Thursday Purseday: In need of an outfit

How do you plan what you're going to wear for the day? Do you carefully lay out your clothes and accessories the night before?

I wait until I wake up, until I'm in danger of being late to figure out what I'm going to wear. This morning I woke up wanting to sport buttery carmel accessories, specifically these shoes and this purse.

Shoes by Joyce of California, circa 1970s, Purse by John Romain, 1967; More photos on Flickr.

The problem? I'm not sure what to wear them with. I've come up with a totally not work appropriate and very unique style (grey ribbed tank top with greenish Italian torn up jeans) that I might try another time, but so far I'm drawing a blank for work.

What outfit would you pair with these shoes and purse?

Dressing the Bride: Another Something Old

Growing up I was frequently told I looked like either my mom or my dad (it depended on which parent I was standing next to at the time). As you know I'm wearing her dress at our wedding. It's one of our "Something Old"s.

We'd initially had this idea that I'd leave the venue in my wedding dress. After the final fitting and my first corset fitting, this idea was left in the dust. The dress is much easier to get into than out of. I need at least two people, with three preferred, to assist. New idea... A getaway outfit.

I asked my mom if she had any photos of her getaway outfit. Her answer? Even better - she still had the dress! And the color? Navy! One of our wedding colors.

Here's a photo of my mom and dad at my dad's brother's wedding.

Here I am in my mom's getaway dress. I love that it's got an empire waist (see my last Dressing the Bride post). I'm shorter than my mom, so I think I'll need to shorten the dress by 2 to 3 inches, but other than that what do you think? Even if it isn't the dress I wear for my getaway, it will be making an appearance.

Have you found an unexpected "Something Old"? What are you doing for your "Something Old"?

Sneak Peek: The Dress That Started It All

Today's post was supposed to be about registries. I can't stop thinking about my dress though, and realized that while I'd talked about my mother's dress, I'd never shown you a photo of the dress. I apologize in advance for the quality of the photo - my scanner didn't want to work this morning so I took a picture with my iPhone.

Here's my mom and my gram on my parents' wedding day, 10/21/1967.

If you want a sneak peek at how Miss Velvet Cream altered the dress, visit our wedsite. (cubes please don't follow the link.)