Yay, I’ve succeeded again in creating a new outfit with only things from my wardrobe. And I really like this green dress with cream boots outfit. The dress appeared on the blog in 2017 in this post. I don’t wear it much but there is nothing wrong with it and I still like it. As a matter of fact, I like this styling better than the first one, because I never cared for the white top underneath it. The striped top, also visible at the sleeves, is much better. (With a thank-you to Misja, who taught me to use stripes.)
I met Marita for coffee at Le Petit Café (below) and she took the photos for this blog post.
Le Petit Café is open for breakfast, coffee, lunch, drinks and dinner and is located in the building of what used to be a book shop. Actually, the book shop (De Vries Van Stockum) is still there but it gave up half of its space to Le Petit Café. You can walk straight from the restaurant into the book shop. If you want to see more, click on this link to the article Haarlemcityblog.nl did on them (if you don’t speak Dutch, you’ll have to use Google Translate or just look at the photos).
Below: I didn’t take photos of Le Petit Café as there were a lot of people and usually they don’t take kindly to being photographed by a stranger. I did take photos of two book shop areas. It is an awesome book shop, the best there is.
Below: Children’s book section.
We had an excellent cappuccino and café latte before we ventured out to do the shoot.
Wouldn’t you know…it started drizzling exactly as we stepped outside. We decided to ignore it.
Below: Where there are stripes, dots will follow (tights). At least I like the combination. Minor pattern mixing. I still love the boots and they are so easy to walk in.
Below: One of the little streets behind the café.
Below: I thought that the front door was worth a separate shot.
Below: Marita with her birthday earrings against that pretty door. She also likes to brighten up black by adding a bright colour.
Below: The face is blurry but the earrings are sharp. Of course created by Lara Design. I hardly wear any earrings from other designers as her collection is very versatile. These are, what I call, elegant earrings which go well with a dress.
Below: The green door and the brown door look out onto a little square with a big tree and statues. The woman I am holding definitely looks at me with a face that says “What do you think you are doing?? Get off me.” LOL
Below: This is what is behind me as I am holding the statue. The tree is magnificent in summer. I had a photo shoot in this square before, in October 2018. You can see a little bit of the tree with green leaves and the rest of the square in this post.
Below: Part of the square is this building (you can see it in the background of the photo above). It is a shame they had to put “bars” in between the columns, but they did it tastefully. Homeless people used it for shelter and youth for littering, so I get it.
We quickly went into the café again. Only to find out that the photos taken with a street in the background were all blurry. Sometimes my camera does this, sharp background, blurry me. That won’t do at all so we went out again. By this time it was actually raining.
Below: Right….so this photo was taken in the rain. Not a drizzle, no…flat out rain. The worst for hair and camera. It was click, click, click and run back in.
The things you do for a blog post.
What happened in my life this week
As we still didn’t know what was the matter with our dog Watson, we decided not to go to our friends for new year’s eve. We stayed at home and put Watson in a thunder shirt. He wasn’t shivering too much and he wasn’t drooling either. But he did want to be very close to either of us. Long story short, I stayed up with him during the fireworks at 12 o’clock and he didn’t flinch. Apparently fireworks aren’t what’s causing his distress after all. He seems fine now with the exception that he needs encouragement from Ron to get out of the car and go for a long walk. That never happened before. After a short while he is OK and runs off. Hopefully this will wear off as well. No idea what it could have been.
I visited mum on the 30th of December and we had a jolly nice afternoon. We played Rummikub, no winner, it was a draw. She is happy with her new shoes, her cold is nearly gone so 2024 starts well for her.
I started the new year with fitness exercises and a bike ride for my health (no particular place to ride to). Did three laundries, changed the bed and washed my hair. A very good start of the year. Nothing spectacular but nice.
Saw a Dutch film with my friend and neighbour Monique. It is called “Neem me mee” (Take me with you) and is about a group of 6 old people who go on holiday to France in a van, driven by a young entrepreneur. (Trailer.) It was an entertaining film but it doesn’t make me look forward to getting old, however optimistic the film was. Photo of the cast below.
We got an unexpected invitation for drinks at Petro and Froukje. I love impromptu “events”, small and big. No pressure, no stress, just playing it by ear. Unfortunately everybody is so busy, nearly all agendas are booked with appointments and dates way into the future. We’re a planning nation. So different from countries like Italy or Spain.
Did a photo shoot with Loes, which resulted in drinking coffee for one and a half hour, waiting out the rain. We ended up shooting indoors.
Got two items in the sale. Which, of course, you will see in the near future.
Next week we should see some sunshine. Excellent for photo shoots.
