grey, grey, grey, orange, grey....

I needed another dose of colour today- everything is soooo grey and dark and colourless right now (though a little bit of rain added a nice atmospheric mood to it all).  I reached into the closet today and what came out in my hands was the orange Reed shirtdress- so be it!  I'd wanted to try it out with a grey floral cardigan for awhile, since my current outdoor wear is a grey coat with orange floral scarf!

Anthropologie Moulinette Soeurs' Reed shirtdress, Joe Fresh floral cardigan, black cloth belt, Aldo shoes.

I'd forgotten just how unfortunately short the dress is- I need much more cropped cardigans or much longer to fit the silhouette! Moulinette Soeurs improved the length on the plaid versions, but the orange is still my first beloved- if only the proportions were just a little better! (oh my, what I went through to find this last year!)

Anyway, the blast of colour was noted by several colleagues in the dull concrete modernism I inhabit weekdays!

Um, then I broke my 'sorta shopping ban' to go to Value Village and found just the right black A-line skirt I've been looking for forever (having purchased far too many 'fails' that I thought I would tailor  to the right cut), a bright yellow pencil skirt, and an adorable vintage bracelet watch (that I may just wear, since I can't even feel it on...).  Ah, and I finally found a sage/mint-ish t-shirt too! and a tan striped shirt, because I'm sure I need it...that's all of 20$ of happiness right there ;)