Dreaming...

Once the Bean weight is gone...or maybe even in between, a few pieces I'll use to perk up my style mood...

Gap denim pencil skirt

Banana Republic safari shirt jacket

Banana Republic ruffle placket Henley (a nod to my current, ahem, access issues), and really, it won't perk me up, but it should serve a mildly stylish purpose.

The biggest drag for me, style-wise, with having a young child, is not being able to wear dresses during the day. Skirts and accessible tops will have to rule the day - and I'm very much looking forward to that. Bring on the flirty, the pencil, the cargo, the colorful, the neutral...

but then again, this Milly print might just provide enough....flexibility.....or I can just wear it on the rare occasion I leave the house sans infant.

Style Poll: Signs of Spring

As MotorCityGirl commented, "It's (finally) spring out here! I'm starting to see full cotton skirts peeking out from under long spring coats."

Depending on where you are in the world (Carmen Sandiego), your springtime hints have been blooming for a while, or are juuuuust starting to peek out from under the wool.

The budding blossoms, apart from making me look like a hangover gone bad and forcing me to go sans eye makeup for two days in a row, inspire me just a little to dig through my closet for a little bit of pastel prettiness. I've never been one to shy away from peep toes or bare legs in cooler temps, so the newly painted tootsies have been baring all lately.

So tell us...What's your springtime inspriration? What are you chomping at the bit to pull out of the closet? If you're dying to wear the springiest of spring dresses, share, and we'll figure out how you can don it even with threatening snowshowers (sorry, Middle America, guess Punxatawney Phil was right).