Greetje
I like these plain, wide, informal dresses… I think they are easy to combine with many things and they give a lot of play if you know how to use the accessories well. In your case, I like how you use the striped sweater and the cream-colored boots, the result is a casual look, but with an elegant air. Beautiful photos of charming places and, as always, a beautiful close-up.
A bit of a blurry close-up this time LOL.
I think it is a wonderful outfit to have lunch or coffee with a friend. As you say, casual with an elegant air.
Do you think that Watson might have a seizure disorder of some kind?
No, the vet didn’t think so. We suspect that something happened in the park. He either ate something with drugs in it or a dog or person was hurting him? We don’t know. He always runs off and happily dives into bushes. But for a week he was very reluctant to get out of the car and go with Ron. He is totally fine again, thank goodness. Running like mad again.
What a gorgeous bookstore! Your outfit this week is very chic — the boots work so well with the dress. The earrings you are wearing are lovely too. Glad to hear your mom is over her cold, and that Watson is doing better.
The boots work well with many things. Yay, good investment.
Earrings are my thing, since I had my earlobes “repaired”.
You look stylish! Like the way you put your wardrobe together. The combination coffee shop/bookstore was very appealing. Love places like that. I am glad your Mom and Watson are doing better.
Mom and Watson are both hunky dory again.
Thanks for the compliment. Who doesn’t want to be called stylish? Yay.
This is a great look! Simple, modern, and nicely pulled-together. Yes, the striped top really makes the look.
Hope Watson continues to get back to his happy self…
Yes Watson is fine now. Very happy for that.
I think I will wear this outfit more often. Great for coffee or lunch with a friend.
I looked at the other post with the green dress, I like how it was styled the first time! how does it look without anything under it? Is the dress faux suede? it looks like that in the pics.
Yes the dress is made from a material that looks like a thin suede. If I wear nothing underneath it, you would see all the wrinkles covering my cleavage. Not a pretty sight. Besides, I’d freeze to death.
Looking fabulous Greetje and a Happy New Year to you!!!
Your dress is super and I adore those boots!!!
Hugs,Paula,XXX
Great compliments to start 2024. Thanks.
And of course Happy New Year to you too.
Such a cool casual dress and your styling of it is perfect. Happy New Year!
Thank you Lise. I was quite pleased myself. And Happy New Year.
Happy New Year! I loved the way you styled the green dress. The stripes underneath really work with the dress. I hope there is nothing seriously wrong with Watson. Maybe he’ll be his old self soon. Your movie, Neem Me Mee, sounds interesting. Maybe they will put it on Netflix after its theater run. I’ m always looking for something interesting to watch on streaming.
And Happy New Year to you too.
Stripes work with lots of outfits. I only learned this a couple of years ago, when Misja explained it to me.
I doubt whether the movie Neem Me Mee will appear on Netflix…with English subtitles. Usually, there isn’t a big market for Dutch movies.
So nice to get your blog! You looked wonderful. I love your boots, AGAIN! I love all of your boots, but often working in pants, I am concerned they would make a ridge in my pants.
We celebrated Christmas late, on New Years Eve day. Our son’s wife got covid, bless her. I had a hard time wrapping because the leg that was in the medical boot from my fall was sore from rehab.
We are in cold weather now and had a slight dusting of snow this morning very early.
Thankful that Watson is better. Our babies worry us very much.
Actually, these boots don’t make a ridge in my trousers. You poor thing with your leg. I thought it was completely healed, as you are back at work as well.
We are now experiencing freezing temperatures. Makes a change from the rain.
Happy New Year from Souther California. I looked at the 2017 post of the green dress. I scrolled down a bit beyond the dress and was really taken with how you tied the animal print scarf with the black coat–gorgeous. I really love scarves and cannot ever get them to look nice and end up leaving them in the drawer. Can you provide a hint for how you got yours so perfect yet looking so insouciant.
And a Happy New Year to you too.
I have even better photos of that coat with that particular scarf. It is a heavy scarf, which means you don’t have to fuss much with it. It hangs and stays there (well, most of the times) as you throw it on. Apart from this scarf, I cannot style ANY scarf. I am hopeless with them. Just like you, I keep them in the drawer. Susan of the blog Une Femme d’un certain age is good with scarves and gives tutorials.
Cute outfit. I especially like the green dress with the striped top. The earrings are gorgeous!
As a retired librarian, I always like bookshop photos. Thanks.
Glad Watson is doing better.
Have a good week.
We have some pretty awesome bookshops in the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, Maastricht, Zwolle and Utrecht are fantastic bookshops.
Happy New Year, Greetje! I love the moss green dress! It’s very versatile and looks so comfortable. I especially like the way that you’ve styled it with the stripes.
Happy New Year Elaine. I don’t know whether the moss green dress is versatile. This is only the second outfit I created with it in all those years haha.