Hi Fashionistas!
As you may recall, this gal is a workin’ girl now days.
WHOA, NELLIE!
Let me clarify. Not a “working girl” but a girl who is working…as a substitute librarian in a long-term assignment. So I have had lots of occasions to get dressed up, kinda, for work. Today I am going to share a couple of the outfits I have worn to school over the past couple of days.
But before I get into what I have been wearing to work, I have to share something that made me laugh at work. I was subbing at Dr. Green Elementary for Beverly, and had a class come in for a quick lesson and book checkout. Among the books that the kids returned was this little cutie.
Does that haunted house look familiar?
I knew that I had I picked my ‘fashion haus’ for it’s quaint, lop-sided, avant garde charm – so very representative of my unique fashion sense. But I thought I might be the only one who would recognize what seems to me to be the obvious haute couture of this abode.
Au contraire, mon cheri!
My fashion haus is featured on the cover of a book.
Granted, not a book on fashion but a book nonetheless.
That haunted business just adds a little more flair to an already fabulous maison de la mode.
Honestly, would you expect anything else from moi?
And then this week I saw the same book at the Guerrero library where I am working long-term.
It’s apparently ha-ha-haunting me!
Now, let’s get down to business. A look at some of my early fall outfits. I am participating in the GYPO Fall Style 2015 Challenge and this was my Day 3 outfit. The ingredients were:
Long Cardigan + Chambray Shirt + Plaid Scarf + Black Jeans + Riding Boots
Here’s the shopping rundown on my outfit. Loft boyfriend cardi, similar, Loft chambray shirt, similar, Loft black straight jeans, exact. Riding boots from Belk (a souvenir from a trip to visit my mom in Lexington), similar, and scarf from Charming Charlie’s. I liked this outfit a lot. Felt very comfortable in all of the pieces but would never, ever have paired brown boots with black jeans (nor tucked said jeans into said boots) before I started doing challenges with Alison.
Later in the week, I put together my own version of the Day 4 outfit.
Blazer + Printed Blouse + Long Necklace + Gold Flats
My blouse is from Loft, last fall. Similar here and here. Khaki blazer, last fall as well, from Chadwick’s, similar here and here. Origami Owl necklace. Instead of pairing my blouse and blazer with jeans, I dressed it up a little with a pair of black custom stretch trousers, Loft, exact, and my matte black pumps from Kohl’s.
These pictures are a truer representation of the colors in my blouse. The bathroom lights really changed the colors in the first pictures above. I have worn the blouse with a magenta or fuchsia cardigan in the past but liked the blazer. That Alison never ceases to amaze me!
Here’s a picture in the better lighting of the Guerrero Elementary faculty bathroom.
Crazy how much fuller my hair looks in the bathroom at school. And longer. I need to spend more time in the bathroom.
I wore Day 6 to church on Saturday night. Had every intention of wearing a dress but at the last minute decided to put together the OOTD (Outfit of the Day).
Chambray Shirt + Long Cardigan + Plaid Scarf + Olive Pants + Ankle Boots
Ooops! Just now reading/seeing that I should have worn ankle boots. Please disregard my leopard pumps.
In fact, I am not sure if these pants are olive either. Maybe I just made up my whole outfit.
Kinda the way I roll. I am the un-readingest librarian ever.
Again, I would never, ever, ever have put all of these random colors together.
Nunca.
But that Alison.
She has a sense about these things.
And Charming Charlie’s just happened to sell a scarf that pulled all of these crazy colors, whatever they are, together.
The mother of all hot flashes struck just as we were leaving for church so I pulled up my hair (rather than pull off any of my layers) and asked PC to capture that rosy glow for you in a picture.
Chambray shirt from JCPenney, similar. Loft jeans in muckledy-dun brownish-olive, similar. And with this post, I just learned how to spell muckledy-dun, a word my mother uses quite often. And I realized that I have mispronounced muckledy-dun all my life. Purpley-plum boyfriend cardi from Loft, similar. My leopardo pumps wanna-be-ankle-boots from DSW, similar, similar.
