Not feelin it.
This is day nine of a series I’m doing that features a month of outfits. Read my intro here, find out about the Challenge here, and Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5 , Day 6, Day 7, and Day 8.
Good evening everyone! And how are we?
So far my day has been pretty good. You know, I got some stuff done around the house, worked out a bit, got to hang out with my bestie, Nico (and eat fro-yo), and spent some time playing with Andrew and Calliope… Not a bad gig! The only thing that I felt wasn’t successful about today was my outfit. But no big deal, who cares about what I’m wearing right?………….
So <ahem> here is the OOTD:
Details: Top- Old Navy, Jeans and Blazer- Gap, Booties- Target, Bracelet-XXI, Hat- Eugenia Kim for Target. On Opie: Top- Vintage, Diaper- Flip
Diaper clutch (Yes, awesome I know!)- Petunia Pickle Bottom
Color Coordinated
Perhaps my outfit looks better upsidedown ;D
You’ll notice that today I didn’t post a ton of photos, and that half of them featured me monkeying around with the always adorable Calliope. No, it’s not an HTML glitch! The short story is that there weren’t a ton of ‘blog worthy’ photos. Part of the problem was that there was only 5 minutes of Sun today, but mostly I didn’t have very many pics where I didn’t have a fake or semi-pained look on my face. Really I don’t know what happened, perhaps the heat has finally got to me! On paper, I thought I would love Lucky’s Day 9:
1. The blazer is an old staple of mine, I love the heck out of it, and I don’t know if you know this, but jackets are kind of my thing.
2. The shirt is a lovely print and a super fun shade of yellow.
3. Although a bit of a style stretch pour moi, I was excited to try the “boyfriend jean” trend.
But when I put on the outfit this morning I just felt- ‘meh’ about it. To be clear, I didn’t think it was a bad outfit, I just felt uninspired by it (or maybe in it?). I dunno, it just really didn’t “do” anything personally for me.
Not to feel defeated, I tried to jazz it up: Despite the heat, I added a white undershirt to make the silhouette more flattering. I curled my hair. I put on a cute hat as a sort of play on the masculinity of the look. At one point, I even put on the daring red lip stain. But nothing, I repeat, nothing seemed to make me feel more excited about it. For me, this outfit just falls flat. Bleh.
To be honest I’m kind of bummed about it. Maybe I’m a silly woman, but I like to feel good in what I wear. Ideally, I want my clothes to be an attractive reflection of my inner beauty. I want to feel special, or at least feel like my butt looks good! I can’t really put my finger on it (which is especially disconcerting since these are all my clothes!) but today was a small fashion failure because this getup didn’t accomplish any of the things that I like my clothes to do.
Oh well, such is life!
As you can see, I didn’t let it get in the way of the enjoyment of my day. Lucky wouldn’t have called it a challenge if it was all easy, right? So I’m moving on. But here’s something that is odd; Nico felt the exact same way about Day 9 and her outfit today. Now what does that mean?!
Day 9 on a scale of 1-10: Ease of Wear: 3. Personal Excitement Factor: 3 (1 point each for the accessories). Disappointment:8.
So dearest readers, am I crazy? What do you think about today’s combo? Should I be rethinking some of these items as wardrobe ‘staples’? Do you think my accessorizing helped or hindered?
Looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings
