So Much Rain

Sweater: Loft Outlet (similar here); Shirt: Loft; Necklace: Loft outlet

Where I Wore It: To work and then in a rainstorm (3/2/12)

Last Friday, when I wore this, I had grand visions of going to work and then heading to Arlington to hit up the mall and, more specifically, DSW.  Shoe heaven.  Instead, when I left work, raring to go, at 4:30, it was pouring.  I mean pouring, the kind of rain where it just pools all over the sidewalk because DC has terrible drainage.  Of course, when I checked the weather that morning, I didn't see rain in the forecast (we'll overlook that my mother in Massachusetts apparently heard on the news that we were going to get slammed down here with a rainstorm yet I didn't?), and so I left the house in cute and comfy flats that would be easy to slip on and off for trying on shoes and clothes.

Fast-forward 35 minutes (hell if I was going to venture down to VA and schlep around the mall in that weather), and I arrive at home, completely soaked from the knees down with shoes literally squelching and gushing water.  Now these flats, which I adore, have already survived (mostly) one rain storm.  But I'm not sure they survived this one.  When I kicked them off just inside the front door, the inside was peeling off and stuck to my foot! :(

I left them out to dry, and I haven't inspected the damage yet.  It's probably time I threw them out (they aren't even leather...), but I love my little pink snakeskin flats!

Pants: Martin & Ossa via TJ Maxx (really old, similar here and here); Shoes: SE Boutique by Sam Edelman via DSW (also old and now ruined by THE RAIN, similar here)