The babies at Guerrero has been so super sweet. I have had random little girls (random in that they don’t know me from Adam, and vice versa) passing me in the halls say how they like the way I dress.
WHAT?
And kids who have come to the library with their teachers, who are meeting me for the first time EVER, mention that they like my shoes or my scarf.
REALLY?
Absolutely so sweet.
And the other day, when I subbed in my former school Moye, my girls Monica and Arlene, gave me big hugs of welcome back. Then they started giggling. They were about to ask me about my shirt but instead just commented that maybe I had posted my signature bathroom pic with info about my shirt.
I was wearing this Old Navy shirt.
Too funny!
People are so sweet.
I am so blessed every single day.
Every.
Single.
Day.
Thank you for joining me in My Fashion Haus, albeit haunted! Stop by to check out Jo-Lynne Shane’s week’s worth of great fall outfits here. While you are there, link up with us!
Hugs and kisses,
Sharon
Little ones are so honest and know a well dressed gal when they see one! Good job Les! Hot flashes and all!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Ha! I like that…well dressed gal! Reminds me of the ZZ Top song Sharp Dressed Man! We are back to summer here this week so I am not sure if it is 90 degree temps or hot flashes or both that are riling me up! Thank you, BFF.
Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom
It sounds like you are really enjoying your subbing jobs! My absolute fave outfit is the chambray shirt one with the long cardi! So cute!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, sugar. I am loving being back among books and babies. There is lots of work to do but I am enjoying every minute. Bulletin board decorating o the agenda tomorrow. Yay! Does that count as a DIY for your blog? XO
Lana
You look lovely in everything. And your bathroom selfies crack me up every single time :)!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you, friend. I am having snap pictures quickly on this campus. Seems there is only one faculty bathroom that I can find and someone is always walking in on me. I am sure they must think I have an amazing ego!!! I need to leave my blog address on little papers in the bathroom.
Sandy
I love the cardi’s with the chambray shirts! I just bought a new cardi and it doesn’t button. Does it bug you when your cardi’s “fall open” or is that just a personal thing with me? I feel like I’m always pulling them back into place in the front of my body…LOL I’m sure it makes your day with the compliments you get…I know it would make mine.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
I haven’t been buttoning my cardis but I am very self conscious about them flying open and my “girls” being out in the wide open. I feel like when my cardi appears to be busting open!! My necklaces and scarves seem to accentuate the “positive”, too, and I don’t like my longer necklaces getting caught on the girls or lassoing them. I think we just kind of get used to having to adjust all the time. Not fun but the price of being fashionistas!!! Thank you for commenting, sweet friend.
Sarah C
You are so funny, love reading your posts. Love all the pictures you post in the bathroom, so funny. I couldn’t do the last two days of the challenge, too hot! But yes gotta love that Alison, I wouldn’t have put together any of these outfits either.
Leslie Roberts Clingan
It is crazy how we get ideas or rules about clothes (and everything else) in our heads and then someone like Alison can come along and open our eyes to a world of new possibilities. Not sure if one of the Ten Commandments deals with wearing white after Labor Day and not mixing brown and black but I have dressed as if there was a fashion commandment like that. Thank you for your sweet words, Sarah. You always brighten my day.
Shaunacey
love this and you’re looking smashing as always!! I still say you’re probably the most fashionable one in the school, way to take things up a notch!
Leslie Roberts Clingan
Thank you so much! The custodian has been asking why I don’t wear sandals (flip-flops in Spanish) or tennies everyday. Guess she hasn’t read Alison’s blog. Need to sign her up for a challenge!!
Casey
I absolutely LOVE you in that plum/burgundy color! So so pretty and fall-like!! XOXOXO
Lisa
You are one stylish Librarian. And, I like the way you roll. I think I have the same LOFT cardigan – I keep buying more and more I like them so much.
Lisa
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Karen Strand
I love seeing your style challenge outfits! You look absolutely adorable in each one! I can’t even pick favorite. You sure seem to be loved by your (former) colleagues! Why am I not surprised??