GUYS, this is a special post for a BUNCH of reasons:

1. This picture was, of course, taken by my beautiful and talented photographer, but the stark, white wall behind me is not our normal, stark white wall but a different, stark, white wall. In fact, our stunning and accomplished photographer took this at her own XX birthday party (age has obviously been censored, she's a lady)!

2. While I was among coworkers/work friends that evening, I did not wear this outfit to work. Not at all. I have no excuse for that, I just didn't.

3. I am NOT wearing glasses, I think, for the first time ever in a post. This is the top half of my face. I am wearing contacts, even though my eye doctor STRONGLY suggests I never wear them and seemed genuinely sad when I admitted to her how often I do wear them. I get that she's looking out for me, but I'm my own person, you know?

Anyway, thank you all for bearing with this peculiar post and I assure you our (yours, mine, all of our) next post will be back to normal: in the office, at work, glasses squarely on or falling slightly off the bridge of my nose.

Shirt - Holly (my friend)

Jeans - Lord & Taylor

Hip wedges - Shoe store in the Haight (in San Fran(cisco))

Necklace - Target