I'm a party girl today. Pictures
first, then, of what I wore to some lovely, summery linky-parties:
I'm finally getting to come out to play
with the always- glamorous Sacramento of Mis Papelicos at the current Share In Style with her partner for this week, the very lovely Alicia, our own
fabulous Spashionista. Their theme is Flowers. Yummy idea.
Of the skirts I've made for myself this
spring and summer, this wrinkle resistant, faux-linen skirt is my
favorite. I like my florals to be a little stylized, and although
these big blossoms break the rules for petites, I love them anyway.
They make me think of my favorite white-floral fragrances, an obvious
choice to wear with this combination as well. As if I need an excuse. And the top
is from Calvin Klein, happily had at a deep discount at TJ Maxx. I
see why it was on sale; it was boxier even than you see here and hip
length. I cropped about half of it off and I just love the effect of
the drapey fabric and the tailored front detail .... nice to have a
little breeze going to show off the movement. I wore this out to
dinner with Dan, and I felt fabulous and smelled really good as well!
My LWD ... for "How I Wear My ____"
And later in the week, you'll see this
LWD at How I Wear My _____ , hosted by that ultra-chic and
unstoppable team comprised of the fabulous Adrienne at The Rich Life on a Budget and the gorgeous Jill at Everything Just So. The theme this time is
White, so I also submitted the skirt and top above as one of the
ways I wear white; in a creamy shade combined with other neutrals.
I've never had a LWD, and thought that this summer might pass without
finding one. But my style-luck has been with me of late, and I found
this Crown & Ivy eyelet embroidery dress at a summer sale. I
wear white with trepidation, but I love the cut of the upper bodice
of this very forgiving sheath style dress. It wasn't too short, too young, too
tight or too expensive, and once I tried it on, it was true love. I
liked it best with my little coral d'Orsay pumps (hope these stay
around for a while, 'cause I have a mini-collection of them now) and
a cute cork clutch.
When I wear this combination, I can't
help remembering that deep down, under this old lady skin and psyche,
there's still that California girl from 1968 who wants to dance in
her dress, barefoot on the moonlit beach of a summer night.
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An update on my post mini-disaster phase:
After last week's Snicket-ish series of
unfortunate events, you'd think that I'd choose to kick back and
savor the simple absence of catastrophe.
But no. I just couldn't manage it. I
was still too adrenaline-pumped to quit, so I let Dan draw me into
further adventures with communication technology, right after the
router debacle. Not really up to the level of adopting a Transformer as a pet, nor was it a mini-disaster like the flooded business, but still a
little daunting; we changed mobile carriers and got our first smartphones. Woo hoo.
Ch-ch-ch changes, especially for Dan.
He has to bid his battered old flip phone goodby. We're learning our
way around new phones in between doing everything else, but Dan is
completely in love with the ability to do it all by voice. Voice
texting, voice generated email, voice Google searches, voice
generated grocery and to-do lists ... all that has eliminated his
frustration with little buttons and big fingers. He maintains that
phones are for talking, and it seems that technology is finally his
friend. And our bill is cut in half (!!!)
and we have tons of data and voice that we didn't have before.
Worth the effort, absolutely.
As for me, I'm looking forward to being
able to use new ways of communicating with customers and keeping up
with so many of you guys that use Instagram! I have Twitter loaded,
but no account yet. I will figure it out sooner than later.
But what I want to know from you, my
style-and-tech-savvy friends, is how you use your mobile technology
to support your personal style fixations? I need to make this little
smarty-pants-phone work pretty hard for its keep. Obviously, it's
easier than ever to shop on-line, but what else can a smart phone do
to to make my life easier or more interesting in the wardrobe
department? Any ideas?
