black turtleneckishness

<div align="center">I missed church today...didn't want to spread the strep-love. But I think I'm over the throat-on-fire hump now, and I know I've milked the sympathy, so... I won't bring it up again. Pinky swear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aoweVmJXlg0toixPAgE4PB8VFsUgmU6gQ-KV2G9l40WfnSaBGRJioia4EOT07o3pPbHJBZibUCKanhsOwTFc-R8ciBS34pVp5m8ODlqlLouCnXaX7piq8woSEQUy1EKfny9DcYD2hzIP/s1600/H1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4aoweVmJXlg0toixPAgE4PB8VFsUgmU6gQ-KV2G9l40WfnSaBGRJioia4EOT07o3pPbHJBZibUCKanhsOwTFc-R8ciBS34pVp5m8ODlqlLouCnXaX7piq8woSEQUy1EKfny9DcYD2hzIP/s400/H1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: head over heels. tights: don't recall. skirt & turtleneck: gap. belt: taken from a skirt from kohl's. necklace: gifted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zkDcysAJeNFcyd2OZXzJfAW0X6jSQMv9eWU9Gr5bN3x_3oVK8I4qPHH87PZmnpWzM8SVMYY4tofpT3tnefLEDbzFRwUZWV4VzZW-8gIyKg1mMsaz3Nac7L7rZmfJoAanFQVtYQTW5wMx/s1600/H1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zkDcysAJeNFcyd2OZXzJfAW0X6jSQMv9eWU9Gr5bN3x_3oVK8I4qPHH87PZmnpWzM8SVMYY4tofpT3tnefLEDbzFRwUZWV4VzZW-8gIyKg1mMsaz3Nac7L7rZmfJoAanFQVtYQTW5wMx/s400/H1britt1.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6B70cIhgDeooZbhxbyMIIntZQNmY7vBZDmB07bDWDuwo8TuOmwojiUwT8LbqEDT1DBkuC5nuMlX8nCS5NVKFQ6M0gSNdT9hp3Gt9EQ6nr4WofUfFwryBu89nIP6gGyAP_Qw9xFHd-vT7i/s1600/H1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6B70cIhgDeooZbhxbyMIIntZQNmY7vBZDmB07bDWDuwo8TuOmwojiUwT8LbqEDT1DBkuC5nuMlX8nCS5NVKFQ6M0gSNdT9hp3Gt9EQ6nr4WofUfFwryBu89nIP6gGyAP_Qw9xFHd-vT7i/s400/H1britt3.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div align="center">Today's jumping-off point was on the hit-list from yesterday's closet purge: turtleneck. I almost purged it because it has an awkward length--can't really be worn with a belt or without one. (And you know me and my belt love... "unbeltable" is pretty much a death sentence in my closet.) But I didn't WANT to toss this shirt. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Here's the thing about turtlenecks: ridiculous name. And they have a bad rap. (No offense, but I think schoolteachers in general have singlehandedly over- and ill-used this item of clothing to the point of its becoming an eye-rolling brunt of jokes and mocking. Like the Christmas sweater.) But still. I happen to like a turtleneck. Just like I like Def Lepard. Can't explain it, and some of you may never visit this blog again because of it. All I can say is...pour some sugar on me.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">(ahem) I paired this black necky-neck with a brightly patterned skirt (the reverse side of <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/if-not-hazmat-then-heidi.html">this one</a>) and added a chunky wooden necklace. So it wouldn't seem so stuffy. And so dark. Because, a turtleneck causes a looooootttt of unbroken mass-o'-black [Editor's note: An abyss, if you will.] [Assistant Editor's note: Oooh, abyss! Good word.] on a body's top half, especially if that body is also broad shouldered and built like a box. Like mine.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. Wear the skirt a little higher-waisted than normal, add a wide belt, some thick (but not opaque--too much color-chunkiness already, what with the turtle) tights, and brown heels. I like their stitching and buckle detail, but I think booties would look cute here too. I was tempted to pull my hair up today like I did <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/soyoure-sayin-theres-chance.html">here</a>, but it just kind of fell into this 'do. And I don't like to fight with my hair. Because it usually wins.</div><div align="center"><br />Happy Sunday.</div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look?    </span><a href="http://www.beso.com/french-connection/womens-skirts/totally-tropical-skirt/2000847902/detail?af_assettype_id=4&af_creative_id=5&af_id=44772&af_placement_id=1&rf=af1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">skirt</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">    <img border="0" height="1" src="https://adserve.shopzilla.com/img/publisherID-44772/assetID-5/placementID-1/url-http:%2F%2Fwww.beso.com%2Ffrench-connection%2Fwomens-skirts%2Ftotally-tropical-skirt%2F2000847902%2Fdetail" width="1" /></img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/three-dots/womens-sweaters/womens-three-dots-cotton-turtleneck/1447360626/detail?af_assettype_id=4&af_creative_id=5&af_id=44772&af_placement_id=1&rf=af1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">turtleneck</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="1" src="https://adserve.shopzilla.com/img/publisherID-44772/assetID-5/placementID-1/url-http:%2F%2Fwww.beso.com%2Fthree-dots%2Fwomens-sweaters%2Fwomens-three-dots-cotton-turtleneck%2F1447360626%2Fdetail" width="1" /></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"></img></span></div><div style="background: white; border-bottom: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-left: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-right: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-top: #bfbfbf 1px solid; display: block; position: relative; width: 424px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="244" name="shopstyle_search" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&fts=gap%20womens%20turtleneck&width=3&height=1&border=0&footer=0" width="424"></iframe><br /><div style="bottom: 2px; height: 18px; left: 0px; line-height: 12px; position: absolute; width: 100%;"><div style="left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; position: absolute;"><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse?fts=gap%20womens%20turtleneck#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; color: #606060; font: 11px verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">gap womens turtleneck</a></div><div style="padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 3px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;"><img alt="ShopStyle" src="http://resources.shopstyle.com/im/widget/ShopStyleLogo_powered.png" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></img></a></div></div></div>

black turtleneckishness

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