Two for the Day, One for the Night

I'm sorry for my long silence after my weekend in LA but this week was the last week of school and I was fully booked with birthday parties, end-of-the-year parties, make-up classes and more (not to mention that the apartment was a complete mess when we got back and I spent every free minute that I had in my hands to clean it up). In case you are wondering how it went, let me just say: OMG! It was the weekend of a lifetime and I am still trying to get over the beauty of the house. I promise that I will post pictures soon. I literally didn't have the time to turn the computer on for more than an hour this week and I still have to go though them and sort them out.
So while you wait for the LA pictures I am going to post a couple of OOTD that I wore this week. It is HOT here and I'm wearing mostly dresses and full skirts these days.

Yesterday morning I went to a friend's for a playdate (I must say that her playdates are always something I look forward to because while the kids play there is always something delicious to eat and a glass of wine for the mommies, even in the morning). I wore my JCrew drawstring shirtdress from last year (that I actually bought very late in the season - it must have been September already - on a popback and couldn't wear until this year), Prada rafia belt and espadrilles. I need to belt this dress as it is a little bit big on me and I kind of swim in it, which is the reason why I didn't buy it until it was too much of a good deal to pass:



This morning the school had organized a breakfast followed by free entry at the Victorian Gardens, which is an amusement park in Central Park, in the spot which is occupied during the winter months by the Wollmark ice rink. They opened up the amusement park just for us until 11, but after 11 it got beyond hot and the line for each attraction was too long, specially compared to the actual duration of the ride, so I decided to leave early (also my daughter was scared to death on most of the rides, even if I was riding with her, so it wasn't that fun for her). This outfit should have kept me cool but as I said, it was unbearably hot (I am wearing the linen striped Monterey skirt from last year, Gap top and TB silver Thora thongs):




Yesterday night I went out with the same group of mommies to see "Sex and the City 2". I had planned to wear the blue H&M dress that you have seen in my LA outfits post with my Tory Burch golden cork wedges. My daughter had been playing with those shoes when I was packing for LA and as a matter of fact I couldn't bring them to LA because one went missing and for the life of me I couldn't find it before leaving. Well, it was still missing as of yesterday night! Unable to locate the missing shoe, after a thorough search of the apartment (now you are going to believe me when I tell you that the apartment was a mess!), I decided to wear another dress, by Theory, in a very similar color but that didn't need the wedges. The funny thing is that I wore this dress exactly two years ago to see "Sex and the City: the movie" with a group of girlfriend, so I guess that I already know what I am going to wear to see the third installment of the movie (that is a GO, apparently). I added the metallic beach cardigan because I am always freezing in a movie theater and also to add some sparkle (the color of this cardigan is more vibrant than in the pic, especially against the blue of the dress):




I have to say that I really regretted NOT bringing this cardigan to LA. It was a matter of space in the suitcase and the only way to take it with me would have been wearing it on the plane but because I was travelling with my daughter I was afraid that something would happen to it so in the end I left it at home. In LA, and especially up in the hills where we were staying, the evenings were kind of chilly and I didn't have any evening sweater with me (some readers from LA warned me in the comments that but I made the mistake to ask my husband to confirm the weather the night before leaving, as he was already there and he dismissed my worries with a "Are you kidding? It's hot, it's LA!", reply that can only be imputed to his blind love for LA and too many drinks as he later admitted that it was cool and rainy that night).

Stay tuned for pics of my fab weekend in LA!