{pants: c/o express; t-shirt: zara; cardigan: 525 america; shoes: bcbg; handbag: tory burch; sunnies: karan walker; belt: zara; necklace: amrita signh; bracelets: david yurman, john hardy, & stella & dot; ring: c/o david yurman; earrings: jude francis}

It’s back to work this Monday with a playful twist on an office outfit. The bold color combination could fight off most cases of the Monday blues, but add in a polka dot blouse to the mix and you are sure to have a fun start to your week. The colors remind me of this color-blocking post and the same rules still apply.

What is your favorite way to color-block this spring? Are you still loving the bright hues from last season or adopting the pastel shades of new? (I love playing with both, just not in the same outfit!)

{jacket (similar), belt & necklace: banana republic; t-shirt: j.crew; pants: current/elliott; shoes: tory burch; handbag: balenciaga; sunnies: karan walker}

We are moving offices at work so everyone had to be packed up and out of the building today at noon.  Noon! On a Friday!  Plus, it couldn’t have been a more beautiful day to be strolling the streets of New York without anywhere to be.  FMK, my husband/photographer, was on campus today. So, I tested out the old tripod for the first time.  It was completely awkward, but it got the job done.  Hopefully this new found discovery will mean more outfit post.

FMK and I will be apartment shopping all day tomorrow.  Wish us luck and let’s all hope it isn’t anything like our first experience I mentioned here.  We are toying with the idea of moving further downtown, but I have to admit when I was strolling through Riverside Park today, I was having second thoughts about leaving the Upper West Side.

If these pictures don’t do enough justice of how beautiful New York is in the spring, I uploaded more to my facebook page.  (I have to warn you, I did get a little camera happy.)

Have a beautiful weekend!