Kind of a fail on cold climate dress-wearing today. Here is my first outfit:

Skirt: vintage K-Mart // Shirt: Nine West via a clothing swap // Sweater: Brooklyn Industries via a clothing swap // Necklace: turquoise, Global Wonders/Servants Anonymous Foundation // Shoes: American Eagle

I was supposed to be able to bring the kids home from IKEA by bus wearing this, which would have been fine, temperature-wise, if it hadn’t been for the wind! The wind was super cold today, so we decided to just stay at IKEA till Nicole came to pick up Mairead and Finn. (No big unschooly adventures today, just the chance to jump in the ball pit and such things in Smaland, on a cold day when playing outside wasn’t in the cards.)

I didn’t mind this outfit, but I had a swim date followed by plans to see the Muppet Movie later in the evening, and this didn’t feel quite right, so I picked this out:

Dress: The Gap via Value Village // Tights: Really not sure // Necklace: it’s from a booth at a music festival – it’s made out of dyed acai pits!

I usually wear this “dress” as a sweater over jeans, so it felt a bit short on its own, but was all right.

Not much else to say today – I was cold. I considered my long underwear but didn’t feel like I could do it. Not today. I have a fun outfit picked out for tomorrow though! Speaking of which, we’re well into tomorrow already, so I should go get some sleep.

I have decided (thanks to the lovely Jen) that I’m going to take part in Dressember – which, of course, follows the inversely horrible Movember (thank god THAT’S over!) and involves committing to wearing a dress each day of December. It seemed silly at first. I mean, December is cold (here in Calgary, between -20 and +5 degrees Celsius, usually) and snowy, and I don’t own that many dresses! My excuses quickly melted away as I browsed through photos of others trying it in a cold climate, and then counted my dresses: 35.

Unceremoniously stored in the basement…

Wow. I’ve long called myself a Vintage Dress Collector, but now I know it’s true. The funniest part is, I have a soft spot for the really ridiculous ones, in a “I can’t believe this actually exists!” sort of way. I own at least a dozen that I would never consider wearing in public… at least not any other time but Dressember! This will be so fun. This month, expect to spot me in:

I’ll post a photo each day to show the actual outfit, and describe where I’m wearing it. I can’t wait to get started!