style monday | cold snap!

 Hello! Been a bit quiet around here, hasn't it? This year presented myself and my family with some really difficult circumstances, and in the midst of it I really lost my mojo and with it my sense of blogging voice. I felt like I was trying to be too many things I wasn't with the revamp, but at the same time I (stupidly, I might add--I have kicked myself repeatedly for this) let EM lapse completely. It's been a learning experience with some regrets, but in the process I also learned a lot about what my core interests that I want to share with others online are (if that makes any sense!). 

Thanks for all the thoughtful notes and comments on Instagram this summer and fall. I can't even begin to tell you what cheer they brought to me. I don't know many of you in real life, but sometime a kind word even from someone on the other side of the world brings sunshine to someone's day that means so much. You all are so sweet!

blouse: Old Navy, skirt: 1940s vintage, boots: 1950s vintage, belt: Forever 21, earrings: estate sale.

jacket: 1970s vintage, thrifted, purse: Kate Spade

Shall we move on to the reason for posting? An outfit--hooray! The weather turned quite cold this week (another yay! I love cardigan and coat weather...), which meant pulling all my sweaters and wool skirts out of their boxes. I feel like these things must multiply in the dark recesses of my closet each summer, because there always seems to be more than I remember packing up. haha! This skirt is something I'm really excited about! Its a darling 1940s (wartime, I'm pretty sure), heavy wool, with the iconic flared a-line of that period. To say I love this skirt is an understatement! I got it from one of my favorite vintage clothing shops Sherry's Yesterdaze in Tampa, FL (if you ever find yourself in the neighborhood, do stop by!). I miss being able to shop there in person! (Apologies for the wrinkly skirt in the photos--I took these towards the end of a really busy day.)

Those boots are another favorite piece in my closet from a Virginia vintage shop. They're actually 1950s fur trimmed galoshes (so I have to wear shoes inside them--otherwise the heel collapses because it's hollow to go over the street shoes). Something that had been on my wishlist for years! They don't come out much (vintage suede is rather delicate and I don't want these to wear more than I can help), but are awfully fun.

Hope you all are having a lovely week thus far, and staying warm (or keeping cool if you're headed towards summer)! I've been keeping parked in front of the space heater in the evenings!

A little note... I am on Twitter again (I deleted my old account because sometimes I find Twitter too much to keep up with!) and tweeting random things as well as IG and blog posts under the username caseymauraxo.