Off-Orange makes for an On Day

Check out my new BAAAAAAG!!!  :)  
I made such a haul thrifting last night...I found this and another Prada bag.  I hope they're real...  Regardless, they're absolutely lovely!  So even if they're not worth a mint, they're worth having!

I tweeted last night about how 15-degree weather really cramps my style...so when I woke up this morning, I refused to be beaten!  I brought out a skirt, regardless of the ice on the windows.  :)
I've also been missing all the more dated (vintage, retro, etc.) items in my closet.  I enjoy dressing like I live in the here-and-now sometimes, but I mostly identify with vintage fashion.  It's hard to wear my vintage pieces in winter...I'm still trying to find ways.
  

Anybody have any tips/hints/tricks on how to wear vintage outfits in frigid weather?

This skirt really does a good job of showing off a tiny waist...(thank goodness my waist survived the holidays! my thighs certainly didn't, but I think all the good home-cookin' was worth it).

Tell me about your holidays in the comments!  

I have more photos of mine coming...hope y'all won't mind some Christmas in January...

Hat: old || Sweater: thrifted || Skirt: thrifted || Tights: Wal*Mart || Shoes: thrifted (orig. Aldo) || Coat: thrifted || Bag: thrifted (orig. Prada)

School-smarmy

The above is me standing on the main street of the darling little town I grew up in...had lunch with my Mama today, and she obliged my whimsy by taking a photo.  :)



Check it out: I'm doing some laundry...lol I'm so professional(?) about my blogging...(hopefully I make up for lack of quality with the quantity of posts I post)  :P

Anyway, I love this skirt...it's so...well, the word I used before: "whimsy."  It's so breezy and whimsical.  Makes me feel pretty and classic; and it's in a beautiful bold shade of red (my favorite color).  It hits at the actual waist and poufs out into that full shape, so it makes me look like I have an itty-bitty middle.  :) 

This look is a bit schoolmarm-y with some pizazz (hence the title of this post)...majorly inspired by:

Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday:

and Rachel Weisz in The Mummy:

but who isn't inspired by these two beauties, anyway???

{Sidenote: I have been keeping The Mummy playing in the background at work for the past two days...it's always been one of my faves: swashbuckling, romantic, a little tragic, and doesn't take itself too seriously.}

So. I feel the urge to freak out for a second...LOOK AT THE PURSE.  JUST LOOK AT IT.  I THRIFTED A PRADA PURSE!!!!  EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!  I feel like the luckiest girl in the world...well, maybe not THE luckiest, but pretty darn lucky.  :)

Scarf: thrifted

Shirt: ?

Skirt: H&M

Shoes: thrifted

Purse: thrifted Prada !!!

Coat: Forever21

Sunglasses: thrifted