The Weather Outside is Frightful & a Copycat OOTD

Well...here I am in Boston stuck inside AGAIN. We have had 60" of snow this winter already and this morning...yet another snowstorm is pounding the city. Streets are a mess, but worse is there is NO place to put the snow anymore. So today, I am staying home from work and practicing and updating some professional materials. Singing Purcell and Dowland while sipping some earl grey isn't bad, I suppose.

For Sunday's OOTD, I decided to copy Peggy from She Hath Done What She Could and pair my Mary Shirtdress with the Red Delicious Blouse. I saw it and I thought this was a brilliant pairing!!! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?! Peggy, I hope you don't mind me stealing from your style file :)

Dress: Anthropologie Mary Shirtdress with Anthropologie Red Delicious Blouse

Boots: Payless Marley Boots

Belt: Ann Taylor (Pre-historic)

My first job out of graduate school was the conductor's assistant and music librarian for the city ballet company. Being a musician, part of my job was to coach and conduct a girl's choir in the Nutcracker Snow Scene at Christmas time. Boston Ballet was one of the few companies to have a live choir during this ballet and the girls that were in the choir were actually girls that were also dancing in the ballet. They were not excited about singing, but they were sweet and did the best they could. This was the best job I ever had and if it wasn't for budget cuts, I'd probably still be working there.

I probably went to 70+ Nutcracker Performances in two years. I had fond memories of arranging the little choir in the pit with the orchestra (it was crowded down there with all the girls and the players!), but everytime I see snow outside, I think about this scene.

Here's what it really looks like...minus the awesome Tchaikovsky soundtrack...

It's a Nor'Eastah!!!! Happy Tuesday everyone!

Broadcasting in Anthro!

Happy Sale Tuesday, everyone! I am soooo excited that three items (really four, but I'm going to not get all of them) from my wishlist are now on sale! The Dagmar Dress was number one, but I am also thrilled that the Lost Time Skirt and the Flight of Fancy Top are now on sale! Holy Cuteness! Holy Wallet Hell!

My good friend Dereck and I started a really silly internet radio talk show sort of in the spirit of a hot talk show like The Don and Mike Show, The Ron and Fez Show and The Sports Junkies. I have always been a fan of hot talk radio and when I was a little kid, I would spend hours and hours recording into my Fisher Price brown tape recorder with my own homemade folly and everything. My friend and I have always wanted to host our own silly show, so we are now two weeks into it. Check it out, if you're interested...we are still working out the kinks!

Anthro: Red Delicious Blouse, Anthro Split Decision Cardigan, Gap Kids Jeans, Natrual Soul Shoes

Anyway, of course I wear Anthro to broadcast! It's become Autumn seemingly overnight here in Boston and it's become lovely during the day and cool at night. I was excited to have the opportunity to wear some of my new cardis that I scored during the Labor Day Sale! The Red Delicious blouse (We Love Vera) was a VERY lucky sale find. I was totally smitten by it when I saw it and was so lucky to find it all by its lonesome, on the sale rack in my size! I'm also in love with the Split Decision Cardi! It's sooooooo comfy and cozy and the ruffles on one side are just adorable. I'm still a little freaked out that I am now buying my jeans at Gap Kids, but I suppose it's good because, I finally have found jeans that fit properly and they certainly are very cheap.

That's all I've got for now! Hope you ladies are having a great sale day!