I have to admit that this has been one of the few times I've had any desire to put extra effort into my outfit choices. Every other street has an abominable pile of snow to trek through and an abyss of slush to fall into. There is little reason to wear anything other than my scrubs, snow boots, and down jacket and stay home eating inhuman amounts of pizza and Cheetos. Apparently, Ms. Pizza-face cleans up nicely for the blog. Anyway, I've really been feeling grays, olives and creams when I'm not wearing my scrubs. It's not possible to mess up this color combination. Grab a brown thing, an olive thing, a white thing, a black thing, and voila, instant class.

Crappy hair day means HATS! I love how the snow looks in these photos. If only fresh snowfall remains this beautiful. I probably wouldn't mind Boston winters as much.

I'm probably not the only one who has accumulated a rhinestone here and a chain there from broken jewelry over the years. Oftentimes, I just store broken pieces that I believe have potential to be re-worked in the future in a junk box. Today, I re-worked a broken vintage rose brooch and a cuff that my sister made for me. The brooch was tarnished and the pin backing was all mangled. After ripping off the pin backing with pliers, I sandpapered the surfaces of the cuff and the pin that I wanted to glue together. The roughened surfaces takes the JB Weld material better. JB Weld is a very easy-to-use cold welding technique, and works by thoroughly mixing equal portions of 2 pastes together. Mixing the two together sets off a base-catalyst reaction. To do the mixing, anything disposable is good to use. I used a tongue blade (thick popsicle stick) here. Finally, I applied the mixed paste to both surfaces, and let set for 6 hours. Bam! There you have it--a simple project to re-vamp your broken and neglected jewels with the super easy cold welding technique. If this DIY were any easier, it'd be a crime. Can't wait to wear this with a stack of other cuffs and bracelets!

Having not shopped from ASOS in years (if I recall correctly, the last time was in 2007?) and under the false pretense that I had long outgrown their offerings, I was shocked when I found myself drooling over their entire White line (the other stuff, eh, still not so much). Just wow--they have come a long way since their "As Seen on Stars" days. I need me some classy silk, cashmere, and wool pieces. Wardrobe makeover, please.

I said "awww" out loud when I stumbled upon Mandy Coon's velvet "ginny bunny bag" on the Opening Ceremony site. Does anyone else have the urge now to take one of their beloved stuffed animals, add a zipper and chain, and throw it over their shoulders? Anyone?? Just like in our days of infancy when it was hard to part ways with our "blankie", now we don't have to part with our favorite stuffed toy. In fact, put your wallet and phone inside :)