Salud

I am so pleasantly surprised on how cute today's combo came together. I love it when an inspiration actually pans out better than I expected.

The inspiration photo:

 When I saw this I thought of the deep shades of purple and bordeaux mixed with black and brown. And the hat!

 I tucked in the cognac striped sweater. My instinct was to add black tights and boots but the brown actually goes great and the belt pulls it all together.

 I have officially decided to keep this skirt (by kikaPaprika)  from my samples. Where else am I going to find a perfectly fitting full skirt that has a tailored look and yet machine washable and no ironing needed! 

 This hat was my Grandpa (rest his soul) and I love wearing it....

Hat - Vintage

Sweater - Forever 21

Skirt - kika Paprika ('Brit')

Boots - Newport News

Belt - I do not remember as it is very old.

Necklace - Cookie Lee

Coat - Ann Klein

TODAY:
Went to see a play with my daughter's class. It was an odd story called the 'stinky cheese man' apparently a book where they change the happy ending of every fairy tale or children's riddle. The kids were more confused than entertained so it was a bit of a miss I think.
The cool thing is it is a Jr. Theater so all the actors are high school age kids or younger which sets a great example to the kids seeing other kids on stage.

Tonight going to mommy's night event through the organization that helps form mommy groups.

Tough Glamour

 I have been dying to wear this combination from the Kika Paprika Fall/Winter collection... 

One of my fellow Kika Girl's had found this inspiration from Wendy's Lookbook Blog:

There are so many great pieces to wear from the new line but with the weather still being so hot this combination was perfect. The striped tank is super soft yet meaty and has an elastic band that allows the tank to sit blousaned and hides everything behind it. :)

 This skirt is one of my favorites. Totally in trend with the full skirt style and made out of this amazing Tencel and Cotton twill fits and feels wonderful. And it is machine washable no ironing needed! This is in 'Eggplant' color. It comes in all the colors of this season including "Bordeaux"

Tank - 'Rita' in 'navy/white' stripes by Kika Paprika ($54)

Skirt - 'Brit' in 'eggplant' by Kika Paprika ($75)

Belt, necklaces - Forever 21

Booties - Michael Antonio

Purse - Q

THURSDAY:
Wore this outfit to our son's school's cocktail fundraising event. We thought we would meet more kindergarten parents but there were only a few there but we did get to meet some nice parents so it was great. Plus it was on a rooftop of this very old hotel with the most amazing view of beautiful La Jolla Cove right at sunset.