Hot Weather Sucks

So, we're in blazing summer now.  Even though I'm a summer baby, summer and I do not completely get along.  I'm a wimp when it comes to heat.  But barring a move to the Antarctic, I'm gonna have to deal.

It's hard to look professional when you look like you're doing a riff on Ted Stryker landing in Airplane!  So when it hits triple degree heat, you want short sleeves, light cottons, etc.

So here's a sampling of how I've been coping.

The Whimsy Wrap Dress from Kiyonna.com. Paired with the Solar Orbit Necklace from Thinkgeek.com (because I'm a geek, in case you'd somehow missed the obvious signals, but it's subtle geek - I mean, it's a nice, colorful necklace, right?).  And Ardent pumps from Aerosoles.com.  Comfy, light material, professional.  Love it.

Here's I've got a long-sleeved, tie-neck shirt from Eloquii.com, but it's a comfy, light cotton.  Not hot at all. I paired it with a nice navy pencil skirt from Simplybe.com's career wear section. With once again, shoes from Aeorsoles. 

I didn't do a lot with jewelry on this one - with the tie neck, I didn't need a necklace, so I just did earrings.  Cute earrings!  Unfortunately, I can't link them because I don't remember when or where I got them.  Bah!

Anyway, shifting on - Black can be hot in the heat of the summer, but it can still look nice. Unfortunately, these specific pieces aren't available anymore - this is an old Joanna Hope peplum top from Simplybe.com, and an old Lord & Taylor printed pencil skirt.  The top is a light jersey and the skirt cotton, so it still stays relatively cool.

  Finally, let's shift one last time.

Both pieces are from Eloquii.com.  The white cotton tie-waist blouse is, naturally, light and airy and comfy.  The textured blue column skirt is just awesome.  Both pieces are simple, but just detailed enough to not be boring.    

Huh.  and I just realized, I did a LOT of blue in this post, so I'm going to throw one more in after all to mix it up a bit.  And this mixes it about as much as it can possibly mix it...

The dress is a Suzi Chin for Maggy Boutique I picked up on clearance a few years ago.  The asymmetrical cut waist, and all the bright colors - Yeah, it's loud, but it's summer!  And it's fun!  And I totally wore it on a Friday, because that's when you can be most fun at work in the summer, if you don't have any crazy meetings.  The shoes, by the way, are Uggs.  I swear.  Uggs.  Who knew they made sandals, and who knew they'd be cute?  They're the Char two-piece sandal, if you're interested.

One more thing?  My legs are typically just one shade off of chalk-white.  They're embarrassing.  I can even be sunburned horribly on my arms and back, and my legs will be all, "no thanks, we enjoy our ghostly pallor and creating uncomfortable complexion dichotomies, so yeah, go away sun."  And they throw up some kind of incredibly complex and heretofore unknown to man sun-blocker so effective scientists are still trying to reformulate it 44 years after its discovery.  (Did I take that joke too far?  Oh well.)  So this day, I tried out Sally Hansen leg makeup.  It works!  And it didn't rub off on anything, but still washed off with just soap and water later.  Good stuff.

I'll try to not let so much time pass before my next post.  I'm also going to try to find a better mirror (or at least clean this one), so bear with me.