Because Everyone Should Buy Their Jewellery at the Coffee Shop.

Summer here has been absolutely beautiful. We had no rain whatsoever in July, which is pretty amazing considering Vancouver Island is part of Canada's coastal rainforest. Of course August threw us some cold, wet weather to remind us of our geographical heritage. There were days that felt like winter, though in reality they merely seemed winter-like when compared to the heady, heated days of July.

Thankfully sunny skies prevailed for the last day of August, as Hubby and I had a wedding to attend. 

This was not the first wedding-related appearance for the dress and the shoes. They accompanied me to Memphis a few years ago for a cousin's wedding reception. Now there was some hot weather. The dress I wore to that ceremony was too soggy and clingy to wear to the reception, and not because I went for a dip in the baptismal pool, though the thought did cross my mind.

The necklace is new. Somehow wearing all black to a wedding ceremony didn't seem appropriate. At least that was my excuse for stopping for an Americano at a local coffee shop/gallery and leaving with jewellery. It's not like I'd been eyeing the necklace for months or anything. Ahem.

The jacket/shrug thingy was new to me. I picked it up at a consignment shop the week before the wedding. As there was no telling what the weather would do, I thought I should have something to provide a bit of warmth should the weather prove uncooperative. I was really pleased with how well the thingy went with the dress. 

Hubby wore a black suit, white shirt and a red tie, so we made a handsome and coordinated couple. I even managed to wear the shoes through most of the day. Shocking considering that I never wear heels. I wasn't even lame the next day. In fact, on Sunday I was able to do the pub to pub walk without limping. In different shoes of course.

Linking up with Patti and the handsome and coordinated crew over at Not Dead Yet Style for Visible Monday. Go check it out!