Bag of the month:

Sometime this spring, when I still was looking for my perfect black bag, I came upon this beauty. Calling it divine intervention, I snatch it up. 

World, meet my Black Quilted Leather Tote Bag by DKNY. It measures 37cm x 25cm x 15cm. The leather is buttery soft. The straps can be adjusted to both shoulder and cross body. It has gold-tone hardware and a zip top closure. My laptop can fit inside pretty easily. 

All in all, a beautiful and lady-like bag which can be filled with lots of necessary objects.

Blame the class!

My outfit for tonight’s class. I thought emerald green would make a good color combo with dark grays. It came out as too dark and heavy visually or maybe the classroom’s fluorescent lighting is to blame.

I am running out of ideas. The problem is I own only two pairs of slacks (which look good on me): one black and one gray. The rest of my pants are all either in twill or denim.  I think I have to wear skirt suits or dresses with blazers. Oh, well!

Working hard

Trying to get things done before my class tomorrow. I am wearing my own version of jeans and a t-shirt: a skinny cargo and peplum top!

Ladies who lunch

For lunch with my friend, I kept things stream-lined and fancy-free. It was all about enjoying a delicious meal, chatting about everything and gorging a wonderful dessert.

A few years back, I used to have at least two lunch dates with my friends per week. But somehow my workload increased (and those of my friends) and weekly lunches became less frequent. These days I’ll be very lucky if I can manage to lunch with a friend once a month. I guess it just makes them more special.

Dancing in the rain

Wow, rain! Finally! Layering a red cowlneck top under my colorblock dress for warmth and enjoying wearing boots and a raincoat. 

To Teach Them!

Never mind what I wore during the day. Important point here is the outfit I wore to teach tonight. It was put together with one objective: “they want dressed up? I show them dressed up!” Yeah, I know, very mature!

So there went this mix of black and white, entirely starched and ironed, very prim and proper.

I have been looking for a tweed blazer for a long time. Believe me when I say I was secretly happy to wear mine for the first time.

Orange and indigo

Some colors look brilliant together, case in point? Orange and navy. I found a coral-orange tank to wear under the peplum plunging one. Then added my orange cardigan coat for warmth.

Prime Monday

I felt my polka dot dress hasn’t gotten enough wear this summer. Since the temperature was 91 degree, I decide to pretend it’s summer and wear it. A thin white cardigan was layered over for the sake of keeping up the appearance of fall. Hot pink accents to keep thing interesting.