Diary of a Real Girl

Okay, so last week you guys said you would like to actually see what I would wear for jean day at work. So, now I have had two Fridays of jean days and since I didn’t have time to post today I decided to add in today’s picture  as well!

And, I kind of dropped the ball on a super awesome post that SHOULD have been posted today, but now I can leave it for next Friday morning when it can get the attention it deserves. I will share two secrets about it:

1) It is PROBABLY the best post I will have posted

and 

2) I didn’t write it!! 

I will try to drop some hints this week, but stay tuned for next Friday! I promise, it will be worth the wait!! 

Onto today’s post!

So, a little info – My work is business dress during the week (actually a fairly strict dress code – dress pants, a nice top or sweater and dress shoes) but if we pay $1, we get to wear jeans on Fridays. So, in MY opinion, when you have business dress during the week, I think that even though you are wearing jeans, you should still dress nicely. I was a bit shocked to see that people were wearing sweat pants and sneakers (ESPECIALLY since the president was still wearing nice slacks and a crew neck sweater, so I think kind of preppy is the way to go). Anyway, so this, for me, is an opportunity to dress funky!!

Here is last weeks outfit

The sweater is from ricki’s (on sale!! – and I own it in Violet as well!) and the beads are from Ricki’s too. The jeans are my trouser jeans from Reitmans (I seriously need a tripod to take pictures, I can only set it up on my bookshelf and if I go too far out I will be down the stairs!!) – I took the opportunity of casual Friday to wear a high ponytail (which of course you can’t see either!)

Shoes were these mint green flats from Payless a few years ago – I cover reception on Friday and I have to go all the way to the back of the office to get anything from my desk, so I wanted to make sure that my feet were comfy JUST in case!)

Here is THIS weeks outfit

Okay, so it’s pretty dull colors, and I wish you could see the detail on the top. It has all these fabric rosettes on it (from Ricki’s right????!!!). The cardigan is from Reitmans ($5!!!!!) and the jeans…I believe they are Reitmans as well, they are my comfy jeans!! The beads, I don’t know where they are from, but they are my Wilma Flintstone beads! (AND I got up early and triple barreled my hair this morning! Haven’t done that in years!)

Simple Aldo wedges finished off the look.

Okay, so that is how I do jeans day! Kept it casual, but still felt like I wasn’t slumpy!