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Surprise Post - We Practice what we Preach!

As some of you may have noticed, we don't post every day.  Some weeks we post MWF and other weeks it's TF, which usually works out pretty well in terms of content planning because this isn't our full time job (and if it were, we'd be really bad at it because this blog makes us no money). It also allows us flexibility in terms of posting on non-regularly scheduled days, like today.  What makes today so special as to warrant a post you may ask?  Today is proof that we live by the advice we provide in this blog and recommend items that we actually own and/or would purchase with our own money.  In fact, Katie 1's work attire today is the combination of 5 of our prior posts as shown in the picture below.  


Let's start with her cardigan, shall we? If it looks familiar it's because it's the Kirkland Signature Merino Wool cardigan we recommended in our Sweater Weather post yesterday.  Those booties? We recommended a similar pair in our discussion of Fall Boots.  That dress? It's the Target clearance rack dress she declared her undying love for in our Unexpected Classics post.  If you recall, that Target dress is actually a summer dress.  As you can see, Katie 1 has transitioned it to fall/winter wear with the addition of a cardigan, tights and booties like we discussed in our Transition Dressing post. Finally, Katie 1 has an after work event and didn't want to deal with commuting shoes (hence the booties) so she took her own advice about Desk to Dinner Dressing when getting ready this morning.  

So there you have it, photographic proof that we live the advice that we give you.
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