OOTD (Or the Spring-ization of the Lolli Pant!)

Hello, I hope that you had a great weekend and you survived Monday (I know that it is not the same thing when you don't work, I still remember the stomachache waking up on Monday mornings and realizing that I had to go to the office, but it is a change of routine for us SAHMs too, not having daddy around and all).
I actually feel like I have survived spring break (do they give out medals for that?) My daughter goes back to school today after two weeks of iatus, yahoo (you know that I love her but we were going a little bit crazy here, especially since the weather didn't cooperate at all)!!!

And, dare I say that it is getting warmer and spring-ier? It is not spring in full bloom yet but I feel like the worst is behind us.
Yesterday I woke up with an irrisistible envy of wearing my Lolli pant, that I have worn only once (and only around the house) since I bought them before the holidays (you can blame it on the snow). I must admit that I almost put them up for sale on the Weekly Exchange because for some reason I categorized them as "holiday wear that won't be worn until the next holiday season if I still like it", until I browsed the previews of the next JCrew Fall Collection and I saw that they made pair that looks exactly the same (in fact, it looks like they recycled them). This made me change my mind about selling them because I know that when I see them styled in one of the Fall catalogs I will probably be taken by the urge to buy a pair, when I already had a pair just waiting to be worn in my closet. And that would be silly, wouldn't it?

I sold them I would have missed on the spring outfit that I wore yesterday morning, which turned out to be one of my favorite outfits ever. Absolutely speaking, the best color to wear with the Lolli is charcoal grey IMO but I was looking for something lighter when I scanned my clothes in search of something to wear with them. Then I realized that I could wear them with a neutral top and my watercolor pastiche scarf from last year, which is to my closet what cherry blossom is to nature: an ode to spring. I hope you agree!

Here you go (the tee is the cashmere tee in natural from a few seasons ago):

The belt is an important part of this outfit, it just ties everything together. This is the patent skinny belt in orchid shadow from spring 2010, that I bought on a popback last month. I don't have many colored belts, I tend to gravitate towards neutrals, but it is the perfect color for the Lolli:

Then I added my Gap blazer:

Here is another spring-y outfit with the Lolli and the suckered gingham shirt from last summer. I love this shirt and I am kicking myself for not buying more colors on sale (this was called light berry, I think?) I almost ruined it when I put it accidentally in the dryer but three ironing sessions later it is almost like before (in case you have it, DON'T PUT IT IN THE DRYER), just a little bit more ...suckered:

I have the perfect sweater to wear with this shirt, that was sent to me by a friend of mine with whom I swap clothes (we are the same size and we love the same brands). It is a Calypso sweater in a color almost identical to JCrew orchid shadow. I love that it is a short V-neck cardigan, perfect to wear with the Lolli:

And more formal, with the Gap blazer:

I hope that I gave you some ideas on how to wear the Lolli pants this spring.
Do you have the Lolli and if yes, are you still wearing them? Please share!

In my next post I will share pics of the Tory Burch shoes that I bought during the Bloomies F&F promo last week. Stay tuned!