Fancy Polar Bear

Once the temperatures dip below freezing, I think it's appropriate polar bear sweatshirt weather.  I decided to dress it up a bit with my black pencil skirt.  Because doesn't a black pencil skirt make everything look classy?  Well, maybe not everything.  But most things.

I hope you all had a nice weekend.  I unfortunately caught a cold at the end of last week, so I was mostly trying to rest and recover.  I even got a flu shot this year; why am I sick??

Sweatshirt: Old Navy (similar, similar)
Coat: Old Navy (similar, similar, similar)
Chambray: JCF (exact)
Skirt: Gibson&Latimer (similar, similar)
Tights: Target (exact)
Boots: Steve Madden (exact)

#14 - Hey Bear!

When we went to Montana/Canada for vacation last summer, one big concern was the potential to meet a bear while we were hiking.  Since I was traveling with responsible guys, we had bear spray, and we made sure to shout bear calls every so often.  My favorite was "HEY BEAR!"  There were no close bear encounters, which proves that yelling "HEY BEAR" is a very good idea.  There's some free advice for your Saturday.

This rounds out my "Blackout" week.  I'll be wearing my black items again next week.  Make sure you go check out Nicole's blog to see other bloggers who are participating!


Sweatshirt, Jeans, Shoes: Old Navy
*I try not to wear all one brand, but it happens sometimes! 

#3 - Simply Polar

Much like the rest of the country, Nebraska is seriously cold this week.  They are saying we will have wind chills of -30 today.  That's just WAY TOO COLD for humans.  I suppose the polar bear at the zoo is happy though.  And he is probably my favorite of all the zoo animals, so when I saw this sweatshirt at Old Navy, I tried to put it on my Christmas list, but it was sold out online (noooo!).  My sister is awesome and was able to find it in a store, so I was pretty happy when I opened it.  It might not be the most versatile of my 30 items, but I had to include it.  I was trying to think of clever ways to remix it, but then I thought of the obvious/simple choice - just wear with jeans.  Brilliant.

Sweatshirt: Old Navy
Jeans: Gap
Boots: Steve Madden