Two OOTEs with Velvet Toothpicks

We went out two consecutive nights this past weekend, which NEVER happens (even the doorman made a comment).
Both occasions were quite casual but my husband didn't want me to wear jeans so I substitute the jeans with the navy toothpicks in velvet.
On Friday night we were invited for dinner at one of my husband's collegues. He is very young and works in my husband's team and this is the first time ever that I play the boss's wife role. He was very nervous but his girlfriend, also very young, was very talkative and a very interesting person (she writes poetry and hosts a series of poetry recitals at some University).
In any case, even if I was the boss's wife, I didn't want to look too old or be overdressed so since we are still in February, MONTH OF LOVE, I thought that the heartthrob shirt would be the perfect choice. For some reasons, even if it has been established that the background is navy (still looks black to me), I never wore it with a navy bottom.
I really love this shirt, it always gets me compliments and I love the fit. I think it looks GREAT with the navy toothpicks (and navy cardigan):





On Saturday night we went out for dinner with a couple of friends. I was really looking forward to catching up, she was one of my best friends when my daughter was in nursery school so we haven't seen each other much this year and he is such a sweetheart. Since we were taking a cab to the restaurant I decided to wear the Electric plaid blouse with the matching Everly t-strap shoes. I knew that my friend would be more casually dressed (in fact she showed up in jeans and a simple sweater) but I couldn't pass the occasion up:






The necklace is one of the few non JCrew necklaces that I have. It is from Ann Taylor, a place where I never shop. I had seen this necklace at some point in the summer last year and thought it was really pretty (but expensive for Ann Taylor) and vaguely took note to come back during one of their sales but then forgot about it because I tend to forget things that I see in stores other than the Crew. When I bought the blouse and especially the abstract diamond necklace this Fall it suddenly popped back in my head so I looked for it on ebay and found one that was decently priced (it is called neon something and also come in a neon yellow). The color is a perfect match for the pink in the blouse (it is more vivid IRL) and really makes the pink pop. I love it and when I wore it with the abstract diamond turtleneck I got plenty of compliments.
My friend's husband was very generous in compliments but the best was when we got up from the table and he noticed that my blouse and shoes matched. He told his wife "Ohhh, did you see that her shoes match her blouse?" Don't you love when a representative of the other sex notices the effort? I am not even sure that MY husband had noticed (well, he did because I told him).

A few hours before, I had a silly domestic accident that could have gone very badly. I made pasta for lunch and I somehow missed the sink when I drained the water. Not sure what happened exactly but basically I poured the boiling water on one of my legs and I was wearing pajama shorts. Boy, it hurt and I went screaming into the bathroom, not sure what to do. I knew I had a "First degree" emergency cream somewhere but I couldn't find it (I found it eventually but it was a bit late), so I poured aftersun lotion on it. For the rest of the afternoon there was a big red stripe across my thigh and for an hour or so I thought there would be a scar but the day after it looked much better already (I still have a small red patch but I hope it is going away).
This is my first domestic accident ever and I hope that it will be the last one!

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