cardigans for autumn

Summer seems to have finally shown up in St. Louis, right around the time when we're all totally over the heat and ready to be shopping for fall clothes.  Personally, I cannot wait until my daily outfit can be some approximation of this: 

As much as I'd like to say I was super excited about the latest in avant-garde fashion for fall, I am just SO ABSOLUTELY NOT.  I want cozy, boring, cute, easy to wear.  Sundresses are all well and good, but lately my options are limited to all things mom-friendly (read: nursing friendly), which has basically resulted in my wearing a Sonnet James dress every.  single.  day.  And I love those dresses (LOVE!) but I think their constant rotation has become somewhat of an assault to my husband's eyeballs.  

So in the interest of optimism and maybe some wishful thinking that the universe will listen and lower the temps to highs in the 70s, here is a little round-up of my favorite cardigans for this fall.  

clockwise from top left: 

1.  nakoma open cardigan, white plum boutique

2.  mint cardigan, modcloth

3.  red mixed-stripe cardigan, modcloth

4.  woven geo pattern cardigan, nordstrom

5.  mallory open cardigan, white plum boutique

6.  draped colorblock cardigan, macys

7.  biya open embroidered cardigan, free people

Now, does anyone want to buy #7 for me?  Because I'm pretty sure if I owned that beauty I'd start wearing it tomorrow, 100% humidity and all.  

friday link love

Hope you all have a lovely weekend planned!  Here in the midwest, we are apparently getting snowed in - or it could just be a bit of overblown panic, since this is our first real bit of winter weather this year.  Either way, my husband is going to be out of town and I have yoga teacher training all weekend, so nothing terribly exciting around here.  I have two Christmas parties next weekend (one is ours), so I've decided to revel in the opportunity for relaxation.  My plans include Chinese takeout and either "Love Actually" or "You've Got Mail."  Perhaps both.    

A few of my favorite things from the web this week...

Pretty much how I feel on the weekends, since being pregnant.

I didn't even know this style of Swedish Hasbeens existed, but I LOVE them. Good thing Christmas is coming up!  That cognac leather just kills me.

Seven pairs of black tights that never rip.  The Commando pair is my personal favorite.  

These brownies look insanely delicious.  And dangerous.

How to find the people that are right for you.

World births and deaths in real time.

Are you smart enough to be a citizen?  (Yeah, my score is going to stay a secret.)