Saint Gabriel House

outfit details:
black silk blouse & bowtie: thrifted
velvet floral skirt: Lalouka on Etsy
black tights: HUE
platform wedge sandals: ModCloth (supersale!!)
Navy pea coat: Dear Creatures via Modcloth
black floral hair comb: part of an Etsy trade I did with Lauren from Blooming Leopold

Last weekend before Montreal became a sub-arctic nightmare, complete with snowdrifts and life threatening icicles, Mike and I ventured out into the mild, albeit rainy weather to take some blog pictures. This skirt was given to me by Lara who you all were introduced to in my last post, from her Lalouka line on Etsy. I love the thing just about to death and I've been having trouble putting other outfits on since I got it. The velvet fabric is so soft, and the big zipper down the front makes me feel edgy and avant garde.

Anyway, as we were taking these I tried to climb up on this little stone well we found in the back of the building, but a little old lady popped her head out the door and told us we weren't allowed. I climbed down apologising profusely, feeling like a teenager again, and not in a good way, and then she yelled at me some more for wearing sandals in the winter and not having a coat on (My coat was obviously not very far away, since Montreal mild is nothing even close to being short sleeves weather...)

Anyhow, I felt sort of funny after being scolded by the old lady who worked there, because I usually end up making friends with her type, and I suddenly got nervous they would remember me and shun me if I ever went to visit the inside of the house...which at this point I probably never will. Regardless, Lola had a blast running around outside and not freezing her little belly thanks to the little leather jacket my Grandmother made her for Christmas! And while they probably weren't the most practical for navigating the icy-wet terrain that is Montreal in Winter, those Modcloth sandals really are a dream! The easiest things to walk in I've ever owned. I have a strange feeling they won't leave my feet this Spring and Summer!