Epic Blogger Meetups

Yesterday M. and I went to meet up with my amazing and stylish Canadian colleague from In Professorial Fashion, A-Dubs.  As I suspected, she is a delightful, brilliant, and charming woman with a gorgeous sense of style and our meetup was just as epic as the sign indicates.*  We met for an afternoon drink and chat at the lounge of the a posh downtown Toronto hotel, the Royal York.  I decided to trot out some new tights and to wear my favorite Fluevog boots for the occasion.¹  A-Dubs was also wearing some fantastic boots!²  Many thanks to M. for the photos!

I'm completely absorbed by whatever A-Dubs is saying in this one.

Admiring our bootage.

We had a great time talking about all sorts of things, including our blogs, bloggers, academia, academic style blogs, family, boots, and furry roommates, among other things.  It truly was epic, and I hope we can meet again sometime soon!

Today I met up with the lovely Kristin of K.Line.  I've been reading her blog for over a year, so I was very excited to meet her in person.  We met for lunch at the Windsor Arms and conversation.  Kristin is just as talented, smart, chic, and funny as I expected she would be.  We also did some shopping, and let me tell you: this woman is my freakin' muse! I was thrilled to have a shopping partner in crime, and I scored some excellent loot at Club Monaco and Cole Haan.   We didn't take any photos, but I had a wonderful time!  (No doubt I'll be showing off my purchases at some point soon here on the blog.)

It's always fun to meet bloggers and to see how similar their personalities seem to be to the personas they have crafted online.  I could easily see myself being good friends with both of these ladies IRL.  Have you ever met up with other bloggers?  Did you obsess about what you would wear?  What you would talk about?

1. Top - H&M (remixed), Cardi - Target, Skirt - Zara, Tights - HUE, Mallory Boots - John Fluevog (remixed), Necklace - Etsy (remixed)
2. Dress - Max Azria, Leggings - Groggy, Cardigan - Smart Set, Boots - Browns

*A-Dubs agreed to face obfuscation rather than head cropping so that we could advertise the epic nature of this meeting.

These Boots are Gonna Diplomatically Persuade You

Yes! My Frye boots have finally come out from under the table and I'm only *now* pairing them with my more summery looks. However, I can't think of a better outfit right now for a casual coffee with all of my committee members. My project is interdisciplinary and they want to have a conversation about how to handle conflicting feedback, etc. in a way that won't have me tearing my freshly grown out hair out. It's not a defense or exam, so I don't feel any blazer-pressure or the need to wear nice slacks, but I will still need to weigh in, so enormous boots feel appropriate.
Forgive the outfit/day change, but I also wanted to show off my Nov. 2 canvassing outfit. I normally go with canary yellow heels and blue dress when I combine these two colors, but was inspired by our own SFE's scarf stylings (see yesterday's post) to move scarf-ward. Of course, this is the hallway outside my office, not actual canvassing territory. The above picture is me hoping that one of my committee members doesn't emerge from his office across from mine during the photo shoot.
And my favorite accessory: the "I voted" sticker. Also, note how my top matches the recycling bins. Wonder whether I'm subtly reminding people to recycle whenever I wear it.....

Outfit One:
Top: Target (remixed)
Skirt: Benetton (remixed)
Boots: Frye (remixed)

Outfit Two:
Top: Target (remixed)
Slacks: Urban Outfitters (remixed)
Shoes: Bass (remixed)

Day 3 and still going strong!

So I am on day 3 of no hubby and I seem to be holding up. Luckily I have a great sitter that is going to help me out today and tomorrow by picking the kids up at their schools and taking care of them till I get home from my meetings. Whew!

I found out this morning that my meeting tonight has been pushed back an hour so I thought at first I would go home and see the kiddos but then the selfish side of me spoke up and said "don't do that, you have wanted to go shoe shopping for a while and you know you can't do it with kids so take an hour for yourself" Self I thought you are a pretty cool gal who knows just what I need!

So when I am done here are the office at 4 pm I am headed to Starbucks for a latte then to the DSW show warehouse and I am going to indulge myself with some shoes! OhMommy would be proud! I will be sure to let you know what if anything I find!