something's wrong with my phone. it says it's not saturday today...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsjV8AZS32P9ggoI_XB-NUAOj2Jdp2P6MxVJSrpqmVORruZiDfm7xUCE111icVW2FdK1oy5qcbMkgEvuEdobsz_PvLrs3x_sCh_62xdJ6RnZTyygGBWAURi5YFh810ggbqNpXDHuZgB5d/s1600/T1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGsjV8AZS32P9ggoI_XB-NUAOj2Jdp2P6MxVJSrpqmVORruZiDfm7xUCE111icVW2FdK1oy5qcbMkgEvuEdobsz_PvLrs3x_sCh_62xdJ6RnZTyygGBWAURi5YFh810ggbqNpXDHuZgB5d/s400/T1britt3.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: american eagle outfitters. jeans: kohl's. shirt & bracelets: forever21. cami: motherhood maternity. flower clips: gift.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vWx64BzVy9rlPgLPmYWoPuiCkrJSp5yMLiT8zkwhb1KKNedBaoUIYjvH55xn9bqhi2VIVLLh-993ZfBYZM0lv7qrBJcQw9K5oN614SB4L4PU45WSni9FjQ1lNlx8P8mb9ZAiGKkv71k9/s1600/T1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vWx64BzVy9rlPgLPmYWoPuiCkrJSp5yMLiT8zkwhb1KKNedBaoUIYjvH55xn9bqhi2VIVLLh-993ZfBYZM0lv7qrBJcQw9K5oN614SB4L4PU45WSni9FjQ1lNlx8P8mb9ZAiGKkv71k9/s400/T1britt1.jpg" t8="true" width="280" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">pose below: <em>the karate kid</em>, circa 1985.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKOOqGow9HLTzSW0uMGMmxo7FCW24WDsFiNd4CfUzQreo8QK9cYsX3ZTkbTZVNfrakJ0-XoQQjnamzU2sVAZ2Np-Ins-R_lTq6OP0FhyFdJyDPuTMF4P_64he-gwHfpMzip6HMDsSY_Ft/s1600/T1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKOOqGow9HLTzSW0uMGMmxo7FCW24WDsFiNd4CfUzQreo8QK9cYsX3ZTkbTZVNfrakJ0-XoQQjnamzU2sVAZ2Np-Ins-R_lTq6OP0FhyFdJyDPuTMF4P_64he-gwHfpMzip6HMDsSY_Ft/s400/T1britt2.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Some days just don't feel like the day they actually are. Yesterday totally felt like Saturday, both to me and my husband. Today, too, 'cept a super-lame Saturday where has to go to work. I tried to convince him that his boss wanted him to take a "thunderstorm day" (very similar to a "snow day" with one minor difference. I'll leave it up to you intelligent peoples to figure out what that might be). For some reason he didn't believe me.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Fine. Ruin my pseudo-weekend. I was left to drown my sorrows in some pseudo-comfort-food, a.k.a. spinach, at lunchtime. [Editor's note: Not comforting.]</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. Fast-forward to me and the kiddos at home this afternoon. We've been working on trying harder to (translation: I'm a nazi and all but yell at them when they don't) include the 2-year-old in playtime activities. [Editor's note: That and the spinach comment above might jeopardize my mother-of-the-year award for 2011. Better learn to bake. Stat.]<br /><br />A few minutes ago, a fight was about to break out amongst the kidlets, when my 5-year-old showed her alarmingly strategic brainpower. <br />"Addie! D'you want to play with us and be our puppy?" </div><div align="center">The toddler nodded vigorously, definitely down with that idea. Being a housepet is one of her all-time favorite pasttimes.</div><div align="center">"Great. C'mere, cute puppy. It's crate time!"</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Sheer genius. And I can't even get mad, because they "included" her.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy <strike>Saturday</strike> Thursday.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this super-comf look? Get click-happy below...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=3282369&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Lucky-Brand#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;">More Lucky Brand...</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_small.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></div>

something's wrong with my phone. it says it's not saturday today...

  shoes: american eagle outfitters. jeans: kohl's. shirt & bracelets: forever21. cami: motherhood maternity. flower clips: gift. pos...

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pretend this is a witty post title and laugh.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cliJs0oFxkEYctDs162euP8hF8-__MgTmTTwilCv6hi5LHPl5-OL_NzPLrgyajGBt1QQt-NVEoerpPOnPkPuRj6qT2uM-35kmbyu8txxjr68M-pnNROYxm1LmqLRu1SA8Q9vTyj7LaNP/s1600/U1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-cliJs0oFxkEYctDs162euP8hF8-__MgTmTTwilCv6hi5LHPl5-OL_NzPLrgyajGBt1QQt-NVEoerpPOnPkPuRj6qT2uM-35kmbyu8txxjr68M-pnNROYxm1LmqLRu1SA8Q9vTyj7LaNP/s400/U1britt1.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: american eagle outfitters. pants: gap. shirt & jacket: vintage. watch: target. necklace: forever21.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZSydslGzceGyisRqsN0NTlDIU7Jkwf4N4Ace9PPcx38-PiEYxNeG9efOFKbpNOe0tpXUqhbp6NH26Jf8m_scArdnHjukS1NXgGKGIUa7KiSCQg5aPwx-hWXyQfdljLOvWYLNEe4GaWp_/s1600/U1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ZSydslGzceGyisRqsN0NTlDIU7Jkwf4N4Ace9PPcx38-PiEYxNeG9efOFKbpNOe0tpXUqhbp6NH26Jf8m_scArdnHjukS1NXgGKGIUa7KiSCQg5aPwx-hWXyQfdljLOvWYLNEe4GaWp_/s400/U1britt3.jpg" t8="true" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAncMbFjaFsqWfqk99uy4zm2jQW_SSpzMzhIVT4vXfTp7cuU66meu3ApkfWptYvDY951i-yNKyjEM6GEvay3jxvVT-fsd7kA2nXUbfw6tgdEW48rCRdZB2CULEzTjwlI0GcWha-ST-gCsV/s1600/U1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAncMbFjaFsqWfqk99uy4zm2jQW_SSpzMzhIVT4vXfTp7cuU66meu3ApkfWptYvDY951i-yNKyjEM6GEvay3jxvVT-fsd7kA2nXUbfw6tgdEW48rCRdZB2CULEzTjwlI0GcWha-ST-gCsV/s400/U1britt2.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">My friend gave me this shirt and jacket, which basically seals the deal on our eternal friendship. Yes, my love can be bought. Like fresh pineapple and corn on the cob from the farmer's market. Wanna be my friend? I could use a new skirt or two...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">We're on our way out the door for an impromptu overnighter with extended family. I think spontaneity keeps people young. As does dashing to the bathroom holding a potty-training 2-year-old out in front of me as far away as possible because she's about to pee. Not to brag, but I'm a pretty stinking fast straight-arm weight-bearing sprinter. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Now you REALLY want to be my friend, don't you. I like my skirts knee-length...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Wednesday.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Check it:</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=3269317&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Topshop#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;">More Topshop...</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_small.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></div>

