Shades of Autumn foliage

Hello there,

It's the last day of the Half term holiday and I've had a lovely time in Vienna so not really blogged much (thank you scheduled posts!).  Dreading the 8 week half-term which is coming up but at the same time, it's my favourite term- Christmas! Where I get to sing Christmas songs 5 times a week for 8 weeks in prep for our Christmas performances. It felt MOST strange to be preparing scripts, songs and resources for the KS1 teachers for their nativity play the 3rd week of October!!  They only have a month until their performance though so entirely necessary!  Before that, however, I have to get through our WW1 centenary concert with about 80 children performing with just me to rally them!

Yesterday, it was a rather lazy day of waking late, household chores, reading and then heading over to CBC's brother's flat for the evening.  I didn't know what we were planning yesterday- everything was rather 'off the hoof!'

 Somehow, it seemed my outfit was inspired by the emerging Autumnal colours.  My mother came over on Friday and we were doing some pruning, digging up and picking in the garden and I was struck by the leaves beyond our boundary.  Which shade of Autumn do you like best?
 The outfit consisted of old favourites plus one new item:
The dress is a charity-shopped Jack Wills one which I like for its simplicity to be adapted with other accessories and garments. It was the base of a watermelon-themed outfit in the Summer.

The yellow cardigan is one that I have worn on here a myriad times- I always wear it inside-out accidentally though.  A child told me it was inside out on the last day of term and I thanked her, thinking rather darkly of all the teachers who'd seen me earlier and hadn't told me!  Add some grey leggings and my beloved Dr Martens Joylyn boots which I found second-hand on eBay earlier in the year- Dr Martens have stopped making these now which is super-annoying as they are my ultimate comfy, durable Winter footwear.  My teal pair have been going for about 4 years now.  The red socks are a boot-accompanying favourite.

 The orange hues come from the belt, an old favourite, the fox-necklace and the only new item, a fox-ears beret which I saw on an instagrammer back in March and ordered back them from eBay as I loved it! Yes, that's me being a fox. You're welcome.
 I tend to favour leggings over tights nowadays as a long-legged being, I find tights such an utter pain in the sense that I have to hoik them up every five minutes plus, the synthetic fabric doesn't make my legs feel very comfy- some are ok though. I still have many pairs though as I am not sure anyone would like someone else's old tights.  Maybe they could be cut up for stuffing for the felt fish the kids make at school like I've done with some old odd socks?  Seems a shame though if they are still wearable- I need to just suck-it-up and wear them!
Can you see my Autumn-leaf earrings?  They were charity-shopped a few years ago and they are the final touch!

Hope you are well.

xx