30 x 30: Six

Rebecca Minkoff Mini MAC Pink Iris; J. CRew polka dot shift dress
Dress, J. Crew (via eBay); jacket, Old Navy; belt, Holt Renfrew (via consignment); shoes, Tory Burch (via Kijiji); bag, Rebecca Minkoff (via eBay)

I really don’t have much to say about the outfit. This J. Crew dress is still awesome. I still love my Barbie purse. The sky is blue, water is wet, etc.

Let’s talk about my Winners adventures instead. Because this happened:

python print jumpsuit
File under “Too Old For This, I am”

Hahahahaha … hang on … bwahahahaha!

So, being a SAHM is a bit like living a particularly mundane Groundhog Day-type scenario. You have to get your kicks whenever – and however – you can. Sometimes, I get mine trying on ridiculous things; what can I say, my threshold for amusement is pretty low these days. Winners can usually be counted on for at least a few laughs (and the occasional phenomenal find), and this jumpsuit did not disappoint. My mom thought it didn’t look bad … until I told her it wasn’t intended to be an adult onesie pyjama. She then asked where one might wear something like it in public, and proceeded to be mystified by my suggestions. To be fair, if I wore this grocery-shopping, hers would probably not be the only look of befuddlement I would encounter.

The back view was horrific. I’m letting you see it because some day, when you’re having a particularly awful afternoon, you will think back to this and have a good chuckle, and I care about you enough to anticipate that eventuality and do my part to cheer you up. You’re welcome.

python print jumpsuit
Hehehe! Wait, you’re laughing WITH me, right?

I thought about buying the jumpsuit just to punk my husband, but at $50, it was too expensive a joke for my budget.

If money was no object, though, I would have had to buy these as well:

Ivanka Trump sandals
Ivanka Trump sandals

They were actually cute, and a gorgeous colour too, but – holy Manolo! They were excruciating. Like, instrument-of-torture painful. This shot gives a better idea of it, minus the tendon-breaking heel/instep aspect.

Ivanka Trump sandals
Ouch!

But only $115 for anyone interested in breaking their ankle(s) in a stylish way.

30 x 30: Five

Old Navy chambray dress
Dress, Old Navy; shoes, Gap Factory; bag, MbMJ (via eBay)

Behold: the finest in potato sack couture! But seriously, you guys – I love this dress. Like, marriage-material kind of love. Even though it makes me look like … well, a sack of potatoes. I’m not even gonna apologize for loving it. I love it that much. And it cost 14 whole dollars, which is a ridiculously low price to put on true love, but never change Old Navy, because in addition to run-on sentences I also love a cheap find.

So. Much. Love. You guys.

Blergh!

Ok, so all that aside, this is barely an outfit. Don’t hate me, ok? It was a warm afternoon, and this dress beckoned, and then my new Gap Outlet sandals winked at me, and I just had to put this on and call it done. And I know I’m going to do it again, because I basically want to live in this dress all summer long.

Old Navy chambray dress
Best part: it’s not too short in the front OR the back. Yay for not accidentally flashing the mailman!

30 x 30: Four

J. Crew striped blazer
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I feel like this is one of those outfits that looks 100% better in real life. Maybe I’m finally giving up embracing my current SAHM status and its casual wardrobe, but I felt very comfortable in this outfit. Not just nothing-pinches-and-I-can-breathe-fine comfortable, but feeling-good-and-loving-life comfortable. Know what I mean? But this photo is kind of … underwhelming. Boo. I’m going to blame it on the lighting being so damn poor. I still haven’t quite figured out when and how to take photos when it’s sunny outside. Wait! That makes it sound like I’m responsible; we can’t have that! Stupid, out-of-my-control lighting!

Also, there was other stuff happening:

J. Crew striped blazer
Laughing at the very much not-imaginary noises coming from the back seat of the car

To wit: two small kids hooting and hollering in the back seat of the car. Luka is currently obsessed with “One More Night” by Maroon 5 (yes, he has deplorable taste in music), so he goes around “ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh”-ing. All. The. Time. His sister growls. Like, legit growls. (It is amusing to see people react to that after they’ve been cooing over the itty, bitty, cute baby for a few minutes. I call her “blood of the dragon”, because I have Targaryens on the brain, and she seems to like that. I know because she growls.) Anyway, the kids – partially responsible for the bad photos. Gosh, having kids is so convenient when it comes to making excuses, isn’t it?

Oh, and you can’t see it in said bad photos, but I was wearing a pretty necklace my husband gave me for my birthday last year. This one:

Tiffany anchor necklace pendant
Lobster hands and Tiffany pendant