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  shoes: american eagle outfitters. pants: gap. shirt & jacket: vintage. watch: target. necklace: forever21. My friend gave me this shi...

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simple & functional...but probably not award-winning.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm really into simplifying lately, which includes my clothing. I hope the next few weeks/months don't offend you guys as I head back to the basics in my personal expression of style. Fewer pieces and less in-your-face accessorization. Who knows how long this little self-trend will last...but hang out with me for the duration, will you? Thanks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOontDf58WPaPo7uRqbOdymZpyuCwIFRytTtfW18sJ1FQUHcsS-UcNSD9t2gWz1tkPL2jhWeTvDP0LF8G9pkhLQmxTs4T8FckNo5JfA9U5NObKapVYWq4O-NFQr71l4oWiE45TULpcl8f2/s1600/Y1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOontDf58WPaPo7uRqbOdymZpyuCwIFRytTtfW18sJ1FQUHcsS-UcNSD9t2gWz1tkPL2jhWeTvDP0LF8G9pkhLQmxTs4T8FckNo5JfA9U5NObKapVYWq4O-NFQr71l4oWiE45TULpcl8f2/s400/Y1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: american eagle outfitters. skirt: sonoma. shirt: gift. cardigan: j.crew. earrings: hawaii.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0LPvfy9uk1mmxnXO4jHkbTRq987YYJbLraNVejCx9BHLKEdcoW4GRilBZI59t5c48GQT5OVajbCZxWzjwbd0V2DNesKK69ot2rAbA1sP3L7KgYgHVjpKED2w9yvZ9qUazjsOjr29C5Xb/s1600/Y1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0LPvfy9uk1mmxnXO4jHkbTRq987YYJbLraNVejCx9BHLKEdcoW4GRilBZI59t5c48GQT5OVajbCZxWzjwbd0V2DNesKK69ot2rAbA1sP3L7KgYgHVjpKED2w9yvZ9qUazjsOjr29C5Xb/s400/Y1britt2.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div align="center">I'd also like to apologize for my lack of posting for the past couple of days. My husband has left on business, sickness has struck our household, my 2-year-old randomly hasn't been able to walk for 36 hours and may have broken her leg, my 6-year-old has huge road rash, the weather changes from warm/cold/sunny/rainy/hailing pretty much hourly, despite my best efforts to be responsible I ended up inadvertently dropping the ball and making others suffer for it, and I haven't slept for more than 2 hours at one time for at least a week.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I don't think I'm anything special here--we all have weeks like this, don't we? (Please say "yes," or I'll cry, which would probably make my congested head explode with pressure...) Regardless, I'm still grateful for stuff. Like: </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">- friends who have kids who are friends with my kids. Getting together is not only fun, but highly convenient for everyone. And I am a convenience junkie.</div><div align="center">- when my sinuses quietly go about doing their job. They're on strike (angry, picketing, yelling, barn-burning strike) this week, apparently, which makes me a wee bit nostalgic for yesteryear...</div><div align="center">- simplicity.</div><div align="center">- my husband. Everything about him.</div><div align="center">- my kids, who try so hard to be good and who are so patient with me when I'm not patient with them.</div><div align="center">- soft foods that sore throats can swallow. Like pudding and almost-soggy cereal and water.</div><div align="center">- having a pediatric nurse for a sister.</div><div align="center">- people who are so nice to help me when I really don't deserve it.</div><div align="center">- de-junking. Feels so good.</div><div align="center">- the fact that $3.18 spent at a dollar store will buy hours (and counting) of pleasure for three kid-hearts.</div><div align="center">- the great outdoors.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Sunday.</div>

simple & functional...but probably not award-winning.

I'm really into simplifying lately, which includes my clothing. I hope the next few weeks/months don't offend you guys as I head bac...

