As we come into the last days of summer, I thought it would be fun to offer a quick recap of my summer in pictures. So here goes…

Perhaps the biggest (certainly the most expensive) thing I did was upgrade my shoes a bit with a few trips to Aldo and Cole Haan. Costly but definitely worth it.

I also showed off two ways to wear the same leopard print blazer. T-shirt, colored slacks, Absynia necklace or dress shirt, patterned vest, jeans, and giraffe lapel pin (giraffe, leopard…see what I did there?).

I wore a lot of hats. A. Lot. Of hats. Pork pies, fedoras, trilbies, oh my…

And finally, I added some interesting pieces to my growing collection of lapel pins. Bought these from a vintage shop downtown. Great places to shop for pins.