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What I Wore -- Opera Night and a Tale of Valentine's Day Woe (Compensated Woe ;-)

 We hopped a ferry yesterday to see some Beloveds we haven't hugged for months -- just a quick visit, and we'll hop back today, so only time to share some photos with you, and we'll chat more on Friday.

As promised, this is what I wore to the opera (L'Elisir d"Amore, a charming production of it with some glorious voices -- although I could have wished a wee bit more volume from the lead soprano --, brilliant bel canto singing in a frothy libretto, some very good acting) on Saturday. We walk and take public transit, and Saturday was rainy and windy, so practicality was a key consideration.

 The boots (Ink) I bought in Paris six years ago, have been re-soled and re-heeled several times. The skirt (Robert Rodriguez) I first admired when shopping with Mom, then saw on sale months later and splurged for it -- in 2008! so it's practically vintage now ;-)  (See it here as well)

 I worried that the newest piece in my outfit, the Vince black cashmere t-neck, was going to be too warm inside the theatre, but I knew I wanted the comfort during the commute.

Pretty sure I should have stuck with my chocolate gold beads -- see them here with a very similar outfit, but at the last minute, I thought I'd try this necklace of baroque pearls and lapis lazuli beads. They were a "contrition gift" from a husband who stayed in a meeting just a few minutes too long one Valentine's Day, many years ago, and missed the ferry he was supposed to meet me on because the snowstorm got more serious than he'd anticipated. I'd bought enough sushi for two -- it was going to be as romantic a date as we could manage given the reality that we had four kids (9-18) back at home, and were both commuting by plane or ferry each week -- me for grad school, him for work. So when I managed to get home just ahead of the roads getting treacherous, I was there with the four kids and no husband. The necklace -- which I'd previously admired in a jewelry store window weeks earlier with no thought of acquisition -- showed up in our house the next week. An unusually thoughtful gift from someone who doesn't often pay too much attention to what I admire in store windows. Or, at least, rarely remembers. . . .

 So the necklace always holds extra fondness for me, but I rarely manage to make it work with outfits. Pretty sure it doesn't quite with this either. Felt good on the inside, though, even if you can't see that. .

Detail of the skirt fabric because it's so wonderful -- it's a microfibre-ish textile, the weight and slight crinkle of a fine silk, and then embroidered with a flocked/brocade effect. 

 Then to brave the stormy weather, my cashmere Bompard scarf, an 8-year-old leather moto jacket (Mackage) worn by a woman eight years older than the one who thought she wasn't too old to wear it way back here (warning: that post contains one of the very few instances I've ever used a certain four-letter word in this venue). . .

So it was Old Home Week in the outfit-making last opera night, with only one relative newcomer -- and that pullover has already been worn at least twenty times, doing yeoman service in the carry-on capsule in December-January.

And here's my five-minute What I Wore pencil sketch. I'm trying to find my way back to a semi-regular drawing/sketching practice, and this was fun to do. . .

7:28 a.m. here, and I hear the house beginning to stir. If the Almost-Three wakes soon, I want to be ready for all the hugs I can get before daycare. Happy Wednesday! 

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