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twists and turns

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Apparently there was something super interesting outside my window. Like the garbage truck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FfqS2AZStbQ6z-6lxumEGRVHbL2TE6CVeqM2rXDa4ohG8AdoDaBg6olJL2NA8gUb77PJd2TbIDwQf2YcJ7zIYVQZke9In-1GqdNg63uaqclMLatY9ocTBjasRglJigb8r6S2WvIGp5B3/s1600/Q1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_FfqS2AZStbQ6z-6lxumEGRVHbL2TE6CVeqM2rXDa4ohG8AdoDaBg6olJL2NA8gUb77PJd2TbIDwQf2YcJ7zIYVQZke9In-1GqdNg63uaqclMLatY9ocTBjasRglJigb8r6S2WvIGp5B3/s400/Q1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes, jeans, & slouchy tee: american eagle outfitters. striped tunic & wide belt: forever21. cardigan: don't recall. earrings: hawaii. watch: target. bracelet: </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sienahansen"><span style="font-size: x-small;">burntsiena designs</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQhpjpSokJuoTYF4xYASvkE5sjkxd3xFxZ9-hde__iqo6oTTCbHqmbIT3AD2myryRq-twL-OjnMJpTocs3sWIAkrupK7vtJvn0ayPz6Xukr0cYE5fLpdcurowYZiFIhzWAzLjD5ZIdjg2/s1600/Q1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQhpjpSokJuoTYF4xYASvkE5sjkxd3xFxZ9-hde__iqo6oTTCbHqmbIT3AD2myryRq-twL-OjnMJpTocs3sWIAkrupK7vtJvn0ayPz6Xukr0cYE5fLpdcurowYZiFIhzWAzLjD5ZIdjg2/s400/Q1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwedb_rYQ74xckSVoBTgefthDkEPsQbZP7HT93eJqvZtJy8vzDi5woYpEFokNBD1oQhvAqdD5ki1lj7Vohyg0zelWTzEcWZcLU2llaUi3G1MaEMkIOQBqKnbaDEP1V9qIdjXEHAHoOUkIV/s1600/Q1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwedb_rYQ74xckSVoBTgefthDkEPsQbZP7HT93eJqvZtJy8vzDi5woYpEFokNBD1oQhvAqdD5ki1lj7Vohyg0zelWTzEcWZcLU2llaUi3G1MaEMkIOQBqKnbaDEP1V9qIdjXEHAHoOUkIV/s400/Q1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Allow me to totally geek out on you all for a minute...please? (You hesitate, probably because you're baffled as to how this would be any different from any other post on here...) So. Geek Central: I love the balance of circles-and-stripes in this outfit. Belt clasp, watch face, earrings, necklace = all circles. Tunic and the line of the sash on my head = stripes. Unexpected and maybe awesome for me here.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">And I didn't even plan it, really. Which makes me think today is going to be a normal day with pops o' fabulousness. Probably dinner will taste okay tonight. My kids won't hit each other when they argue. And my sore throat won't progress into a full-fledged cold. How could I <em>not</em> love a day like today?</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Which makes me also think that my future's looking pretty stinking bright as a psychic or fortune cookie author. "You will do great things when you take your kids to the playground and offer a crying stranger a slice of your gala apple." "You will meet someone new who has purple hair and a garage band." Sure, they're a touch specific, but that doesn't mean they won't happen...and <strike>if</strike> when they do, think how <strike>disturbing</strike> crazy-awesome that would be!!!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Tuesday.<br /><br />p.s. I wore my slouchy tee backwards under the tunic today. Thoughts on that little rule-breakage?</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? You don't have to answer that. I already know. (Remember? I'm psychic now.) Shop below...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=3120331&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Forever-21#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;">More Forever 21...</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_small.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></div>

twists and turns

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do the j.crew

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg566M5VZi6EVkKFFodLeJ_RP1443GoOYv-wM7LyuuF5YLB80egb4x4IZlo4S4UdmToIQDfTbWTvzz3Yerwmjj565OhyphenhyphenUooQuLLtgkGcCrbczQYuQZNOv3qK1r8nTe6B6Piv5eRQ44VU3Nk/s1600/W1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg566M5VZi6EVkKFFodLeJ_RP1443GoOYv-wM7LyuuF5YLB80egb4x4IZlo4S4UdmToIQDfTbWTvzz3Yerwmjj565OhyphenhyphenUooQuLLtgkGcCrbczQYuQZNOv3qK1r8nTe6B6Piv5eRQ44VU3Nk/s400/W1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">metallic flats: american eagle outfitters. jeans & shirt: gap. necklace: forever21. watch: target.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrC5aKsGwAfXw49oPDFnZGdHHcAMC2hVQ5RESy919AnN5eYgySfwbucuDYnVPKSBXo0oG79MqBdR0sbggeX2lvA3_hIFHG4LaNooRGSCR1M1qZVB884t09v8GCZ-4Bw1YIKemIkAfDBvZ/s1600/W1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrC5aKsGwAfXw49oPDFnZGdHHcAMC2hVQ5RESy919AnN5eYgySfwbucuDYnVPKSBXo0oG79MqBdR0sbggeX2lvA3_hIFHG4LaNooRGSCR1M1qZVB884t09v8GCZ-4Bw1YIKemIkAfDBvZ/s400/W1britt1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1zfpmiCUgSIcqPs-OgIKzKOqkFaMyRpUDlfw35mERtUFFd-NhCG9unde6O07NJ_0TtT98CgjFNLSeB_feXGWEFP6oiFviuRc3IIPXozI8QBCKELHbaM6Y1yhln8-1tlM2mqWNCJ3s2ox/s1600/W1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1zfpmiCUgSIcqPs-OgIKzKOqkFaMyRpUDlfw35mERtUFFd-NhCG9unde6O07NJ_0TtT98CgjFNLSeB_feXGWEFP6oiFviuRc3IIPXozI8QBCKELHbaM6Y1yhln8-1tlM2mqWNCJ3s2ox/s400/W1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">You know how a picture is supposed to be worth 1000 words? Well, I want to pontificate on that a bit. And here's why: Sometimes my outfit photos look waaaaay better than I do in real life. Something about catching the angle just right, the lighting, whatever. Conversely, sometimes the photos look waaaaaay worse than I thought I looked in real life.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">And sometimes, like today, the photos are pretty "meh," which is just exactly what the outfit itself is. Hooray for exactness in which nothing is lost in translation. 'Cept, to be honest, I cropped out from these pics a red bookbag, some doll furniture, and three library books scattered on the floor. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I'm really into asymmetrical style lately. I have no idea why. Oh, wait, yes I do--it's because I'm obsessed with the J.Crew vibe (not that I nailed it here...at <em>all</em>...but I'm still obsessed). I'm less careful with tucking, matching sleeve roll-up lengths, and cuffing my jeans. Know what else I'm not careful about, as evident in this ensemble? Making sure my jeans fit. These are a bit unflatteringly loosey-goosey.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Which is a lame phrase, I'll grant you, but it rhymes and, therefore, automatically qualifies for use on this blog. A <em>rare</em> example of of lameness, though. And by "rare," I of course mean "lame-is-the-name-of-the-game-on-a-plane-in-Spain-around-here." I think you need no further evidence or explanation.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Monday!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Shop below, then arrange the right differently from the left...</span></div><div align="center"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=3103390&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/J.Crew#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;">More J.Crew...</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_small.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></div><div align="center"><br /></div>

do the j.crew

  metallic flats: american eagle outfitters. jeans & shirt: gap. necklace: forever21. watch: target. You know how a picture is supposed ...

