L is for Loco & Lassie & Laundry. Impressed? There's more where that came from, baby.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgTmXWpQlyDOEs8D4O_zdSYEfRwemk-S8JkBls8We1UYHrBb-dV59qYyl-tw-LMInARmfAtLfp0qWXpymmeHVFsuf38x2OXQMMx3poAn9Yve34tJIYegCOMo1vkGGxw8QtVBOXUqENM3O/s1600/K1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgTmXWpQlyDOEs8D4O_zdSYEfRwemk-S8JkBls8We1UYHrBb-dV59qYyl-tw-LMInARmfAtLfp0qWXpymmeHVFsuf38x2OXQMMx3poAn9Yve34tJIYegCOMo1vkGGxw8QtVBOXUqENM3O/s400/K1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes & overshirt: american eagle outfitters. tights: don't recall. skirt: sam's club. (sam's??? i know...i don't know...) shirt & earrings: gift. watch: target.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWW_tQVksBsonaBBe8EackMyUTDMcI3fn62k7xxL_TE7kz1cOYTWpzt-UUf80blabWNysyGGiO3aGl7ByutQvxuCX_M4UvQX_NU-HmrfQSNKhEhWo54O99lCzjmhev7a83FVjkIotgzoAW/s1600/K1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWW_tQVksBsonaBBe8EackMyUTDMcI3fn62k7xxL_TE7kz1cOYTWpzt-UUf80blabWNysyGGiO3aGl7ByutQvxuCX_M4UvQX_NU-HmrfQSNKhEhWo54O99lCzjmhev7a83FVjkIotgzoAW/s400/K1britt1.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Leprechauns wreaked havoc in our living room last night but, thankfully, left behind some chocolate gold coins. I think the sheer wealth of the shiny gold foil went to my head...apparently I thought it would be a good idea to blow my nose into the gold (see below...or don't). This, my friends, is why I should never become a millionaire...which is good to realize now, because I was on the verge...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARB3EVZrxibSBHNGraiSlGOxMdwxvt7WSiGBCNNkfbaMBuLRk0co4wN0uPuxlFBjl4te1yMZ2qVT8NnvJwQn4bOjpNmuvYJhTRPaeL1WNyuwkuWmK9JscC3p6wcfeeuJ58kiH7WWFDtBw/s1600/K1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARB3EVZrxibSBHNGraiSlGOxMdwxvt7WSiGBCNNkfbaMBuLRk0co4wN0uPuxlFBjl4te1yMZ2qVT8NnvJwQn4bOjpNmuvYJhTRPaeL1WNyuwkuWmK9JscC3p6wcfeeuJ58kiH7WWFDtBw/s400/K1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Please forgive the lightheartedness of this post...and these photos. (And by "lighthearted" I of course mean "lame, immature, juvenile, and all things probably beneath you.") I think the fumes of about 10 gallons of green food coloring used for breakfast has gone to my head.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">For those of you without kids, St. Patrick's Day is probably not a big deal. For me and mine, it's huge. My kids demand that every article of clothing be green (they're worried about my welfare, what with my leggings choice, but I assured them I could out-pinch any leprechaun should the need arise). Add to that some green pancakes and green milk for breakfast, and we should be squared away for the day...at least until dinnertime.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Ooooh, tangent: my mom is a firm believer in eating all things green on this day; in fact, in the spirit of St. Pat's one year, she tried boiling hot dogs in green water. May I please please pretty please recommend that that little experiment never be attempted by anyone, anywhere, ever? Thanks.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. This outfit and post brought to you by the color green and the letter L. (For "lucky," you guys, and most assuredly <em>not </em>the L-on-your-forehead word.)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Thursday!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? 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L is for Loco & Lassie & Laundry. Impressed? There's more where that came from, baby.

  shoes & overshirt: american eagle outfitters. tights: don't recall. skirt: sam's club. (sam's??? i know...i don't know...

