Daily MelWear: Outfit 8/30

AHHH! You guys!!! I have lots of warm fuzzies after reading all of your positive thoughts about yourselves yesterday in the first week of Fabulous in February. It's so exciting to hear everyone speak so well and so lovingly about themselves! If you weren't able to participate yesterday, feel free to do so today and link up here or just jump in next Monday. Big thanks to Hope for co-hosting this awesome event with me!

Also, did you hear about my newest giveaway? It's a CUSTOM DESIGNED Pronta Scarf! You have to go check this designer out. She's incredibly talented and all of her pieces are so beautiful. Go here to enter the giveaway if you haven't yet! Entries are accepted until Sunday night, the winner will be announced on Valentine's Day!

Today is another Board Meeting day (second and fourth Tuesday of each month) which means I have to be dressed as close to "in code" as possible. This skirt isn't in code...and I don't think the tights are...and more than likely this shirt is too bright of a color as well...but this outfit is closer to the dress code than my usual ones. My boss is pretty adament about not wearing any "bling" so I make sure to adhere to at least that part of the guidelines when I know we have meetings.



I love the lace details on this blazer!



A few people have asked about my work dress code because I mention it a lot, so I figured I should go into a little bit of detail. I might include a box in my sidebar too just so it's easily accessible.

Here are the basics of my corporation's dress code. Some of these are due to the fact that the company is Seventh-Day Adventist, others are in the name of professionalism. Either way, I think they're too strict but I wasn't consulted so my opinion doesn't matter. :)
*No patterns unless they are so subtle that they appear to be solids from a distance
*No bright colors
*No animal prints of any kind (there goes my dress...and my shirt...and my skirt...and my booties...and my shoes...and my other shoes...)
*No bracelets
*Necklaces must be a single, thin strand of either silver or gold and have no more than one small pendant
*Earrings must not extend past the earlobe (so, only studs then?)
*No open-toe shoes (not even peep toes!)
*Belts much match or be in a neutral coordinating color with the outfit
*Tights/hose must be a neutral or flesh-toned color with no patterns
*Any nail polish must be a flesh-toned color
*Hair accessories are limited to small barrettes or hair clips in a shade that matches the hair color

All that being said, my current supervisor has clearly been more than lenient in allowing me to dress as myself. I'm not sure what I would do if she decided to crack down and enforce the guidelines, of which there has been some mention lately. I hope that doesn't happen. We don't see patients in our office and rarely do we even see other co-workers, so I don't see why it would be a problem for us to have more liberty in our attire.

Hope you're all having a great week so far! Don't forget to enter the giveaway!

Today's outfit
Black/White Skirt: Salvation Army
Green Shirt: Wal-Mart? Target?
Tights: Wal-Mart
Bow Belt: Charlotte Russe
Black Heels: Target