I mean business in this pose...

 A quickie post today; not a very exciting outfit. I love layering skirts and dresses (ala Butane Anvil) and I was at work by myself due to the upcoming very long break. I'm a state employee (no more hints about my job, though) so I get almost a week off for Thanksgiving! Woo! There may be a recipe post-type-thing in honor of my unique holiday feast. 

Okay, on to the clothes!

The underskirt is actually dark brown and is one of my most flattering skirts - it is a nice cotton lawn type fabric with a ribbon hem. This black linen dress is great for layering, but I purchased it back when I was quite a bit thinner, so I can't wear it on its own anymore (read: buttoned). I am working (sloooowly) to change some of that, but this is not a weight blog, so moving on! You can see the rainbow-stripe knee socks I am wearing to keep my legs from falling off in the cold, too. The skirt, tank (not seen), dress and brooch are all from thrift stores. The boots are my standard ones and the socks are from...??? I have no idea - they are so old the elastic isn't really working to keep them up over my calves. The scarf was $5 at the 'mart.

 

 Clean boots! I know! Can you tell the difference? I finally cleaned these boots, the right one is the 'after' shot, obviously. I just use petroleum jelly on my leather and pleather shoes - it helps waterproof them, clean them and the shine wears off after about a day. I used to use shoe polish and I would polish my and my husband's shoes every couple months, but it was messy and smelly and labor-intensive. I only do that now for nice dress shoes that need a bit of extra shine, or if a black shoe is losing its color. I will say that my Dansko shoes really look great after a polish, the PJ treatment is kind of just a 'make do' cleaning, but for shoes like these boots, with the buckles and straps and such (or for my non-black shoes) the PJ treatment works really well.

The EOTD for today is another Coastal Scents grouping, yellow-green and grass green from the Sydney Go Palette. I have started using a Revlon gel-liner, and so far I like it better than the other gel liners I've tried. I also use Rimmel mascara. The green liner on my bottom lashes was kind of a happy accident, but one I am glad I made.

I am NOT ready for the holidays, there are no Christmas/Yule presents finished, and I haven't even picked my side-dish recipe for Thanksgiving. Only 5 weeks left! Aaah!