dress: Spotted Moth (gift) ~ sweater: Express (gift) ~ boots: Steve Madden via DSW ($120) ~  cuff & necklace: gifts

Date: December 30, 2011
Ensemble message: Hey guys!  I was so lucky to be able to travel to Orlando last week to help facilitate a training seminar... I'm still a bit tired and getting used to being in cold weather again ;)  I thought I would have had more time for personal stuff (ie. blog) but I was kept busy all week.  But now I'm back, and happy to start the week with this outfit - it's one of my faves!  The oversized sweater layered on top of a dress is such an easy and fun look... I have to restrain myself from creating the same look with the variety of other dresses in my closet ;)  On this particular day, I had a half day at work and had plans to meet up with some friends... so easy and fun were right on target.

dress: Spotted Moth (gift) ~ sweater: Target ($14) ~ boots: Steve Madden via DSW ($120) ~  necklace & cuff: gifts

Date: November 23, 2011
Ensemble message: This outfit is from the day before Thanksgiving... and man was I burnt out from work (and still have several more weeks of craziness ahead of me - yikes).  Yes, yes, I'm still behind on photos but hey, what a great way to drag out the holiday season just a little more!  Better than keeping your Christmas lights up AND lighting them til the spring ;)  This outfit incorporated orange and purple/maroon, a color combo that I recently wore in another post.  One of my goals for this fall and winter was to incorporate more colors into my outfits, and using jewels tones has made this easy to do.

Have you incorporated colors into your fall and winter wardrobe?  I'd love to see links to your colorful cold weather outfits!! :)

dress: Spotted Moth (gift) ~ shoes: Marc Fischer via Macy's ($36) ~ necklace and bracelet: both gifts

Date: February 28, 2011
Ensemble message: Today was birthday celebration #3 with my co-workers!  (#1 and #2 happened over the weekend.)  For people's birthdays, we always bring in snack food, which is nice because the entire team can enjoy it throughout the week.  I'm the "health nut" of the group, so the treats included fresh blueberries and grapes, trail mix, clementines, whole wheat pretzels, whole grain tortilla chips, and cake.  Because birthdays, no matter how healthy you are, are not complete without cake :)  Do you celebrate birthdays and other special events in the office??
On a different note... in the past couple months I've either been gifted or bought 4 clothing items that are orange or rust orange in color.  This includes today's dress, which my lovely little sis bought me from Spotted Moth for my birthday.  I can't tell yet if this is a weird coincidence or new obsession!