#110 Secrets & Shopping

What's the secret to the perfect Fall wardrobe? Perfect boots? Perfectly cozy cardigan sweater? Cute hat & gloves? A new fall bag? I'm pretty sure it's a combination of all these and more (forgot to mention jackets, scarves & a pile of crunchy leaves!).  Something doesn't feel quite right with my current wardrobe though.  So, I've decided to do a wardrobe "make-under" (check it out at MakeunderMyLife.com).  It started last week.  I took everything out of my closet & put it all on the bed in my guest room. "Nice job!" I told myself.  The next day I get an email from a friend who's coming to visit.  Yay!  Friends!  Pile of clothes returned promptly to closet.  This week I'm going to start afresh.  No trying to get out of making decisions by just throwing clothes in the guest room.  No trying to keep everything and just rearranging it.  I'm going to be serious about only keeping things that fit my perfect wardrobe.

unrealistic dream of a wardrobe via pinterest

My other remedy to the wardrobe blahs has been to go shopping.  How come there are so many good deals?!  Here are my newest wardrobe additions to shake up the massive piles of t-shirts & jeans that have taken over my closet.  A leopard print coat (I'm not normally a leopard print kinda girl, but I'll try anything once), grey practical (i.e. "flat") loafers & a deep forest green a-line wool skirt (totally chic & goes with all those t-shirts).  I'm still dying for a new bag...

latest & greatest: Old Navy leopard print coat, Sole Society Capri loafers, J. Crew skirt

What's your secret to the perfect fall wardrobe?  And if you have any wardrobe make-over/under secrets, I'd take those too.

#92 Fall is Back... For Real This Time

Fall is not playing these cutesy games anymore where it pretends like it's kiiiinda summery.  Nope.  It's cold.  It sleets. Coats are required-- furry, puffy, or otherwise.  My main goal in life right now is to stay warm and cozy while imprinting the colors of falling leaves onto my retinas.

photo via {this is glamorous}

this is where I get off...

#91 Cozy Stripes

It's starting to feel a little nippy outside.  It mostly makes me just want to stay in bed all day and hope that fleece pants with hot pink polar bears on them will be the fashion trend of the season.  Probably not going to happen though.  I'm just now starting to remember how to layer and dress properly for leaving the house in fall weather.  Cozy oversized sweaters, drapey cardigans, leather jackets, cute hats and stripes, apparently, are the new staple of the season.  

photo via  {this is glamorous}

I've shown this one before here for the leggings and now for the sweater.  It really is the perfect outfit.

photo via Elle Canada

Since college I've been on the lookout for an orange and blue version like the Auburn cheerleaders wear, but they are harder to find than you'd think!

War Eagle!

#88 Stomping Around

O Fall, summer's gone

leaves falling in the wind's breath

cold toes, dreaded socks

That's right, I wrote a haiku to help me come to terms with Fall.  I'm realizing more and more my dislike for cool weather directly relates to wearing socks.  But anyways, on to more important things that I do like--shoes!!  Fall shoes can't always be as silly and fun (and sockless) as summer shoes, but they can still be very cute!

Ginara sling-back suede clog

photo via BR

Heutchy For Richard Chai wedge oxford

photo via R29

Fang Wedges by Ego & Greed 

photo via R29

#81 The Fallbacks

It's definitely starting to feel like fall in the city.  It's time to break out the tweed and tights and start getting my morning coffee hot rather than iced... I'm still kind of pulling for an Indian Summer though.

photo via {this is glamorous}

photo via j. crew

#79 The Avoi-Dance

Sometimes I do this dance I like to call the "avoi-dance."  Yep, I tend to do it a lot at the change of seasons.  Like right now where I'm trying to avoid the truth that it's really the end of summer... and that new york winters last into April.  

Ready or not, here comes fall...

 photo via ffffound

 via style/SWOON

I'm going to need lots of encouragement once December hits and there are no more crunchy leaves to dance in...