skirt: Club Monaco; shirt: Club Monaco; shoes: L.K. Bennett; bag: Rebecca Minkoff; cuff: DANNIJO; necklace: Whistles

Over the last few weeks, most of my Monday posts have featured casual looks that were leftovers of the weekend just past. While mooning over delicious Saturdays and Sundays is understandable, it’s not especially helpful when Monday comes around filled with a backlog of work that you were too busy to get to last week (and by ‘busy’ I mean engrossed in the TomKat implosion- well-played K. Holmes- to the detriment of your work and even your blog).

So this week I am turning over a new leaf and grabbing Monday by the balls. What better way to do this than with a streamlined pencil skirt and floaty blouse, both playing in the neutral color spectrum. The separates say business but the added detailing of the piping on the skirt and the print of the blouse keep it interesting enough to avoid drone territory. Procrastination has met its match in this ensemble.

Time to bid you all adieu and get to work, but first I’ll check out Lainey, just in case there is, ya know, something important. Have a great Monday!