OOTD: Orange, Gold and Grey

Good morning! I don't know you but this is typically a time of the year when I don't like to wear black, especially black tights. Once well into the summer I like black again, but now I find it just depressing. Especially on sunny days like we had earlier this week, I find myself craving for bright colors. My cerise cafe capris from two years ago are calling me but it is still too freaking cold to wear them. Luckely for me I bought recently the extremely cheerful Atomic tweed mini, that has the advantage of being very bright AND very toasty, as it is a thick mohair.
I really kicked myself for not buying this mini with all the off sale promos, and when it popped back in my size a couple of weeks ago I hesitated because it was basically still the first markdown price, final sale and there wasn't any % off. So I hold off until I got in touch with my ps (amazingly it stayed in my cart) and in the end she ordered it for me at the current store price ($49.99). By the way, this is one of the advantages of having a ps working in a store. Normally you don't get free shipping if you order a sale item from a store but besides the fact that the price is usually much lower in store and they will match it, which more than makes up for shipping charges, I was particularly lucky that day because I had free shipping on my account.
I had already tried it in store so I knew my size (I went with a 2 in this one because it is very short), even if the one that I received fits a little bit bigger than I remembered. Oh well!

I especially love this shade of orange with grey and/or gold. Gold can be tough to pull off in winter but I saw the skirt on a SA paired with a crips white shirt and a golden belt and I LOVED it. Here is my version of the look:

I want to point out that this belt is the Factory leather braided belt in gold. I had missed on the store version last summer (the damn belt was expensive and NEVER went on sale) and I have to say that this one is very well made. I highly recommend it if you need a ride-along, it is very good deal with the current % off (and yes, factory is open on weekdays too).
The problem with this outfit is that I don't have a pair of tights that go with it, besides nude ones (still too cold for those). I am tights challanged (I don't like to wear tights so I don't like to shop for them). If you have any suggestions, let me know!
I tried it with my honey tweed jacket that you know I love and I think that it works, maybe with another top instead of the shirt:

Grey is another color that and the advantage is that I have a lot of grey in my closet (and grey tights, yay!) On Tuesday I tried it first with the scalloped zipper cardigan (which is grey with gold hardware), but again it was a little bit too cold (I actually forgot to take a pic but I would have worn a Victoria tisuue cami under the cardigan). Again, if you have missed on this cardigan, you can buy the factory version here. I own the black retail version and I really wanted the heathered stone too. I don't see any difference with my retail version (the silk used for the trim is a little bit better quality in the retail version, I think, but I am not that picky). This is the XS:

But again, it was still too cold to wear a cotton blend cardigan, I needed a cozy top, so in the end I went with my trusty cashmere boatneck. The flats are the Kensington ballet flats in bright orange (watch for popbacks). They hurt a bit (they are half a size smaller than my usual size) but it is worth it, I got a lot of compliments!

Do you have this mini? How do you wear it it? Do you have something orange and toasty?