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Sir Mix-A-Lot (wait, does anyone seriously remember that?)

<div style="text-align: center;">Woah. Funky lighting alert. Nothing else is funky, though. Just the lighting. Yep.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM3vstyqR7kgBRVbkgzZ3lnpAJJgSwbbcAqpg_v7BbjvuUFoXdv6B9vfraKsgCiAMjZvj3FJxXUS1awj3Qhx0Mh07SEizZ6yS9RhjAqHhyphenhyphenTbSRMKPmAN5-mdNFM2Lmgz1Y0_L1YIc4nSx/s1600/E1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM3vstyqR7kgBRVbkgzZ3lnpAJJgSwbbcAqpg_v7BbjvuUFoXdv6B9vfraKsgCiAMjZvj3FJxXUS1awj3Qhx0Mh07SEizZ6yS9RhjAqHhyphenhyphenTbSRMKPmAN5-mdNFM2Lmgz1Y0_L1YIc4nSx/s400/E1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: american eagle outfitters. jeans: kohl's. shirt: vintage. cardigan: gap. scarf: gift from sweden. belt: thrifted (american eagle). watch: target. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPU0FfacjanwjldCV7zTr55lKdZ1I3Rr5AmtsxEtcdAVwEwQ_pJkKclq5oY8cAQ0uOdwC8XqhNwodb_ikyhd6s8Nm_wmFjJP01AB4pH2HU_qYKupCF8xdcgJMbMdM1x4e68maGEIkOQbcV/s1600/E1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPU0FfacjanwjldCV7zTr55lKdZ1I3Rr5AmtsxEtcdAVwEwQ_pJkKclq5oY8cAQ0uOdwC8XqhNwodb_ikyhd6s8Nm_wmFjJP01AB4pH2HU_qYKupCF8xdcgJMbMdM1x4e68maGEIkOQbcV/s400/E1britt3.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It doesn't look the best in these photos, but for the record: This is one of my favorite outfits. Ever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIE_QMcbPRvBG6yBXSDB9rknHRPZBxwSg_go3v5jF2MZORY0TamEmv3GIE_UMAVG6344AoOD30ChORQVMpqjPf3mkfIShkg5nyqn2hpOyhBAY49AyX02KaJqiDWxS9bcboF_w6TuEEV6YL/s1600/E1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIE_QMcbPRvBG6yBXSDB9rknHRPZBxwSg_go3v5jF2MZORY0TamEmv3GIE_UMAVG6344AoOD30ChORQVMpqjPf3mkfIShkg5nyqn2hpOyhBAY49AyX02KaJqiDWxS9bcboF_w6TuEEV6YL/s400/E1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hey guys. Not only is today a perfect day for wearing two types of stripes, floral, polka dots, AND metallic (it said so in my horoscope. practically.), but it's also <a href="http://www.modlychic.com/2011/04/friend-friday-fashion-and-fitness.html" target="blank">Friend Friday</a>! Today's topic is one of my favorites: <em>Fitness & Fashion.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>1. Do you keep some kind of fitness routine? Why? </em>Yep. I run. Because I like to eat but my metabolism is turning granny on me, I like my husband to be bigger than me (not an easy task, if you know my husb), and I feel better about myself when I exercise. Not necessarily in that order, but that's how the fingers typed it, so that's how it will remain. </div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>2. Has working out, maybe training for a marathon or something of that nature, helped with your own perception of body image? </em>Absolutely. I've become less obsessed with how I look (as in, the size of my legs, the bulge of my belly, etc.) because I'm doing what I can to be healthy. I'll never be a waif, but I've decided this: A body that does what I put mine through is a body worth respecting.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><em>3. When you are hitting the gym or just going out for a long walk what do you wear? Is it about functionality or fashion? </em>Eh, I don't give one single brain cell of thought about what I wear unless it involves weather-related decisions...but I don't go to gyms, I just run outside. I don't even put makeup on, do my hair, or anything. What I'm trying to say is...y'know all those Bigfoot sightings? They were probably just me, out for a winter jog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><em>4. Do you feel there is a cultural perception of what you ‘should’ be doing for your own physical fitness? </em>Maybe there used to be. Like, when my mom was in school, they had to wear skirts to gym class and wasn't allowed to do the stuff the boys were doing. I think that, these days, so many fitness options are available that it's all about choosing what works for you to get/stay fit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>5.  Dream big… what would be your ultimate fitness goal. </em>Run a certain 100-mile race with my sister. She's already done it twice; I paced her for a snort 14-mile leg of it one time, and now I want to do it. Our family is convinced we are both missing a marble or two...and we can't exactly argue. Meh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Friday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Check out the stuff below...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=3048229&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Forever-21#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;">More Forever 21...</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_small.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></div>

Sir Mix-A-Lot (wait, does anyone seriously remember that?)

Woah. Funky lighting alert. Nothing else is funky, though. Just the lighting. Yep.   shoes: american eagle outfitters. jeans: kohl's. sh...

