I’m really digging these Wellies:
(Hunter Winter Wellies via Free People)
I feel like I can work with the basic black ones more than the navy blue wellies. However, since my walking distance from my car to the office is all of two minutes, I don’t think I’ll be buying any kind of wellies right now. It would be different if I had to work in a place that would require a trek from the parking lot/metro to the building. At least I would have a pretty good excuse.
Anyway, for the same amount of green as the wellies, I could buy this:
(Free People’s Winter Rose Garden Jacket)
I am in love with the jacket. It’s very sweet looking and maybe just a little bit more my style than the black wellies. However, I hate the fact that it’s 3/4 sleeves since I probably won’t be able to wear it in the winter as much. I guess I could wear long sleeves underneath, but I usually wear short sleeve tops underneath my coat. There is just something about long sleeves that I am not fond of unless it is in sweater form. Hmm.
I had this crazy idea that I would buy loads of cute sweaters and henleys at AE, but I walked away with a pair of sweatpants instead. Not conducive to this whole ‘building up a work appropriate wardrobe’ plan. I stopped by Martin and Osa last week and looked around for a hot second. It was cute and the store was sort of woodsy and reminded me that I should be well-traveled, well-read (I’ve never seen the McSweeney quarterly sold in stores) and be in a certain tax-bracket. I’m not sure how I feel about these lifestyle stores (hah, says the girl whose middle name is Anthropologie), but that’s another thought for another day.