It may almost be December, but I'm still managing to rock bare legs without fear of frostbite. To repeat myself: it is quite nice to live close to the water and in a warm state again. This outfit is clearly inspired by the lookbook I shared last week. I'm still lacking the perfect nude flats and teased hair, but the style is slowly getting there. I ought to re-watch some Brigitte Bardot films for further inspiration.

This week's movie pick is a mix of the lighthearted and serious; a romantic comedy and a film on social themes and justice. The Talk of the Town stars Ronald Colman, Cary Grant, and Jean Arthur who fall into a typical romantic triangle. However, mixed in with the growing emotions is a discussion on politics, society, and law.

I've worn this H&M star print dress (it just looks like polka dots since I didn't post a close-up) more times than I care to count. It's been styled in summer, fall, winter, and spring, but the remixes remain fairly basic. I'm sure it would look great with a variety of colors thrown on top, but I always seem to reach for it when I'm feeling like wearing classic black and white. What I really love about this dress is it's shape; it's always classic and works well for my figure.

I went in for a cut and color because it had been months and I was quite tired of cutting my own bangs! The hair stylist asked if she could try this strange crimping iron on my hair...I said yes and this is the result. It reminds me of the finger waves from eras past, or mermaid hair. Rather pretty, but definitely too much effort to attempt often. Minimal effort is basically how I would explain my hair and make-up routine. I wish I could get into cheek contouring or the perfect teased hair look, but I'm rather unskilled in that area and too lazy to study it. I only mastered milkmaid braids last year and that is a neat trick because it keeps my hair out of the way all day.

Happy Thanksgiving to you! Much of my family (and a friend woot!) has gathered to celebrate by overeating lots of home-cooked goodies my mother and I have been preparing for more than a week (no lie). I found these vintage pictures of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade on NYPL's online archives and went a little swoon-y for them. How fantastic are the vintage balloons?*photographs via NYPL

I bought this dress last year after I saw it on Niotillfem and the dress reminded me of ice cream...I guess you can call this my "fan-girling" dress. It always makes me feel a bit too young and pastry-like, but I still like to throw it on occasionally for variety.

I'm certain everyone reading this blog by now knows my love for tights...it's really a practical love: I want to wear dresses and legs get cold without a layer, tights are the solution to cold limbs in fall and winter. As long as I am wearing tights I do enjoy finding interesting ones. Anyway, as I mentioned previously I received a sweet package of tights from Tabio and one of my favorites is this garter border pair. They're very basic-looking when I wear most of my dresses (because usually my hems are long enough to hide the details), but with a mini you get the peak of sheerness and stripes...the stripes actually remind me of sports socks.

I really don't own a lot of nude/blush tone clothing, but I absolutely love this blouse I received from Nina of Family Affairs when I visited her in September. It's the perfect layering piece and so neutral it goes with absolutely everything. When I put together this outfit I couldn't help wondering what the blouse would look like with a similarly toned skirt. I'll have to stay on the look-out for something suitable. Head-to-toe nude tones would be a total departure for me, but I do like to experiment a bit style-wise.

The waves have been rather more wild and untamed than usual down by the shore lately. I've found myself trotting into the wake more than once to chase down a purse that was getting swept out to sea (thankfully I never can seem to remember to carry my phone, so nothing was damaged). The crashing waves certainly made for some good pictures though and I decided to share a few "accidental" gifs which show some of the sea's energy on this day. I have a hard time making gifs just showing the wind or the waves because I tend to move (awkwardly) around in the picture-taking process.

One of my favorite dresses to remix this year has been this one from Modcloth; which was the one given to me when Modcloth named me their blogger of the month. It's also cool because I know of a couple of other bloggers who bought it and wear it very well. It's a very flexible dress in terms of shape and palette. I was initially afraid it would wash me out (as a pale person I tend to avoid "flesh tones" and "nudes"), but it actually looks decent against my death-warmed-up skin...Like all my remixes, these are just a few ways I've worn it--there are many more outfits featuring it in the archives I could feature here.