Brightening Outlook

Just like the weather at the moment, my days and pain have been hit and miss. Some bright sunny days (such as ones that have ended in social events of a dating variety!), but there have been some dull, overcast days. And so, with the aim of brightening my outlook a little, I've gone for my usual approach of adding a splash of colour in my Outfit of the Day today. But, I'm also trying something new in the world of Kathryn! Hold onto your hats, this might just blow your mind!!

And so, a dress, with jeans. I know it is hardly radical, in fact, I've been doing it for years! But when the dress is the length that to bend forward would be indecent and would have me flashing my ample rear - and leggings won't do - my new skinny jeans have saved the day!!

I would normally have considered sending this dress back, but then thought, lets seek out the perfect skinny jeans instead! And here were are - they're not sagging, or baggy in the knee, and are ankle grazer length so I know I'll be able to wear them with boots in the winter without getting the bottom of the jean wet!!

Here is the sneaky thing: work has a no leggings policy for normal business dress, but jeans - jeans are allowed! Haha, so by wearing them under my dresses, they look like leggings, but are JEANS!

SCORE!

Love this dress, and I know I've already reviewed it, but Butterfly Online are the most competitively priced for Anonymous clothes!

Much love my lovelies,

K x

SOS!!

Afternoon dear readers!

I am in need of your help!

There is going to be a social occasion tonight with me and one other individual! There may be cake involved!!

What should I wear for this 'occasion'? I'm going down the route of a dress, which rules out the Domino Dollhouse skirt and BAZINGA! teeshirt.

So, what are our contenders?

I don't remember dressing for a date being this stressful!!

HELP ME PLEASE!!

K x

I had butterflies...

Well, aren't we lucky! I've gone from having a very small selection of clothing to chose from, to having a wide variety of choices, from differeing levels of quality and style. And I love it!

We have large chains, concessions and small boutiques.

I have been keeping an eye on Butterfly Online since Georgina blogged about them some time ago.

And when this dress was on the front page -I was in loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

It arrived in it's own little bag, and most importantly, A BELT THAT FIT!

Now, as a disclaimer, my day was a loooooooooooooooooooooong one, and my hair and face a mess, so I was trying to get a sense of the dress without my face. And yes, I am soooooooo wearing the wrong bra as well.

Now, I love the colour and the style, but when I first pulled it on, I was concerned about the fit. I'd gone for the 22 as my usual size, without much thought, and I was genuinely worried it would be too small. After some adjustments though, I felt much happier with the dress, and once I'd pierced the belt (that's right, the belt was actually too big for my waist, and I think I'll need to tighten it again, or wear a different belt), I felt much better in this.

I think this would be a dress down dress, because of the length (leggings to start with) and if I got some black skinny jeans, I would definitely wear this dress over the top of them, with some ballet pumps.

The cardigan I think smartens it, but at the same time, I think it perhaps doesn't work as well I'd hoped with the collar.

My lesson? Don't try things on on a Monday night after work and Brownies, instead wait a little while!!

An OOTD post will follow, and I'll hopefully have some better photos!

Much love my lovelies,

K xx