What I Wore: Sunday Funday

Clearly, grandma’s couch had antecedents in my closet; this thrifted skirt is its country-bumpkin cousin. Grandma’s rocking chair? Joking aside, I loved this skirt. But, guys, the love has run its course; we are consciously uncoupling. Well, consciously on my part; I cannot speak to its state of awareness. I can speak to its antipathy for my post-baby hips. So off it goes into next year’s clothing swap pile. Don’t y’all rush to get in line for it! (I know. That GOOP-y joke was funny for about 30 seconds, 2 weeks ago. When I wrote this post. We’re still friends, right?)

Something else I’ve given up on is mastery of the sock bun. Instead, I’ve decided to attempt something more in line with my actual skills. Behold, the bird’s nest:

Life’s so much easier with lowered expectations.

What I Wore: Puddle Jumping

Taking a toddler for a walk during the height of our spring big melt is … a fun idea in principle, very wet in practice. Thankfully, I have my trusty Hunters (how’s that for blatant product placement? it’s okay, I’m not getting paid for it). No, seriously, thank Neptune or whoever is the god of deceptively-small-looking-but-in-reality-two-feet-deep puddles. I am fairly dry in this picture, though perhaps more frazzled than usual. It was, uh, a windy day? Yeah, let’s go with that.

Speaking of the little puddle-monster himself, I couldn’t even wrangle a picture out of him. “Pretend to like it, buddy,” I whispered. “No way, come hell or high puddle,” responded he, telepathically and by applying a sharp elbow to my gut.

Oh well.

What I Wore: Shopping, etc.

Y’all know I love red as an accent colour, so my first instinct is always to overload on it. But I was reading an article on French style recently, and the recommendation was to limit accents to one piece rather than a half dozen (it’s like the author read my mind!). In this case, my Old Navy t-shirt already has a bit of red in it, so I just added a belt. And red lipstick, because I feel 120% more chic wearing it. But! I refrained from adding any other red accessories, like a bag.

But, but! After peeking at this picture on my iPhone, I decided the “elephant grey” bag wasn’t cutting it … so I went with my red MbMJ Teri tote. It was just lying right there! It was too easy! Alright, alright, I admit failure.