Category Archives: Personal Style

Nothing to Wear

Posted on March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 by Melissa Harrison

More than ever before, I feel like I have nothing to wear. Maybe it’s the season and the not-cold-anymore-but-not-warm-yet weather. Maybe it’s the fact that I’ve been spending all my fun money on an exciting new hobby and don’t have any new clothes for this in-between season. Or maybe it’s that big, and much needed, wardrobe edit I did over the winter.

I think I’ve always had trouble dressing for this time of year but didn’t really notice until I bought a house where I control the heat like a stingy miser and have to keep in mind every morning that I will need to walk the dog at some point. I can’t pull the spring clothes out early and fake it through March anymore. Even dressing for St. Patrick’s Day can be a challenge when it seems like all of my green clothes are for warmer weather but I’m getting sick of layering! Maybe warm legs and cool arms will do if I stick close to the kitchen and that bubbling pot of vegetarian Irish Stew.

Dress ModCloth
Socks Roots
Glasses Warby Parker
Earrings old

All photos by me.

The Last Week of Winter

Posted on March 12, 2019February 7, 2020 by Melissa Harrison

I’m having such a hard time dressing for the winter-spring transition this year. After a cold and stormy winter, I’m so bored with pants and long sleeves but it’s still too cool for most of the things I really want to wear.

I’m even at a loss as to which colour to wear most days. All of my warm winter clothes are either dark or bright but these longer, soft sunshine filled days have me wanting to reach for pastels every morning. At least this week is easy, the last week of winter is for St. Patrick’s Day green!

T-shirt ModCloth
Jumper Mod Dolly
Tights Target
Beret Larmoni
Glasses Warby Parker
Shoes ModCloth

All photos by me.

Spring Fever

Posted on February 26, 2019February 25, 2019 by Melissa Harrison

I did pretty well this year. I managed to stay positive about winter all the way up to the end of February. I lived in the moment and enjoyed everyone’s least favourite season through the snow, wind and ice storms, through the dull root vegetables, through the plastic on my 1926 windows, through the cold mornings and through the endless layers of bulky window clothes until around my birthday. At some point between catching a bad cold and running out of the pickled jalapenos we grew and preserved from last summer’s garden, a switch flipped inside me and I started desperately longing for spring.

Something inside me needs to shake off the winter wool and see the snowdrops poking through the garden soil. I’ve been dreaming about open windows and the feeling of a soft, warm spring breeze on my skin. I am so ready to wear pastels, short dresses and anything but my big winter boots again.

The unseasonably mild weather we’ve had the past few days has been such a tease. I got a chance to wear something other than my jeans and a heavy sweater (with optional long underwear) uniform of the past month, but knowing these above 0 temperatures have come too soon to stick is only making my spring fever worse.

Dress Gap
Blouse Banana Republic
Stockings What Katie Did
Shoes ModCloth
Glasses Warby Parker
Necklace Suzy Shier

All photos by me.

The Ice Storm

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Melissa Harrison

We had a bad ice storm earlier this week. We didn’t get a day off to play, but Matt and I did get a rare opportunity to work from home together. We didn’t lose power until the middle of the night so we were able to get lots done while making each other tea, sharing snacks, showing each other what we were working on and staying inside, warm, safe and together.

Overalls thrifted
Sweater L.L.Bean
Socks ModCloth
Glasses Warby Parker
Ring & Earrings old
Phone Case Rosehound

All photos by me.