How I wore it: hazy shade of winter

When I bought my new grey jeggings on Monday, I pretty much knew I'd wear them out for my next "important outing." Because I had my maxi-dress epiphany yesterday (and ha! It's Epiphany today!), today was really the first important outing: I had to go tutor. In my head, the outfit I put together was made up of all different shades of grey (and some black and white), with contrasting patterns of stripes between my tunic and my sweater, and looking overall awesome. I'm not sure how the final result played out:

See what I mean (arrgh, graininess!)? I finally, non-guiltily, went back to my beloved wool striped long cardigan, and it felt great to wear it again. I originally planned to wear my grey Fryes with this outfit (especially since they're a different shade of grey), but I remembered my grey suede slouchy boots and I thought they'd look better with this outfit. I like the look on a whole, but I think the Fryes would've been more flattering on my legs; see below:

See what I mean (my hunched position isn't helping either)? It's okay, though. I did quite like the overall effect anyway. Also, these boots are on their last legs and I plan to keep them throughout this winter before doing away with them: the soles are cracking quite alarmingly (and the boots themselves have almost no support). I'm hesitant about repairing them because they've had a good run (I bought them in July of 2008) and I have so many other boots of better quality that it'll be nice to maybe start simplifying things. 

On an amusing note, today in the Boston Metro paper, I read that some lady (a fashionista, perchance?) said that people would/should no longer be wearing skinny jeans or grey and black palettes. 

... Oops.

Striped cardigan: Banana Republic, remixed

Striped tunic: American Apparel, remixed

Grey jeggings: HUE, by way of Lord and Taylor

Grey boots: Penny Loves Kenny, by way of DSW