Time After Time

I am not a big fan of giving up daylight savings time. I enjoy driving home from work when it's still light out - rather than pitch freaking dark. It makes me feel like I have less time to enjoy my husband and son. Today, though, I ended up leaving a bit early to take George to the vet. He has been having an allergy flare-up in one of his paws, and it is all irritated and red. Fortunately, the shot they gave him is working, and he is sleeping next to me as I write these words.

Here is my outfit, which happens to be #55 in the Fashion Challenge:

- BCBGMaxAzria black and cream knit colorblock pleated sheath dress
- Nanette Lepore Dotty Dame pumps

I love these shoes, and if you are fan of Project Runway, you may have spotted them on the Bluefly accessories wall a few seasons back.

Clouds in my Coffee

OK, so the title of today's post isn't exactly the name of a song, but it is one of my favorite lines from a song (Carly Simon's "You're So Vain"). I guess I'm just feeling disappointed that the cold weather seems to be here to stay... I even broke out my tights for today's outfit, since it was about 40 degrees this morning. I even wore my hat to walk George!

Today's outfit includes:
- Leifsdottir Abbey Rose Silk Dress
- Black patent BCBGMAXAZRIA Women's Dida Square Toe Pumps
- Black tights
- Ruby and diamond earrings

I consider this dress to be famous because Alyson Hannigan (Lily) wore it on a 2009 episode of How I Met Your Mother, one of our favorite shows. The Season 5 episode, called Double Date, centered around the gang discovering Lily's doppelganger: a stripper!

Life is a Highway

It's another cold, rainy morning here in Atlanta. I'm really missing the sun! Hopefully this dreary weather will end soon.

Today I'm wearing a dress from Lauren Moffatt. The purple version of this dress has been featured on Gossip Girl, and Venus Williams was also spotted in the exact dress back in 2009.

This dress is very comfortable, and has some great detailing. I like the neckline as well! I paired the dress with some anthracite peep toes from BCBGMaxAzria. I don't wear these shoes too often, because they are squeaky, but they go perfectly with this dress.

You will also see in the picture that Zooey spent another night at our house. Unfortunately for Zooey - and me - she's in heat, so she has to wear a diaper. She is very sweet, though, and follows me wherever I go. I could never get George to sit for a picture like this!

Rain, Rain Go Away

Today is a miserable day here in Atlanta: cold, rainy and very, very gray. Since I needed something warm, I grabbed this wool Houndstooth Belted Sheath Dress from Frock by Tracy Reese. I would normally wear this dress with black tights, but I don't think I'm quite ready to admit that this cold weather is here to stay!

Although it probably wasn't a good idea to wear sandals today, I just love pairing these Betsey Johnson Lavant black sandals with their pop of red with this black and white dress. I originally had on my red flats, but I quickly discarded those... flats just don't go with this type of dress when it hits the leg at this length.

I am also wearing my ruby and diamond earrings and necklace. I love pairing red with black and white... as well as gray! And when I venture outside, which won't be often in this weather, I'm wearing my red Old Navy ruffle coat. It's a great compliment to my black and white outfit today.

Stop for a Minute

I wanted to start this post today by thanking my husband for cooking us a wonderful anniversary meal last night. He made chicken breasts stuffed with spinach and mushrooms, garlic bread, and pasta in a butter sauce. Lately I've been craving garlic bread, and last night I had two pieces!

We also tried Cakebread wine for the first time. Chapin says he remembers when I wanted to try it back before we were even married, but we couldn't afford it!

Everything he made was so delicious, and even though it took me about an hour to clean up the mess he made, it was all worth it. Here's a picture of our table.We decided to put George in the pic to make it a little funny.

Of course, George agreed that the smells emanating for our table were pretty delectable. Here's a picture of him begging. He is so terrible!

As for my outfit today, I'm wearing something fairly comfortable, since it's so miserable and gloomy looking outside. I have on a Matty M dress that I paid almost nothing for, and my BCBGMAXAZRIA Women's Harper Peep Toe Wedges in Dark Taupe.

You can't really see it in the picture, but I am also wearing my Izzie necklace. I have been thinking about her a lot over these past few days, since I always loved dressing her up in costumes. Last year she was the cutest little hippo you ever did see.

Click Flash

I was excited to learn late last night, after watching Back to the Future on Blu-Ray whilst working, that the photos I sent in to a blog I have read on and off for over seven years had chosen to feature our Halloween photos.

The blog is called Pop Candy, and you can see our posting here. I was more addicted to this blog a few years ago, when I had more time on my hands, but I definitely check it out at least once a week. I used to love reading the comments on the TV show, Lost, which ended its run last May. Oh, how I miss the fun conspiracy theory stories.

The writer of the blog, Whitney Matheson, is around my age, and enjoys many of the same TV and movies that I do. For example, she posted this link to a story on The Goonies today. I still can't believe Chunk is a lawyer...

Be Mine

Today is a very special day in our household: our anniversary. Seven years ago today, I married Chapin. We had our first date exactly 11 years ago today as well. Oh, how time flies! Since we just had our trip to San Francisco, we are having a low key celebration today: Chapin is cooking a special meal for me. I always knew I would find a man who could cook!

As for my outfit, I am wearing a Juicy Couture purple dress with puff sleeves and a tie in back with my Charles by Charles David black peep toe pumps. I believe Emma Caulfield wears the gray version of this dress in the movie TiMER, which I highly recommend if you have not seen it. I started it on the plane ride to San Francisco and just finished it over the weekend. It's very cute! You can see the trailer here.