The glorious sun yesterday inspired me to do a good cleaning of the bedroom yesterday. I remember watching Oprah once and seeing her talk about the bedroom. It should be a
sanctuary, the most
beautiful room in your house. It should be decked out with fresh
flowers, fancy
candles and the finest
linens, not to mention a comfy
chair by the window for
reading. Sounds great, Oprah, shall I send you the bill?
Unfortunately, our bedroom tends to be one of the more neglected rooms in the house, mostly because guests can't see it! If there's money to be spent on the house, it goes towards rooms that other people have to spend time in. If Karl and I are the only ones who know that our bedroom walls need painting and we buy sheets on the cheap at Winners, that's fine.
However. Cleanliness I can afford, and it was high time. I did a full closet clean-out, complete with culling. Our closet is miniature, and I'm not the only one who tends to go a little overboard on clothing, so it's necessary to go through it all once in a while to get rid of the stuff we don't wear. I do allow myself a small box of "sentimental value" clothes, but that too must be edited. We ended up with three big bags for donating or consigning, which means the closet is much more workable, and has a teeny bit of room for new acquisitions. I also feel good about putting together a bag for mending/alterations/restyling, and another for dry cleaning. I hate dry cleaning!
Then we washed all the linens and it was perfect weather for drying them on the clothesline. What a treat in February! I have to say, I slept very well last night on my clean, cheap linens, knowing my wardrobe was neat and tidy.
I swear, the man did not wear a bad outfit. Admittedly, there are not gazillions of images of him, but every outfit he was photographed in was amazing. Makes me want for spring: vests, embroidery, leather, ruffles, fringe, rings, medallions, worn denim, and hey, maybe even a floppy hat.
Red is my least favorite colour to wear, but I do have a couple of items. I won this gold and red sweater from a giveaway on Style Symmetry, from Poochie's Closet. I was happy to have it today; I'm certainly not going to be buying any Olympic merchandise! 
To highlight the obnoxiousness of a redhead in red, I added my bright matte pink lipstick. Breakin' all the rules today. 
** Note the blooming clematis and daffodils. I love how the warmest February even coincides with the "winter" Olympics.
And it was sunny enough to wear them today! Not only is it still light out when I get home from work, it has actually been bright and sunny this week. Beware the coming garden photos...
Spring is coming and I will no longer be avoiding leather shorts at the thrift store. My red suede ones are still a little on the tight side, and I love the paper-bag waist of the Zara shorts above.
all from tfs and style.com
I caved and bought some black, wedge-heeled booties. I couldn't say no. They don't have quite the bad-ass rocker vibe of the first ones I coveted, but they were less than half the price, and let's be honest, how much of a bad-ass am I? 