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wide leg pants and yoga. c'mon, Opportunity. knock already.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcaffzC4g7mq-q5pl89Ax_3n8YR3W1AUvRxOhaWmY9xkaViWpXLMikxRGP8bl3w3pMsau9Getcz-NB1x0BwhiEhOzTG9BSsl6L8sX4UWGqIWGEo-wOSFMrJlGt5EPbSnLMEIks_G3PtTF/s1600/H1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcaffzC4g7mq-q5pl89Ax_3n8YR3W1AUvRxOhaWmY9xkaViWpXLMikxRGP8bl3w3pMsau9Getcz-NB1x0BwhiEhOzTG9BSsl6L8sX4UWGqIWGEo-wOSFMrJlGt5EPbSnLMEIks_G3PtTF/s400/H1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes & overshirt: american eagle outfitters. pants: gap. long-sleeved shirt, belt, long necklace, & flower clip: vintage. short necklace: forever21.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19z87kPvU2LLGkbi4tC3plVTUwZj7RjJ39giFtPoEgoUgUCJlbgKy59XU0ZKhOJ59WzBdN17s8vFI3uGMukofhl5Ai8ypftEoWWrsiiaOq-r-AAa1nXLRLwjoyhhVRZRh4Bvp7GoswSuN/s1600/H1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19z87kPvU2LLGkbi4tC3plVTUwZj7RjJ39giFtPoEgoUgUCJlbgKy59XU0ZKhOJ59WzBdN17s8vFI3uGMukofhl5Ai8ypftEoWWrsiiaOq-r-AAa1nXLRLwjoyhhVRZRh4Bvp7GoswSuN/s400/H1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYA_ooXJNPKeAp8bQmyRqVbNT5CD_5woCqsggRsn0IyZck_yF-mkdDtzUOKxhua-58ioCTvi4KX0jh3NHmm_T0Rc9ToJwKsKQebliiuAwLMz0U0kF12eUqRVmcJ4InS_hKpDKmT_xgcjO/s1600/H1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYA_ooXJNPKeAp8bQmyRqVbNT5CD_5woCqsggRsn0IyZck_yF-mkdDtzUOKxhua-58ioCTvi4KX0jh3NHmm_T0Rc9ToJwKsKQebliiuAwLMz0U0kF12eUqRVmcJ4InS_hKpDKmT_xgcjO/s400/H1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">You know how, sometimes, something obscure and blurry and vague will nevertheless weigh on your mind? That was me, until today, and I realized what it was: should an immediate opening for a yoga poster child ever arise, I'd have no photographic evidence of my being the perfect woman for the job. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Until now (last photo in top sequence), natch. What a load off.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. About this ensemble: is it just me, or does anyone else, on occasion, feel like busting out monochromaticity? Every month or two, I allsofasudden get the urge to wear one color, and one color only. And usually that color's blue. (Is there a Freudian interpretation in this? Please no.)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">At first glance, everything in this outfit appears to be heavy solid-on-solid. But the pants have a subtle pinstripe, the long-sleeve layering tee has a sheer/opaque stripe going on, the belt divides the top half of me from bottom half, the crown braid and flower clip add a touch of whimsy and youth (do I sound, like, 80 saying that, or what?), and everything else just is.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Know what else just is? The eterna-crumbness of my dining room floor. I've come to accept it, to assign the floor-sweep chore to my dog, and to then ignore it. A trifecta of solution that screams win-win.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Monday, friends.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Sweet. Check out all the blue stuff you can get to have it...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=3026685&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Gap#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;">More Gap...</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_small.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></div>

wide leg pants and yoga. c'mon, Opportunity. knock already.

  shoes & overshirt: american eagle outfitters. pants: gap. long-sleeved shirt, belt, long necklace, & flower clip: vintage. short n...

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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? Check out the stuff below...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=2836489&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Fox#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;">More Fox...</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_small.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></div>

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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Excuse me, waiter? I ordered a Wednesday, but you brought me a Monday...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8eEQctO8XwWUWhkYifxVY8XAfyKXwEYtdEzSpi9OuijbnkwgmUIOH3QvUqVHX4mWhnMYFWUTAHZlOQN1TFO-ItjXzn8ebtp5OqWAI64zcNxWY_brkegO4wyPWQ2Crv-X2u6wjJovOJbd/s1600/P1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="295" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ8eEQctO8XwWUWhkYifxVY8XAfyKXwEYtdEzSpi9OuijbnkwgmUIOH3QvUqVHX4mWhnMYFWUTAHZlOQN1TFO-ItjXzn8ebtp5OqWAI64zcNxWY_brkegO4wyPWQ2Crv-X2u6wjJovOJbd/s400/P1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXT-ghaPA6QtX3Y-Y-mMmM13_PAJ3dTS2QBI381TPUa82VgX02KnuO0Y4wPWsjqJVjETd0ehpBltsC6ExYPl-UPlJO8bZiTffCCyqAtK83-2R8ZI6huJN0vQ2Ggfp1cItmBf1vpYWF0EPB/s1600/P1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXT-ghaPA6QtX3Y-Y-mMmM13_PAJ3dTS2QBI381TPUa82VgX02KnuO0Y4wPWsjqJVjETd0ehpBltsC6ExYPl-UPlJO8bZiTffCCyqAtK83-2R8ZI6huJN0vQ2Ggfp1cItmBf1vpYWF0EPB/s400/P1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: american eagle outfitters. jeans: kohl's. sweater: old navy. scarf: gifted (but old navy). earrings: hawaii.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKNyjnZ4cxQmYdbdKCCgWPT8WHtaGeyl0JGvCq9cLE-FxisapjX1kK41HkIk7EMDo6883RAsaQCtCWbtOsmUXzqwOmaLKRBeOWOA0QMW_9itdziPxTLHYHWrLFHbk2ANIx_8SlK3FtvhO/s1600/P1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKNyjnZ4cxQmYdbdKCCgWPT8WHtaGeyl0JGvCq9cLE-FxisapjX1kK41HkIk7EMDo6883RAsaQCtCWbtOsmUXzqwOmaLKRBeOWOA0QMW_9itdziPxTLHYHWrLFHbk2ANIx_8SlK3FtvhO/s400/P1britt4.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXn7RWZqoTPq94znPaKkkh6bjz_y5VMKp-1TCBrsRCWhH0zSvJIghZO9Nzzb1tOZbfrEry6BaW8yUR9YwlQO53koEo00DSAagnZkZURjHLQ-oW9QOtnWZMUaq7HVe1Xl0BUmGaZvAKA_J/s1600/P1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkXn7RWZqoTPq94znPaKkkh6bjz_y5VMKp-1TCBrsRCWhH0zSvJIghZO9Nzzb1tOZbfrEry6BaW8yUR9YwlQO53koEo00DSAagnZkZURjHLQ-oW9QOtnWZMUaq7HVe1Xl0BUmGaZvAKA_J/s400/P1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">You know how sometimes people start a comment by saying, "Not to be rude, but..." and then they go on to be, well, rude? But in their minds it's okay because they prefaced it with a statement that supposedly negates the rudeness? I'm TOTally busting out that logic today. Only mine goes a little something like this:</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">(ahem) </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><em>Not to complain, but</em> (you all know what's coming here, right? Complaint therapy 101.) my life is so very busy right now, it's all I can do to remember to breathe. I'd delineate all the combining factors that are resulting in said busyness so that you'd all believe me and, yes, pity me, but that would take too much time. Oh the irony.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Not that I think I'm so cool and my life is soooooo important. But sometimes my To-Do requires the paper of an entire forest. Like now. Believe me, I wish I could stay and chat awhile...because you're all funny and sweet and your comments make my day and I want to respond to all of you. Thanks for your patience with me.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Wednesday.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want a throw-it-on-and-be-comfy-but-still-presentable look like this? Click below...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=2724800&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Forever-21#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;">More Forever 21...</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_small.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></div>

