Favorite Color

A weird thing about what I'm wearing: my socks cost more than the combined prices of my skirt and shirt. That just seems wrong.

Yellow knit headwrap: Tai-Pan Trading, $10 (one year ago)

Khaki jacket: H&M, $35 (purchased on a trip to New York, five years ago)

Necklace: made it from ribbon, O-rings, and gold party beads

Red/white blouse: Covington brand, $3 (thrifted at Saver's in Orem, Utah)

Chartreuse cardigan: Old Navy, $15

Pink skirt: College Town brand, $0.56 (thrifted at Junk In My Trunk in Spanish Fork, Utah)

Slip: hand-me-down from my mom

Maroon knee socks: TJ Maxx, $5

Lace-up leather boots: vintage Marc Alpert, $38 (purchased secondhand through Time Bomb Vintage shop on Etsy)

My love affair with the 56 cent items continues! This skirt is just a dream, and I love pairing it with a long-ish slip that peeks out a little as I walk.

This look incorporates red, soft pink, chartreuse, and yellow. I'm not sure I would have combined all this without motivation from The Color Brigade, a project being led by Kileen of Cute and Little. The challenge is to wear an outfit that includes at least three bold colors. Knowing that I wanted to debut this skirt, I had a good jumping-off point. I came up to my local university campus today to get some work done (curse my unreliable at-home internet connection!), and I couldn't help but smile a little extra when I saw that my clothes (and bright red hair) made me stick out like a sore thumb among all the students dressed in dark neutrals.

One last thing: my boots. Jessica from What I Wore has brown lace-up boots (click to see), and when I first saw her wearing them, I decided that lace-up boots were a must-have. I decided on these ones, which read as black in most lights but are actually "Spruce" (a dark bluish-green), and ordered them right before Christmas. They just arrived a few days ago, and while they'll take some breaking-in (the leather's a little stiff), I'm very happy with my purchase. My husband saw me trying them on and reminded me that when we first got married (two years ago), I complained that I only had one pair of boots. That number has since grown to TEN!!! I guess I've been busy. Come to think of it, boots might just be the most treasured part of my wardrobe (not to mention one of the best things about wintertime).