Drawing on old favourites

It's exhausting choosing outfits 5 days a week, without being able to resort to jeans and a sweater. I've been trying to return to old favourites - to varying degrees of success.

I loved this look originally. I thought I could make it a little more "cold spring day" and it loses all my interest. In fact, I'm thinking this shirt is nearing its last days.

I like subtly starting to do non-traditional colour mixing. It really wasn't that hard going from a trouser jean to wide leg black pants

And again, fancy-ing up another favourite.

And finally, I did a play on what is still one of my favourite outfits from last year

Cardigan Vs. Blazer: The show down

I laughed when I read Taylor of It's My Cardi's post which started out: "I cannot believe that until recently I was missing out on the blazer as a completer piece to any given outfit. I owned a couple, but typically preferred a cardi. (Hence the blog's name.) But for some reason I have been picking up blazers left and right as of late."

Being a blazer girl, I spent the week trying to prove the benefits of both.

I still advocate for the benefits of blazers. Why?

They add shape to a shapeless outfit. As Sheila commented last week, "I have to admit I struggle with cardigans, being a woman with curves and boobage. They can make me look very lumpy and saggy." While I don't have curves or boobage, I struggle for similar reasons - they lack the definition provided by a blazer.

Secondly, the simple addition of a blazer takes an outfit from "uninteresting and unpolished" to "posh and professional" in a way a cardigan just can't.