Two OOTDs and The Stained Glass Cardigan is Back

Hello everybody, I hope that your weekend is off to a good start. I don't have much time but I did want to say hello, so I will post the pics of two outfits that I wore this past week and also review very quickly the factory version stained glass cardigan that I bought before the holidays, in case you want to get it with the current 40% off.

The first is nothing to talk about, really, but it is just a pretext for me to proclaim again my unconditional love for the heather cobblestone color. I am obsessed with this color and I wore the cashmere turtleneck so much that I just bought the crewneck cardigan too (the price was irrestible). However, it is kind of difficult to pair it because it isn't exactly grey and it isn't brown, just a grey with some brown in it, if that makes sense. I couldn't really wear it with any greys (especially charcoal) until I tried it on with the faded cement toothpick cords from last year. For some reason this color picks up on the grey component in the cobblestone and makes it look more grey than it is. See?



The second outfit is more put together (meaning that I put more effort into it) while still being casual. The cardigan is the BR fair isle cardigan (worn over a cashmere shell in natural) and the pants are a pair of ripstop cargos from the summer (the receipt says "solid ripstop Anne pant") that I found at my B&M two weeks ago for $12. They had a rack of weird stuff from the summer, as if a truck from FS had just dumped its content in the store. Go figure. In any case, that was good for me because I have been trying to catch the safari pants in black on sale forever and these are pretty close, and the fact that they are not cropped make them weareable all year round.



The necklace is another great find. For the life of me I can't remember the name but I almost bought it this summer when it went on sale. Then I saw it in store and thought that it looked cheap. Well, at least if it looks cheap I can tell myself that it was cheap ($12 as well). The SA told me that it had been hiding in their basement for all these months and they had just put it back on the racks. It is a little bit tarnished but for $12 I will take it ;-).



And now the factory stained glass cardigan. I loved this cardigan last year when it was in the B&M but to me it was the perfect resort/summer cardigan and I was really bummed that it was made in merino (it is too hot here wear merino in the summer). So when I saw that they had made a factory version in cotton I had to have it. I ordered my Jackie size (a S) and it fits perfectly, even if it is not stretchy as the Jackie since it is 100% cotton. It is a weightlight cotton (some of you would probably find it flimsy) but that's OK with me. I just love this print and I am taking it with me on my next vacation in two weeks:




Did I mention that I bought these matchstick on a popback for $14? Sometimes popbacks ship and that was one of those case (I sized up from my regular size and they fit perfectly).

That's it. I will talk to you next week!