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the whole truth & nothing but the truth...mostly...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqORA2_82M08Uhp2AcIxgAFbVfbYPqUAWSw0EIXUZV7xCd5xd8lwIHuBMTBHLDwesDfSji9QX3Rk9x5D0TRcZRva2-VniXOoOSAdOz5FtDTqWNe2N8HtJfEVs6IyhzFKybjtkm57FZm8Io/s1600/GG1britt2.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/AVvXsEjqORA2_82M08Uhp2AcIxgAFbVfbYPqUAWSw0EIXUZV7xCd5xd8lwIHuBMTBHLDwesDfSji9QX3Rk9x5D0TRcZRva2-VniXOoOSAdOz5FtDTqWNe2N8HtJfEVs6IyhzFKybjtkm57FZm8Io/s400/GG1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">boots: Target. tights, shirt, & necklace: gifted. skirt: sam's club (wait, sam's club?! is she serious? yes.) trench: F21. scarf: a total tourist shop in Sweden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdY_pYokQgTQbz4PGFhRPVQz9n04MBR64nSAmmCI-9BbMO8osDFlQ0HFQBNIgYxgj4WLN4ZtuxERwgtjnea6w2_RgY1KtVtZX4sPh8G4TjvXlvC8Ef71i3IixOsgrLEfc2c6B5agS1HyOZ/s1600/GG1britt1.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/AVvXsEgdY_pYokQgTQbz4PGFhRPVQz9n04MBR64nSAmmCI-9BbMO8osDFlQ0HFQBNIgYxgj4WLN4ZtuxERwgtjnea6w2_RgY1KtVtZX4sPh8G4TjvXlvC8Ef71i3IixOsgrLEfc2c6B5agS1HyOZ/s400/GG1britt1.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrxlJavInQpbwhyphenhyphenCuYb6ON-r8Pnllo9QYWkyUO4UTr4ZsvnKlwPZVRxEP6Qlv0jUzHJK5zG-yImEm7Mk87QzvPgCIvObYhfk7wAQbMqly0ndh9PxbVhV1Q_OMDygLfmVrrYJydS01PBJ8/s1600/GG1britt3.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/AVvXsEgZrxlJavInQpbwhyphenhyphenCuYb6ON-r8Pnllo9QYWkyUO4UTr4ZsvnKlwPZVRxEP6Qlv0jUzHJK5zG-yImEm7Mk87QzvPgCIvObYhfk7wAQbMqly0ndh9PxbVhV1Q_OMDygLfmVrrYJydS01PBJ8/s400/GG1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">The truth is: I love colored tights. These beauties (which I got in the mail yesterday from my cute friend Val) were absolutely my jumping-off point today. Here's the best part about them: they are super-dee-dooper bright. Here's the problem with them: their brightness.<br /><br />My biggest challenge in starting with such a you-could-see-these-babies-from-space accessory [Editor's note: Are tights accessories? Hmmm...discuss.] was finding a balance of (a) more neutral items so I didn't become a walking disco-ball-o'-blinding-brightness and (b) at least a little bit of color so not ALLLL attention is on my knees.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Because, really. Knees? If that's a Top-10 physical feature, I'm toast.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I considered wearing some chocolate walking shorts with the tights. But I thought the darkness of the brown would be a little jarring right next to this particular shade of blue. Enter: olive corduroy skirt. Not too dark, not too light, not too colorful, not too dull. Just a little too big, but nothing a few safety pins in back couldn't fix. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">[Editor's note: Most of my pencil skirts, okay, ALL of them, are too big because I bought them to wear low on my waist. This isn't where pencil skirts should rest! It's way more flattering to have them fit the woman's form (even if you're shaped like a certain square-pants cartoon character, like me--at least TRY to fake it), up higher on the waist. So. I've been tailoring all my skirts to fit...with varying degrees of permanence & success...]</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">A white cotton v-neck shirt with pretty detailing was a quiet yet feminine addition to an outfit full of solid, fairly masculine pieces. Neutral short trench coat, boots, necklace, and hairstyle. (I wanted to show off the little crimpies in my hair from yesterday's <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/and-never-twain-shall-meet.html">braids</a>...they're subtle here, but I like them.) With the trench belt, aNOTHER belt would be overkill, but the eyelet trim of this shirt is visually interesting without being too bold. Add a feminine, patterned scarf (untied because there's already a lot going on around my neck; I felt like I needed something vertical) that gives purpose to the bright blue tights but in a more toned-down way, and a blue beaded necklace as a bracelet. Done and done.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I dunno, guys. Did it work? Still not sure about this one... </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Happy Wednesday.</div>

the whole truth & nothing but the truth...mostly...

boots: Target. tights, shirt, & necklace: gifted. skirt: sam's club (wait, sam's club?! is she serious? yes.) trench: F21. scarf...

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