Eat Your Oatmeal

Some of my readers are no doubt visiting Savers or Value Village Stores today where there is 50% off on this national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. I found this heavy knit dress at one such sale in the depths of summer when no one was thinking about heavy things like this (I'll bet it weighs 3 pounds). Learning to shop off season, 6 months ahead or 6 months behind, is standard operating procedure for thrift shopping. I've paired it with my Frye boots and the braided belt I wore with last Monday's knit successfully. But the color leaves something to be desired. You'll see I tried to perk things up with one or two or three of the "nut"...