Excuse me, waiter? I ordered a Wednesday, but you brought me a Monday...

  shoes: american eagle outfitters. jeans: kohl's. sweater: old navy. scarf: gifted (but old navy). earrings: hawaii. You know how somet...

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0 to 60 in a belted cardigan? done.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-HMdt-VgGDT2BQbK2ohTdSQJa1M3abHpHJEEF_KAqtLRVB_UieldTE0FrjgTTWI3C4DZnxyb3iJUNYIKNd4ebiKOp_OaiZx__Foqz5j4RbUyAfADGARkdEGsFfbJaf-R2BWm4yx71lJX/s1600/K1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-HMdt-VgGDT2BQbK2ohTdSQJa1M3abHpHJEEF_KAqtLRVB_UieldTE0FrjgTTWI3C4DZnxyb3iJUNYIKNd4ebiKOp_OaiZx__Foqz5j4RbUyAfADGARkdEGsFfbJaf-R2BWm4yx71lJX/s400/K1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> It's not cheating to use two people as digits if one's daughter <em>begs</em> to be part of the photo shoot. I checked the official rules of body-numeralcy. Written by me for me.  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKOZH9Y0A7BMWmtqBvZRsClrCps-HaBMUm66CxdQ99V1XoprQmOK6uS6gVYGRiCEPzaPVIP7npft04LfH9jVZGn-pE81O3uthIijymBLJUkiVyTyE7bA1g5xPpY-UtTV2F7GvM8PKIzSd/s1600/K1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyKOZH9Y0A7BMWmtqBvZRsClrCps-HaBMUm66CxdQ99V1XoprQmOK6uS6gVYGRiCEPzaPVIP7npft04LfH9jVZGn-pE81O3uthIijymBLJUkiVyTyE7bA1g5xPpY-UtTV2F7GvM8PKIzSd/s400/K1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">flats & jeans: american eagle outfitters. shirt: gap. cardigan: j.crew. belt: f21. bracelet & flower hairclip: downeast outfitters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOY3XnCvXW6EvZu3AhWQR60zbLoc2VDkz-6F_hv7akm6Ent7hlIOh_pl5eKW9sVw-yiYdIxxepLnbM-hHzJ-bSIpwGYZ3wsDlJ7ruYN-UtLK3vt26_VXISfnFINhpeF3Y9tffkLgqkFDb/s1600/K1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOY3XnCvXW6EvZu3AhWQR60zbLoc2VDkz-6F_hv7akm6Ent7hlIOh_pl5eKW9sVw-yiYdIxxepLnbM-hHzJ-bSIpwGYZ3wsDlJ7ruYN-UtLK3vt26_VXISfnFINhpeF3Y9tffkLgqkFDb/s400/K1britt1.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgg_uAQRWZcXuBbp2qkOmQ-FEMW0DDDAVoqNFvW18ZPGB-rySSpLaa792SM7Zmuw9KWLIGrGYLa7nFqqQnmq5tbgwZA7Nv-PymO5JYimXH__8E5-hQcnn36hM3TEc9jlk4FjOFP2PCTKnJ/s1600/K1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgg_uAQRWZcXuBbp2qkOmQ-FEMW0DDDAVoqNFvW18ZPGB-rySSpLaa792SM7Zmuw9KWLIGrGYLa7nFqqQnmq5tbgwZA7Nv-PymO5JYimXH__8E5-hQcnn36hM3TEc9jlk4FjOFP2PCTKnJ/s400/K1britt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what I'm wearing today. Because it's comfy and easy. Because I like the neutral(ish) colors. And because it facilitates sprinting to the bathroom. A necessity for today.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>Did she really just type that?</em> you ask. <em>Gross. Why would she <strong>say</strong> that? </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Never fear, my friends. The reason I'd say that is because today's itinerary is filled with nothing but making this happen successfully:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvfK9fgeYy63GrDSDys9ThkdfeFbhOAm8cdFeZoIeFghCtYA8hl8MgE-IanQ2DeJhp-Su9mLUJ9vrvpBwVFLssPrOEN6Q3BhSised4lt5DbgxLT40L1wt7sgS8e-KjVM9NeMdxkw5eXCQ/s1600/KAddie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvfK9fgeYy63GrDSDys9ThkdfeFbhOAm8cdFeZoIeFghCtYA8hl8MgE-IanQ2DeJhp-Su9mLUJ9vrvpBwVFLssPrOEN6Q3BhSised4lt5DbgxLT40L1wt7sgS8e-KjVM9NeMdxkw5eXCQ/s400/KAddie.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Ah potty training. Wanna trade lives with me for the next 3 months?<br /><br />How 'bout if I throw in an adorable 4-year-old to sweeten the deal? She appears to be a chip off the ol' block when it comes to <strike>cheesy</strike> awesome original poses and oversized accessories. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCN-aqAsmTexII-barjXRO0Hkj8do9uuQ5zRvEuD-DHlGWWk37XbageZk2vXEgFdM_FUTEI27vEf3oLs0v0jtbIBQ_9okua_E-J9hAcNMNN1uLZxYHOxRetiZCS5B0S0jUwk2E8fbK6NX/s1600/KLayla1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBCN-aqAsmTexII-barjXRO0Hkj8do9uuQ5zRvEuD-DHlGWWk37XbageZk2vXEgFdM_FUTEI27vEf3oLs0v0jtbIBQ_9okua_E-J9hAcNMNN1uLZxYHOxRetiZCS5B0S0jUwk2E8fbK6NX/s400/KLayla1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTpQ_s5pX9cu_n2juTJdsRm2W9Jcr67Sb8o8rWPAL1LrcoDb4pnMx1YbfmGR00AJF5MOz8oH3mwqnRRZFkWC0ZxF_FgnboeqqeXljMUp82Ohr_gZaB3ayuJD04hSYx_HJ_S-M8mLKp2oc/s1600/KLayla2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTpQ_s5pX9cu_n2juTJdsRm2W9Jcr67Sb8o8rWPAL1LrcoDb4pnMx1YbfmGR00AJF5MOz8oH3mwqnRRZFkWC0ZxF_FgnboeqqeXljMUp82Ohr_gZaB3ayuJD04hSYx_HJ_S-M8mLKp2oc/s400/KLayla2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Friday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want to look like Layla? I know. Me too. Alas, I could only find this stuff...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=2698982&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Topshop#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;">More Topshop...</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_small.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></div>

