Wearing Today with New J Crew Fireball Charm Necklace

My third day of lunches with friends in a row. Not sure how I managed this, but it has certainly been a nice treat, and it's been so fun to catch up with everyone. Lucy was thrilled with Day 1 since that involved a puppy playdate, but not so excited about yesterday or today, since that involved crate time - but she got a nice nap in both times.

My friend, Laura (of the leopard patent Dansko clogs fame), and I try to go to Wine Harvest for a nice little lunch with a glass of wine every so often - most notably on the 1st day of school each year and right around the last day of school.

Here's the Polyvore of what I was planning (hoping) to wear today:

To Be Worn - 05/01/09 by HeidiGblog featuring Old Navy tank tops

But when I woke up, it was gray and rainy. And even though it wasn't that cold outside, it felt chilly inside (and it's always chilly inside Wine Harvest because of the wine, duh, and you know I'm always cold anyway). So my J Crew Beaded Shore Tunic just wouldn't cut it, which is too bad, since I haven't had a chance to wear it yet and it, yikes, still has tags. But I definitely have this outfit in reserve.

Since I wasn't going with the cute breezy tunic, I decided I really should wear a new JC purchase...but wanted to be warm, so I opted for the Fireball Charm Necklace (#14649 ,$55, $41 with the crew-pon). My oh my, it is sparkly. And, unlike my beloved Twisted Crystal Necklace, this isn't going to snag anything.

And check out the jeans...Not Chicos! These are my pair of Lilly Pulitzer jeans that I haven't worn in a year and a half...practically since I bought them because they didn't fit. Nice to change it up. Funny store about these - I was doing my annual Tysons outing with my mom & sister and my sister was trying on a slew of high end designer jeans at Bloomingdales, since their 25% F&F worked on jeans. Their jeans specialist was really trying to help me as well as my sister. So I tried on a ton of them, and finally found 1 pair that was "just ok". The others were horrid. So I decided $200 was too much money to spend on just ok, and went browsing around. Spotted the Lilly jeans in the LP section, tried on, and they fit a million times better than any of the high end jeans. And were on a 50% sale rack with 25% off, so they were about $50. The fact that I haven't worn them in 18 months is stinky, but I am happy to have them back in the rotation.

And then, long sleeve white tee, navy short sleeve cardi (yes, a repeat, but it works), and then a pink scarf for warmth/color. And check out the umbrella. Apparently I not only drank the Crew-lade, I fell right in and swam around for a while, because I did buy an umbrella with my crewpon, on sale for $19.99, so final price = $15. But seriously, I love these colors! A good way to brighten up a cloudy rainy day, for sure. Pink, navy, white, yellow, cerise. All yummy!!

Here's the Polyvore of what I actually wore today:

Wearing Today - 05/01/09 by HeidiGblog featuring Lilly Pulitzer clothing