What I'm Wearing to Teach Today: Really, I Had Been Thinking About Pattern

Dress:  Piazza Sempione
Jacket:  Gucci (Mom-me-down)
Scarf:  Hermes
Tights:  Wolford
Boots:  Blundstone

Having One of Those Days

I can't tell if it's because I managed to get nine hours of sleep the other night or the crazy shift from Indian Summer to October rain or the fact that I still haven't been able to finish unpacking (from recent trips, from Europe, from reno), but I am having the hardest time doing much of anything today.  (Full disclosure: I did revise a syllabus, making six weeks into five, and edited some work for a friend this morning, but after I couldn't find my goggles to go swimming, it was all over.)

I've tried a little virtual retail therapy - only dreaming, not charging.

Shearling and leather clog boots in patent lime?  Maybe purple?  Violet?

I also had a little actual retail therapy - a wicker basket for my folding bike - but I won't get it for another month.

Cherry stain, not the pinkwash or whitewash.  I went classic with this one (although now I'm wondering whether I should've ordered the smaller one...)

I'm going to marshal my energies and make the Cook's Illustrated Best French Onion Soup.  It's about my speed for the day - hours of onions cooking in the oven.   But it's hard to get going when Gwendolyn is conked out on my lap.  It'd be a shame to move her now.

What I'm Wearing to Teach Today: In Repose

Dress: Haat
Shoes:  Bjorn (thrift shop)

What I'm Wearing to Teach Today: It's All Behind Me Now

Dress:  Sacai
Tights:  Wolford
Shoes:  Clergerie

What I'm Wearing to Teach Today: Past Tense

Forgot the camera cable, so yesterday's outfit comes to you today.

Yes, I like to be in the kitchen

Dress:  Yohji Yamamoto
Hat:  No label (gift)
Stockings (not visible, but have little dots on them):  Wolford
Shoes (in hand):  Ralph Lauren

What I'm Wearing to Teach Today: Yes, I Have to Work

Dress:  Junya Watanabe (Saks)
Tights:  Wolford
Shoes:  Trippen (ebay)

Animal Attraction

One of the things we looked forward to after our travels was getting some new animal companionship in the house.  It's been a little over two years since Max died, and we've definitely noticed the absence.  So we went on the Ladybird Sanctuary site and found these two new loves of our lives:  Mulberry (the white one aka Berry White) and Gwendolyn (aka Taco).

They're great cats, bonded to each other (despite different litters), and just so sweet to have around.  They're also great playmates, often combining grooming and fighting.

Not entirely sure what's going on with the video, but it works in slow motion, I guess.