my pieces just don't seem to "go" and others weren't fitting well and I just felt blechh about it.  The point of a capsule wardrobe isn't to make you feel this way at all.  I decided the problem was that I was trying to hold on to some items that I just really didn't like.  I didn't want to spend a bunch of money on new clothes and I am not sure what I will really feel good about wearing once I am in Arizona, so I stopped by Cato Fashions this afternoon to see if I could replace a few items.  Here's what I found and what I replaced:

I replaced the cream sweater on the left with this super-soft (and on clearance!) animal print sweater.
It's neutral enough that it should go with everything in my spring closet.  AND when it warms up
I plan to just roll the sleeves.

I replaced the super-cute pink skirt on the left with a more neutral navy midi skirt on the right.
While I really liked the pink skirt, 1) it was a little short for work and 2) it didn't really pair with
anything I owned except for the cream sweater above that I replaced.

I replaced the denim capris on the left with these navy patterned ankle pants on the right.
There wasn't really anything wrong with the capris but 1) They were too casual for work and
2) they didn't work well with chilly weather

Last, I replaced the black capris on the left with the black and white patterned ankle pants
on the right.  I had similar reasons for replacing the black capris: 1) they were a little
tight and thus I wasn't wanting to wear them and 2) being short, they only
work when the weather is pretty warm.

Well, there you have it.  My replacements for my 40 hanger spring closet.  I spent less than $65 on all four pieces and I feel super excited to wear everything in my closet now!   I almost didn't buy the black and white pants because they look so similar to the navy and white ones, but they are just different enough to make it worth it to me.  I feel I have so many more options for mixing and matching now that I have more neutral and versatile pieces...It just goes to show that you can't just put together a capsule wardrobe with random items you like, but you really have to think about things like versatility, color compatibility, and fit.

Start of the Week

Each night I tell myself that I'm going to go to bed early and get some more sleep.  It never happens.  Why does it never happen?  These are questions that I am haunted by.  Also, I ended that sentence with a preposition, which also haunts me.  But I'm too tired to care.

Top: Kohl's
Cardigan: J.Crew
Skirt: Walmart
Tights
Flats: Toms
Necklace: J.Crew

Top: JcPenney
Jeans: Mudd-Kohl's
Cardigan: JcPenney
Flats: Hushpuppy
Necklace: Premier Jewelry

Sunday: Let It Snow!

I'm thankful we have Monday off because of President's Day.  Otherwise, we'd probably have a snow day!  I am happy to report that I was able to get into town to do my grocery shopping before it started snowing.  Now I hope I don't have to leave the house until the plows have come by tomorrow.  I have some grading to do in my classroom before school resumes on Tuesday.  The students made some awesome posters on Of Mice and Men and the themes/motifs in the novel.

As you see, I started out wearing flats to church, but after we got home, I quickly changed into boots.  It was too cold!

**I'm also going to admit I also ditched the bracelets.  They just made too much noise and kept getting in my way.  I definitely would not teach wearing these.  They would distract me (and the students)!

Cardigan: Anthropologie
Pants: Kohl's
Flats: Hush Puppies
Oklahoma Necklace: Etsy (gift from hubby last Valentine's Day)
Bracelets: Plain cuff, gift from my mother; Chevron, boutique in OK

Ah, the innocence of not realizing how cold it was outside.