What not to wear or do shopping in Vancouver

WHAT NOT TO WEAR Yes, I went out wearing the outfit in the photo, and that outfit is just ONE exhibit in relation to my pleas and WHY I keep asking/telling you folks that someone, Keira, Jennifer, anyone, must for the love of fashion nominate me for ‘What Not to Wear’ and fast I could show up at your place wearing this at ANY TIME!!!!

You’ve all been warned.

No matter how long I live here I can not dress for the weather, no matter how hard I try I am either too hot or too cold.

Let me first tell you what I have on my person and that it was plus one or more degrees when I went out and pissing rain.

  • Brown knit, ‘Sneaky Brim Toque’
  • Not done hair
  • Glasses
  • Pink wool, Banana Republic coat
  • White mittens
  • An umbrella with ALMOST broken open button
  • Long sleeve cotton shirt
  • 100% wool sweater (with fleece lined neck)
  • Jeans
  • Wigwam socks
  • Wellies
  • A bag

Can you say over heat much? Today was ridiculous, I felt like I weighed a million pounds, not good for any day let alone the first day I leave my house to also test my back out. I had to wear my Banana Republic coat and not my Helly Hansen snowboard jacket [even though SKIING IS WHERE IT IS AT!!!!!] because my jacket is BRIGHT orange and would have looked worse than I already did in my coat and wellies, I think.

I needed some panties because I have lost what I fondly refer to as my newlywed comfort weight and am back in a size small panty, I needed a shirt for a Christmas party Saturday night – I found one – which led to needing a new bra which I got in a 34B and not a 32C yet I have lost weight. You tell me. Christmas or not my outfit will have pink.

By the time I got to Payless to look for winter boots for our trip up North I was dripping in sweat and had remembered three times over that I had forgotten my RE-USE-ABLE BAGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When this happened to Adam he walked home from the grocery store with the groceries in his arms, hands and pockets to teach himself a lesson. I think my outfit was lesson enough and you can’t walk around other stores with panties hanging out of your pockets.

Even though I got boots at Payless I MAY end up taking them back they were seventy something dollars after taxes at PAYLESS?? The more I think about it the more wrong it seems.

Today is a perfect example of WHY I let Adam dress me. From now on when people ask me WHY or look at me funny when I say my husband dresses me [as long as he is home!] they will be referred to this post.

AND on the walk home it started to rain hardish and the umbrella with ALMOST broken open button, BROKE and would not open and my fingers got extremely sore and red and cold. I tossed it because it was poking my anger spot.

  • http://katfran.blogspot.com kathryn

    you look cute!!

  • http://www.monicahamburg.blogspot.com Monica Hamburg

    See I think you smokin’ in that outfit! Guess I’m next in line for the show.

  • http://gusgreeper.com ananhatti broguaaaddd cuhvnautchrie

    yu ar a gaylord for not calling them what they are; gumboots. its like calling a station wagon a crossover. and you can assume how i feel about that.

  • http://gusgreeper.com gusgreeper

    thank you kindly!! it is about time i got off my ass and try to get myself back in the scene :)

  • http://www.miss604.com Rebecca

    ps – nice to get some posts from you again!

  • Rhonda

    She-lock Holmes!!!!

  • http://basicallynonsense.blogspot.com Paul

    I don’t think that outfit is that bad, except for the boots. Stacey and Clinton wouldn’t have too much to do.

  • http://www.netchick.ca Tanya (aka NetChick)

    Hmmm… Keira-Anne — That’s precisely what I was thinking. Aww!

    Silly girl, cute is in. Work it!

  • http://www.keira-anne.com Keira-Anne

    Weird…because as soon as I opened this post, I instantly thought to myself “awww…she looks so cute in that pic!”

  • http://www.miss604.com rebecca

    as a faithful WNTW watcher over the last couple of years I think the only person I’d ever nominate would be my mom. she dresses as though she’s much larger than she really is, has lots of things with shoulder pads and could use a week of shopping and pampering in NYC

  • http://gusgreeper.com gusgreeper

    *blushing* thank you … worst outfit ever award..

    maja: it rains so much here you pretty much need them but they are so ridiculous expensive it is almost better not to, i have had mine for years BEFORE every bloody next person had them.

    Jennifer: i headed straight for payless assuming they’d have cheap boots for the north, now i feel ripped off and am sure i can do better. i am normally very picky with shoes and do have good shoe taste but i just ASSUMED they’d be the cheapest. so not the case. i only need them for the trip i will likely leave them up there.

  • http://jenniferstoddart.blogspot.com Jennifer

    I agree with maja…you do look hot…even if you are actually hot. hehe
    But, I also will take you shopping any time you want…:)
    or nominate you for ‘What Not To Wear’…how awesome would a whole new wardrobe be? I’d want to go on it too but I’m far too attached to my clothes to get rid of everything I own.
    I’m with you on the Payless comment…I don’t know, I’m not a fan these days. They’ve lost their edge or something. Lately I feel like it’s more like Pay The Same…and I never fall in love with any of the shoes or boots in there!

  • http://fortheloveofrocks.blogspot.com maja

    Wellies don’t breathe. My feet always sweat with them on. I only wear them when I’m wading through mud or underground at work.

    Isn’t it funny, you look hot, and you’re hot! hehe.