Here in Los Angeles, it is already feeling like Summer, so for my day off, I thought I wear this jaunty little getup.  Not that I couldn't wear this outfit to work, but check out those flats - I wouldn't want to be the person who runs into me after I've been standing in those things for eight hours.

A couple of work outfits from last week:

I took a lovely hike last Tuesday with my number one friend A. and I was hoping to take a full shot of my hiking ensemble.  Alas, this is the only picture we were able to get before the battery on my camera died, but it does afford a nice look at my new sunglasses.  Over the years I have managed to curb my ravenous appetite for new shades and have got it down to a one-a-year habit.  Therefore, let me introduce you to 2013's sunglasses.

This is just a quick post to show off my newly dyed hair.  Did you even notice?  Some people do and some don't.  Black is not my natural hair colour, but for a very long time it was my normal hair colour, so I'm really not surprised that it goes unnoticed by many.  Anyway, I have some outfit pictures taken and waiting to be uploaded from my camera, so more posts to come later on this week.

Happy Record Store Day!

More from Miss Q's collection

 I love the double ties at the neck on this one, though I fear in the pictures the whole thing comes off a little frumpy.

 This is another one with a matching skirt.  I'm wondering if I subconsciously chose to take this because of the popularity of mint green this season.

Look!  It's a Diane Von Furstenberg!! . . . well only sort of . . . it was made by Miss Q from a Diane Von Furstenberg Vogue pattern (which I was also given), so almost the same thing.

As promised, here is one of my new acquisitions from the Sacramento trip.  This came with a matching skirt, but right now I can't really bring myself to wear them together. Perhaps I have been influenced a bit too much by the modern style dictate of never being too "matchy matchy".  The other issue is that the skirts and dresses from this collection all fall at a very conservative slightly below the knee length (my aunt Q is a lady after all), which is not the most flattering length on me.  Hemming is the order of the day.