Tired Friday
I decided it was warm enough for the shoes and a dress. I was dying to get out of my jeans. Fridays are nice, but I'm always beat. There just isn't anything left. The outfit was a true pick-me-up, because sometimes a girl just needs to feel pretty, no matter the shape or size or age. I don't know if this is superficial or what, but a good outfit will often boost my energy by 100%. Add to it that really, I had nowhere to go. I took it out for a stroll to... the market, the supermarket, to preschool and possibly this afternoon I will take it out to... the playground! If I'm not a glamour mom, I don't know who is. That's the thing though, especially if I have "nowhere" to go, wearing clothes as if I do makes me feel like a person. I like feeling like a person. Not just someone's person. Like my own person. And it doesn't hurt that my kids will notice. "I love your necklace, mama!" - Nikola says. Ivan usually comments on my shoes. He likes all my fancy shoes. He's got taste.
(If you're curious: dress and belt are Old Navy, cardigan is H&M, shoes are Born and the necklace is a gift from my husband)
Posted at 08:07 AM on April 20, 2012
Awww... you look SOOOO cute!!! I love your idea that a great outfit gives you a 100% energy boost. I've got to use that argument with my husband when I buy new clothes!
What style! You've got me beat by a mile. (Or a few thousand miles...) Congratulations on the pregnancy--very belatedly, obviously!
I always look amazing! I would never guess this is your 4th go around!
I know what you mean about clothes making you feel like a person...
A couple of years ago, being tired of sporty-style winter jackets made for men, I finally bought myself a nice dressy feminine winter coat. My oldest son commented that now I "looked like I could afford to have kids in soccer." :)
(I actually have a really hard time finding anything fitted and feminine because of my wide shoulder and long arms, which is why I often default to men's coats. When it is large enough in the shoulders, then it is huge around the waist and most often my wrists and part of my arms are exposed.
Sigh. I wish women's clothes fit me. Re-sigh.)