0 to 60 in a belted cardigan? done.

 It's not cheating to use two people as digits if one's daughter begs to be part of the photo shoot. I checked the official rules o...

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they call it puppy love...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ujwLjotjRiEDugw__euIjBTFGHoyN0bzv-XEmdSILcmEsElqfwoPwkbl2VAtJbrOZneWFS0HC0-NkLGCsshdTA0W_z6Q0HuD1UK4_SiJIqUWKP21dlTlL5etiqQRcyMFC3snjt5GoxnS/s1600/D1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ujwLjotjRiEDugw__euIjBTFGHoyN0bzv-XEmdSILcmEsElqfwoPwkbl2VAtJbrOZneWFS0HC0-NkLGCsshdTA0W_z6Q0HuD1UK4_SiJIqUWKP21dlTlL5etiqQRcyMFC3snjt5GoxnS/s400/D1britt4.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">In my head, my body loooked smaller and my arms were much, much larger. I guess, in the grand scheme of things, I'd rather have a lame-looking number four than those proportions, though. So.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA5wh29vY9DAV8RrKaBPTmyMQ-yphREqJ77QzWmoOj38XGGhIfRGy_tE4CSfttNIyureLSlXLvzjjVYwf8gQbJAtx2-nC-iWO5WB6SsGRHXpwM3-lcF1XRKjGg4nrQpZ-_sbthjKwg46z/s1600/D1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirA5wh29vY9DAV8RrKaBPTmyMQ-yphREqJ77QzWmoOj38XGGhIfRGy_tE4CSfttNIyureLSlXLvzjjVYwf8gQbJAtx2-nC-iWO5WB6SsGRHXpwM3-lcF1XRKjGg4nrQpZ-_sbthjKwg46z/s400/D1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: american eagle outfitters. legwarmers: amazon (i think). tights: don't recall. skirt & shirt: gap. cardigan: j.crew. flower pin: downeast outfitters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1E-KQAB9s8D7L6tjmkUSwIxXie9HIb0DKzvfOJ8-ySH3hQtHrmcL8KHRyAcric652RiGvaEOgEvCpGGWNwmWbYh4rhulYrE2377D1Cs8NpkOlfESv65o9oYZNTgxUQNqlcghdLU5ncXV/s1600/D1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1E-KQAB9s8D7L6tjmkUSwIxXie9HIb0DKzvfOJ8-ySH3hQtHrmcL8KHRyAcric652RiGvaEOgEvCpGGWNwmWbYh4rhulYrE2377D1Cs8NpkOlfESv65o9oYZNTgxUQNqlcghdLU5ncXV/s400/D1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduGcVc5Y68F9eQ6PGJxeJtrmAdiOWTAMhE-wFFsnXzhF_xV7e2zyFjhtXyCY6eq9FBEwuH7gupk3sd0osxMb7ZshLbWajUSDWp2jEkxyPs8kyd-XWu8MVReIKeYFEPHiQELooOexZghu_/s1600/D1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduGcVc5Y68F9eQ6PGJxeJtrmAdiOWTAMhE-wFFsnXzhF_xV7e2zyFjhtXyCY6eq9FBEwuH7gupk3sd0osxMb7ZshLbWajUSDWp2jEkxyPs8kyd-XWu8MVReIKeYFEPHiQELooOexZghu_/s400/D1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Charlie really wanted to be part of today's photo shoot. I tried to get him to look at the camera so you could see how cute he is, but he could only feast his brown puppy-dog eyes [Editor's note: No, seriously. They really are brown, and he really is a puppy.] on me. Because he loves me with that one-of-a-kind love that exists only between a dog and his beloved owner...and, in Charlie's case, between him and any human being who pets him and gives him treats. (Remind me why I'm a dog owner again? Oh, right. Because shoveling the backyard is so fun. I forgot.)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Actually, we were reading all about canines before we picked what kind of dog we wanted last Fall. In one of our books on boxers, we read that this breed tends to be fiercely loyal and protective; that they can sense if their loved ones are afraid or wary of someone and will compensate with protective bravery. After picking out our puppy, our 6-year-old son informed us, "Don't worry guys. I'll be so so nice to you so Charlie won't attack you."</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Thank you, son. Because your dad and I were both quivering at the idea of an 8-week-old puppy attack. And also? Go clean your room.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Pocket-Gets-Home-Today Friday! What, you're not celebrating too? Strange.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How I wore these items last: <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/black-turtleneckishness.html">skirt</a>, <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/gifted-slip-dance-of-joy.html">cardigan</a>, <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-cant-be-sure-but-i-think-i-deserve.html">leg warmers</a>, <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-beginning-to-look-lot-likewednesday.html">ruffle shirt</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Check out the stuff below...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=2657197&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Coldwater-Creek#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;">More Coldwater Creek...</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_small.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></div>

