Stress Dressing

Today was a veeeery busy day for me! Stress! My car had to be brought to the shop all of a sudden (Don't you hate days like that?) for some funky mechanical reason that I could not understand. (Hmmm. I really didn't want to get it. It was just really bad timing today, of all days.) I had a luncheon to attend at the hubby's law firm and I was undecided what to wear. I wanted serious but still fun. I wasn't as old as the other name partners' wives (there are two others aside from moi) and although compared to them, I may have lacked in the looks department, I thought the age thing would just be my ace-in-the-hole. I hardly ever go to these functions so I decided to better look spiffy. Memories of me thereat are few and far between.

Soooo, did I look like the fun wife of the serious Managing Partner? (Do you see the hubby's antique toy car collection in the background? He's sooo into cars!)

Wearing a haltered medium blue blouse from Topshop (Got this last season without knowing what to pair it with. I have to confess a little quirk of mine. I let new purchases sit in the closet for a while, somehow to age them like good wine. I have no idea why I do that. I guess to not be wearing what is currently in stores?);

faux leather leggings from Topshop as well (It took the Topshop sales staff two weeks of convincing before I finally caved. I was unsure, you see, if I could handle the biker chick look. Well, clearly, I'm now having fun with it!);

faux fur vest from Zara (which I'm presently abusing with multiple usage);

black leather Kenneth Cole platform pumps (They look soooo good but they really kill the bunions. We all suffer for fashion, right?);

and my current flavor of the month, a noir bag from Hugo Boss (my reply to the LV Speedy!).

A picture of the beloved hubby. He was sort of annoyed at a junior associate who had written a substandard legal mumbo jumbo brief. I know, I should've left the scene of the crime but I already had my point-and-shoot out, so click.

The hubby is wearing a striped long sleeved top from Springfield (I started buying things for him there about two years ago. Now, I'm glad to say, it's one of his fave shops. Springfield is so cool!);

faded denims from Zara (another fave brand);

and an ultra cute watch from Technomarine (I can't wait to snatch this one! The yellow face just pops!).

Anyway, I then headed home, changed in 10 minutes flat, then flew off to the mall nearby for my school's guesting. (École de Ballet Manille is a regular featured school at their Performing Arts Season.) There was no time to think so I came up with this:

    

Totally casual. The job entailed running around and being the onstage and backstage jack-of-all-trades. I'm sandwiched between Chelo on the left and Cherish on the right, whose schools I invited for this particular performance. I proposed the mall's so called Performing Arts Season and was inevitably annointed as the program's artistic director. The thrust is to mainstream classical ballet to the masses.

  Wearing a Sweet & Sour Tee and a skirt by Petite, both inhouse brands at Topshop from eons ago;

a silk and feather flower pin accessory from H&M (just for my own amusement);

and my reliable Converse Chucks (I know you all have at least a pair in your closet. I love the James Dean feel about them!).

I piled on the requisite jewelry: (You know the rest so I'm mentioning the ones that you're as yet unacquainted with.)

my 5 tiered seed pearl cuffed bracelet (I haven't worn these in like forever. One of those extravagant purchases I made while I was single. I remember getting it when I had just broken up with one of my boyfriends. Please don't ask me how many I've strung on my belt and how many major jewelry acquisitions I've made since puberty. It's embarassing!? Anyway, I never regretted buying it and consequently starving for a few months in the process. It's such a great investment piece. Now ... if only I had a daughter?!);

and a Lapis Lazuli cocktail ring (my best friend came from her Mount Everest climbing adventure and got me this huge Lapis Lazuli stone. I promptly had a few inconsequential trinkets melted and used the gold for the setting. Trés jolie, ne c'est pas?).

I shall sign off now. Can hardly keep my eyes open. I'm sooooo unbelievably pooped! Do you also have crazy days like the day I had today?