Foxy Snood

 Rainy, damp, making-my-bones-ache kind of weather today, so I am choosing to show you a purchase I made to help me stay warm.  I seem to have always had a problem keeping my body temperature at a comfortable level on days such as this, and with menopause still hanging around, I get hot and then cold. so layering of clothing is a must for me.

 I had gone shopping for a blanket scarf and I did find one, but this little foxy snood also caught my eye and came home with me.  I just couldn't help myself.  I've looked at sweaters galore with the sweet fox on them, but not one spoke to me with having quality in it's stitching, but the snood did!

 It's absolutely the cutest, coming in two color..... this gray, or there was a choice of brown with an orange fox.  The gray had cooler tones and I tend to wear cool better than the warm autumn colors that so many of your prefer.

*Mac matte lipstick in All Fired Up*

 Kisses to you my darling little fox.

 Now. snood styled scarves are not for everyone because they do fit close around the neck, unlike a scarf in the blanket or the infinity styles.

Snoods are meant for a whole lot of warmth so if you tend to get overly warm quickly.... stay away from the snood styles.

 This one is also lined with fleece for added warmth when out on a cold winter day.

I literally shake uncontrollably when my neck, and chest area get cold when outdoor temperatures drop come December through March.

Last winter my husband was away during our coldest and snowiest weeks so I found myself outside shoveling the sidewalk....

dressing warm was key.

 Here's a close up of the cute fox pattern knitted into this snood

and I purchased it at Belks Department store at 30% off.

I couldn't find it on their website, so if you are interested you will need to pay them a visit at your local mall.

Mountain Girl With Poncho

 We had weather yesterday that was in the 50's, but not rainy as today is, so it was a perfect time to don my blanket poncho and head outdoors for a bit of fashion photography.

 I had seen this blanket poncho two days prior at Marshalls and did one of those hem and haws as to whether I should buy it.  It's a Steve Madden brand which I believe is sold at Macy's, and I knew I would have paid quite a bit more for it at Macys, but still I chose to walk out the door of Marshalls and not but it.

 But, you know how sometimes you just can't get an item out of your brain, and it starts to take over your thoughts so you go back to buy it?

 I returned to Marshalls two days later, knowing full well that it would probably be gone and in the home of someone else.... a lady probably cackling over how lucky she was that some other shopper had made the mistake of not buying it, and now it was HERS!

 I searched every rack in the store TWICE and started to kick myself in the bum for not just buying it the first time....

 After giving up entirely on it, I decided to look at some scarves in their accessory department,

which lo and behold had a round rack of PONCHOS!!!  And there it was.

The poncho of my dreams.

 Let's out a big whoop whoop in the store!

And this lovely and soft gray snood was there also.

 Can you say HAPPY GIRL?

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