The "no jeans" week, or : Polley gets dumped.

Well all I have started my new jobberoo and the first week went okey-dokey. Some of you may have heard that at this new office, we are not allowed to wear jeans. For others who have not, pick up your jaw, it is a sad and true fact and I would not joke about such pressing matters.

Let it be noted that I used to wear jeans to work 3-4 times a week. We shall call this fact "Polley".

Because of Polley, I do not have many pant-choices and Polley, being my good and loyal friend would always make any top look good, especially when I was wearing my "hot" jeans.

Superstar asked me to keep a visual diary of my week, during which Polley was dumped. She, it may be noted has been walking around all week, weepy and snot-nosed, begging me to come back to her. It's a little pathetic actually, and I am for the first time seeing the possible err of my ways. "How could i have ever gone out with such a mess of a fact?" That sort of thing.

Looking at these images, though, I realise more than ever that I need to do a SERIOUS clothes shop, and look for new work clothes. These non-jeanated work clothes shall henseforth be named "Vicky Snazz". My new BFF.

I am wondering if the outfits looked that bad and bland, or if my method of picture taking is just super-unflaterring. I missed 2 days of the week, during which time I'm sure my outfits were "off the hook". Too bad I forgot to take pics. Also, in order to get into the shot, I bent my knees, which makes the pants look shorter and wider that in real life.

Without further ago : Vicky Snazz

I think this was Tuesday, the pants are actually really nice, brown tweedy and the top is a black turtleneck.

I realised at the end of Vicky Snazz week how much black I wore. And when I had a look around a few shops last week, I can honestly say that winter clothes don't really come in bright colours.

I was wanting something with a little more zap-zowie, as hubba would put it.

Wednesday; I bought this top while at my last work place and then I saw another employee wearing it before I ever got a chance to. Bah!

Well, finally the little purple top got a chance to shine. The pants are wool based dress pants, gray and good quality.

Friday : to my dismay, I discovered that Fridays are "casual Fridays" and I could have had an affair with Polley, if someone had TOLD ME!

This picture does not do this top justice. It is not "see through" as it appears in this pic. The flash shows the off-white tank top underneath, but it's not really like that. It's really cute and the tie is a nice touch.

Ok, the pants aren't great, but I only have a few pairs that don't belong to Polley.

This outfit definitely looked better IRL than here, but what can ya do?

So that was 3 days of week 1 of new job. Once I go shopping, I think I'll re-pose a revised and hopefully more exciting, renovated version of Vicky Snazz!

Is this a dress or an Apron

I couldn't resist. I found a dress by my latest designer obsession and it was on sale and my friend said it was "cute" ("not super cute, but cute") and it was in my favorite color and it has polka dots.

I bought it but it's returnable, so I can decide if it's worth keeping.
What do you think? Is it a little to dowdy? Or is it okay as a fun cotton summer dress?

What should I wear to a Luau?

Coconuts and and a grass skirt are most appropriate, but if you are not brave enough for that, you need to find the brightest, boldest, floraliest pattern and cover your body with as much of it as possible.

Below are the outfits we chose:

To tuck or untuck?

Inspired by Hubba Bubba's Last post - I had an interview and put together this outfit. I don't have many interviews or anything dressing "casual conservative" is not so much my forte. So my big question is to TUCK OR UNTUCK? I started out tucked. But I felt all binded and within minutes of leaving the house had to untuck. Is that wrong?

That's My Man!

This sexy boyfriend is sporting an oversize T-shirt from Mexico, which he received as a gift from my mother. The pants are from Simons, I got them in Montreal. For some reason, his hot ass was not too enthused about a cameo in this blog, therefore I got the finger.

When he comes over, he immediately changes into these pyjamas, which are stored permanently chez moi. Sometimes, he asks permission. It's cute.

How to wear a white blouse

I bought myself a new white blouse. It has been a while since I had one.


I always liked the idea of the sweater vest but never had one. I am not quite sure this one fits the bill, but I have 30 days to decide.


How about this sweater? How does this go together? Do we like this look? Do you hate this sweater? My boyfriend hates the black and white checkered look. It's too busy for him. Now that he's said that, I'm not sure I can wear it. I think I still like it though... maybe I just won't wear it around him.


I just couldn't help myself. I had to try all my sweaters over the white blouse. I like the length of this sweater and the buttons.







Et finallement, I tried the white blouse under a thin sweater. I like the way it looks in the picture. My problem is that you can see the seams and button lines through the sweater! Is this really problematic? Is it still OK?

I need to know how to wear the white blouse!