they call it puppy love...

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a newsie & a pape...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxmU6BY0HXFeyegX-oIvVSGk6_38QovJILtbkgvNMLZjIeHX6gut0Lvv6ZFLmrP931URAV3U6sBopqPZcxIT_3gmVnVtNaf9UfKohwDddKnJaAvx81quHg9dMY4Oj99cRQT7NQQshrGJi/s1600/AA1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxmU6BY0HXFeyegX-oIvVSGk6_38QovJILtbkgvNMLZjIeHX6gut0Lvv6ZFLmrP931URAV3U6sBopqPZcxIT_3gmVnVtNaf9UfKohwDddKnJaAvx81quHg9dMY4Oj99cRQT7NQQshrGJi/s400/AA1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> shoes: american eagle outfitters. boyfriend watch & purse: target. everything else: thrifted/vintage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6zmgDCCLpbLCfvC8hhibmBR36zT4YYA1pfjEcUFmrwsT75hU1CBSyNW8bone5guw5X2o6vSQTEYnN0KoUsaBOveYpXXN2vMLGGOJg5Sk-I6VbmauI4CQ-wlSqV6hBYUN4bX-mIvh50B6/s1600/AA1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp6zmgDCCLpbLCfvC8hhibmBR36zT4YYA1pfjEcUFmrwsT75hU1CBSyNW8bone5guw5X2o6vSQTEYnN0KoUsaBOveYpXXN2vMLGGOJg5Sk-I6VbmauI4CQ-wlSqV6hBYUN4bX-mIvh50B6/s400/AA1britt3.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazqFyZ4R79kQQ7iCvMOlCLAkCAeDeNOmS5HTmK7ELiNcPSn6qFAkyBOblF4dEnO_T2Th6sEaXqF_jMf0KW-xTq75y9nQzPGwNYfTpM-jVAguLNEo8VyoV5lp9PdFO_Jt7E2M1fgBoU-Zj/s1600/AA1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazqFyZ4R79kQQ7iCvMOlCLAkCAeDeNOmS5HTmK7ELiNcPSn6qFAkyBOblF4dEnO_T2Th6sEaXqF_jMf0KW-xTq75y9nQzPGwNYfTpM-jVAguLNEo8VyoV5lp9PdFO_Jt7E2M1fgBoU-Zj/s400/AA1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Although these sweet pants are not as high-waisted as I would've hoped, they still have oodles of potential. As long as I'm shooting to become a magazine salesman. Or newspaper delivery girl. Or waif on the street earning m'self a nickel to buy a moldy crust of bread to take home to my family. Like I said. Oodles of potential.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Actually, I was inspired by many of you in your thrifting endeavors and decided to embark upon my own thrift-store adventure over the weekend. I found this red woven three-piece number amongst the dresses. Sad, lonely, and crying for someone--anyone--to take them home. Not typically drawn to orphaned things, I couldn't resist these guys. I think it was the pleats in the pants. And the $5-takes-all tag.<br /><br />In the future, I'll probably split the ensemble up a bit, but since it's the last day before 30 for 30, and since these aren't going to make the cut this go-round, I just had to pull a trifecta of homemade newsieness. And fast.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">[Editor's note: Did any of you see that movie years ago? Newsies? I pretty much had the thing memorized and never got over how badly I wanted to live on the streets on and around New York or Brooklyn at the time. Because I'm pretty sure the movie was absolutely positively non-fiction, based-on-the-truth-the-whole-truth-and-nothing-but. Especially where they broke out into choreographed song & dance every 2 seconds. Yep. I guess that's just how things were back then.]</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. Pants, shirt, vest, cap. Everything matches. Which is kind of a no-no in my book, but I couldn't resist. Just this once. Throw on an oversized gold watch (real gold, guys. Totally. Amazing what you can get at Target for $12.99) (okay, FINE, not real. at all. but still. It's spray-painted something fierce.) and a subtle necklace just because I wanted to think that I contributed SOMEthing. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Welp, that's me today. I'm off to sell some papes. Or eat some cakes. One of the two. But don't worry. The promised 30 for 30 post is coming tonight. [Editor's note: Does it seem like I'm procrastinating? How intuitive of you. I'm still having a hard time committing fully and absolutely on a couple of pieces. Ahh! The pressure!]</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Monday. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=2602250&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></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/Rugby#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;">More Rugby...</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_small.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></div>

a newsie & a pape...

 shoes: american eagle outfitters. boyfriend watch & purse: target. everything else: thrifted/vintage. Although these sweet pants are no...

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