I know it's been autumn for awhile, but where I live, the seasons don't follow a set schedule. I get so jealous when I see people putting their summer clothes into storage and hanging up their cold weather wardrobe. We can't do that here. Summer's like that guest that just won't leave. You never know when it'll pop back up with a sweat-inducing day.

Still, I like to dress seasonally appropriate, even if I can't don chunky sweaters and cozy knits. For me, it's all about darker, warmer colors and adding in lightweight textures that mimic the knits of the season without suffocating me with unneeded warmth.

Over the last two years, I've been transitioning my closet back into a workwear-friendly zone that is teacher appropriate and classroom approved. In this day and age, teachers dress a lot more casually than they did when I was a student, and it's something I have a hard time wrapping my head around. I certainly don't picture myself wearing skirt suits or heels, but I do try to strike that balance of business and casual to create a look that feels like me but also helps model to my students what appropriate dressing looks like.

I try to add one or two new pieces to my closet each month. My goal is to replace needed items (like my black skirt), fill in any gaps (white button down), and update anything that feels dated (plaid skirt). These are the most recent things I've ordered from Amazon to help spruce up my cold-weather wardrobe.