It does NOT seem like almost a month
since my last post, but it's that, just short a couple of days. Wow.
During my absence, we've had thunderstorm-intense weather with lots
of rain (we did need the rain) followed by some gray, chilly days and
all that has been unsettling for tornado wary folks here. Dan and I
spent a lot of these weeks annoyed and inconvenienced by March
Madness nonsense and dealt with customers staying at home because of
tax time (an annual non-treat for us, too.) We've spent an
inordinately large chunk of the lost weeks reestablishing our stuff
with a new primary health-care provider ... another ultimately good
thing, that.
But my last nerve finally shredded last week because I
was still afoot after the old-car debacle of some months ago, and Dan
had to coax me down from the tree-tops with a promise of car
shopping. At least I thought it was my last nerve, but I found I had
still had some left to be frazzed during the compulsory shenanigans pulled by the local, good ol' boy used-car dealership in the
process. I have no proper words for this experience, really. But I
do have a decent vehicle that ought to be returned into my anxious arms tomorrow after a critical bit of repair is finally completed.
So, that's really good and I can only rejoice that it's about
freaking time at last !
So, that's some of what I've been
doing. Oh, yes ... I almost forgot having to face the dreadful, cold
squeezies of the Mammogram Monster. But the result was clean as a
whistle, so more good news to report. Yay.
During all this day to day stuff, I did
manage to take pleasure in the change of seasonal wardrobe and bring
a few items from last month's list out to play! Look ... I managed
photos as well!
So nice to be able to jazz up old
favorite combos with a fresh pair of kicks. Keds Double Ups, in this
case, and I was delighted with the slightly thicker sole, matching
red pin-stripe and red laces! Delightfully and magically, the red
laces relieve some of the gunboatish quality that old-school tennis
shoes sometimes have. I'm not crazy about how I look in large, flat
RED shoes, so they've been worn since then with rolled up BFs, sloppy
T shirts and my coolest sunnies. They work better in that context on
a short girl, I think, and make a trip to the grocery store a little
more fun.
I always go after handbags and shoes if
I'm unsettled about everything else ... so here you see a pale pink,
white and nude one from Call it Spring (JCPenny) with my favorite
rose gold-tone accents.
I couldn't make this photo do justice
to the rich cognac color blocked with black in this Sorial tote.
It's much better IRL, as are the cognac mules. I could really fall
hard for these "straight leg skinnies" from Old Navy. They
may be my new favorite jeans cut as they definitely remind me how elongating and curve-flattering a longer line can be. I like this current iteration of the straight leg; it's like my old style, wider, straight leg stacking jeans married a pair of skinnies and had these!
Ah. That's better, closer to the real
life color. Along with black and white, I'm seriously attracted to
brown, blue and black combos in all the possible variations for this
spring, so there's more to come.
I've been wanting these windowpane
pixie pants, and got them at deep discount. Not as huge a pattern as
the black and white plaid version I showed you not long ago, and
closer to flattering, I think. I'm enjoying wearing fitted shirts
like this one with a collar to pop, and the close-but-not-tight fit
feels like a good thing.
Speaking of shoes and bags to make me feel
grounded; I love this chunky heeled and thick strapped pair (Steve
Madden) and adorably cheap-and-trendy clearance bag from good ol'
Charming Charlie ! I'll get the good out of it with all the black and
white graphics that are appearing on my radar. Stay tuned.
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So. That catches me up, and I'm off to check in (sooner, I hope, rather than later) with all the Glamazons and Glamoratti at the Lovely Patti's Visible Monday . I need to see what you're all up to!
