Two Blue

I'm catching up on photos from the weekend, so today's post is two days of travel outfits.  Even though the weather in Iowa warmed before our arrival, I still dressed for chilly days.  For the trip there I chose a cashmere sweater under a blue shirt dress (today's challenge item) with tights and boots.  What you can't see is that I'm also wearing warm wool socks under the boots.  That will probably be true for any photo with boots during the trip.

End of a long day

Dress, thrifted; sweater, thrifted; belt, TJ Maxx; tights, Target; boots (not shown), Rack Room Shoes.

Two TSA agents and a random lady stopped me at various points along the trip to tell me they liked my outfit.  Being stopped by TSA agents for any reason makes me nervous, but that's about the best reason I can think of. 

We got on our first plane at 5:30 in the morning, so it was a long day.  I only bothered to take a couple of photos when we got to Stephen's parents' house, and only one turned out.











The next day I met up with my advisor to discuss my master's thesis.  I tried to dress up a little bit for the meeting.  I didn't realize until I downloaded these photos what a blur of color and pattern I must have been when I arrived in his office with my dress, coat, and scarf.

 

Dress and belt, TJ Maxx; tights, Target; boots, Rack Room Shoes; jewelry, gifted; coat, Talbots, scarf, Target.

 

We also saw Green Day's American Idiot musical.  I enjoyed it because I love Green Day.  Unfortunately we didn't realize the band itself was playing just a few hours away over the weekend.  We could have made it a double Green Day trip.

Pack Rat: Is This Heaven? Edition

I'm headed to visit friends and family in Iowa, and I am at a loss with what to pack.  You'd think that after living there for over a quarter of a century I could easily prepare for a visit of a few days, but I've gotten out of the habit of dressing for cold.  I don't think too many people would confuse Iowa with heaven this time of year... I don't imagine heaven is filled with frozen slush and barren winter fields.

The clip above is from Field of Dreams.

I am planning on continuing my Closet Excavation Challenge, so I will be packing blue dresses.   I don't have a lot of room to spare, so I will try to include warm items that pack down and can be worn multiple times.  I will have access to a washer and dryer, so I'll have to really resist the urge to over pack this time.

So far I'm thinking of bringing...

• Four dresses (all are shades of blue)
• Three sweaters (two cashmere)
• Two tank tops
• One pair of jeans
• One wool jacket
• Two scarves
• One pair of boots
• One pair of shoes
• Workout clothes and shoes

This selection of clothes should more than get me through the coffees and dinners that await me as long as I can resist the urge add "just one more thing" two dozen times like I often do.

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