i was NOT dreaming of a white halloween

This is a photo I took on my way home from work last Saturday. It was snowing. A lot.
It was also the second time that week it snowed.  Between the two we got about 6 inches.
I was NOT a happy camper. 
Was it beautiful and fluffy and gorgeous? For the most part, yes and yes and yes. 
But there is something DISTURBING about seeing a bright, fiery orange tree covered in snow. 
It's just not meant to happen. 


Luckily, I myself am a veteran of upstate New York Halloweens and the likely necessity of a winter coat.
So this year my tweed coat's a part of it all. 
My coat and these shoes : )

I am BEYOND in love with them, and they are comfycomfycomfy. I walked ALL over New York (and parts of Long Island) in these babies on Halloween and my feet were totally fine with it.
They're called EuroStep, and despite my growing fear that the rest of their shoes may be gran-tastic (they are to blame for this), in the future I may have to purchase my footwear from them alone.


Before I went looking for shoes I went shopping for cloche hats at Target because they were on sale. 
Any ideas who I was?


This awesome lady right here!

The very same lady who taught us that "spike heels come in handy when it is necessary to break glass."

It was just SO much fun to be Nancy Drew, and even though no one had a clue who I was, I had a blast. 
I may start dressing like this all the time, because in my opinion it beats the hell out of jeans and a t. 

The Amazing Amanda dressed up as Miss Universe, and although what she was exactly was lost on the drunk masses of lower Manhattan, they were certainly enthusiastic about her outfit all the same.
And really, wouldn't you be, too, if a ponchoed, planteted, tiara-ed lady walked by?"

My sister dressed up as Michael Jackson, and she made a pretty awesome MJ.
Plus that leather jacket is the kind of leather jacket I spent my childhood dreaming of. Drool.
 As you can see, she, too, knows the trick of subtly turning your coat, scarf and gloves into your costume. 

Although I have no decent pictures, the rest of our bunch was dressed up as Shawn of the Dead and his zombie friend (linked lovingly by an intestine stretched between them), an Australian soldier named Tony, and A Girl In A Blond Wig But NOT Lady GaGa. 
We're a bit of an odd bunch, I'm not going to pretend otherwise. OH, and see the sick liberty spikes on my friend dressed as a zombie? I'm SO doing that next year. It will be madness.)

I hope you all had a GLORIOUS Halloween and that they didn't involve snow! 

Or gloves!

Happy Wednesday : )
And here's a tip from Nancy for the road:
"If you can at all prevent it, do not chase after thieves when you are clad only in a leotard. It's unseemly."