post-camping, a mascara wand looks pretty fancy...

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJl9OqnnnKlf4yerhoaR6Lh2EAfQe5M4awoy_JloTqF2wutsJNUhdoDaMRo-NaD6n-pGFOn0Z4DLKjAfgFBYWxkmA5eAsgwNcZXMrMQXyFShY1J0MlgXgUvOmVQb7bndjFZKwmo1l2WBU/s1600/Z1britt4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJl9OqnnnKlf4yerhoaR6Lh2EAfQe5M4awoy_JloTqF2wutsJNUhdoDaMRo-NaD6n-pGFOn0Z4DLKjAfgFBYWxkmA5eAsgwNcZXMrMQXyFShY1J0MlgXgUvOmVQb7bndjFZKwmo1l2WBU/s640/Z1britt4.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> shoes: thrifted. reversible skirt: gap. shirt: j.crew. belt: husband's. hair barrettes: don't recall. watch: target.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobL2bGkukzdYAQxHJpT_AN0fxTRBnvTCOygBQZ1iM0mVnYQGfQu79fY1_3QPPV0TlYBd92ZMqV_VHqqAkwMAkc_c098oDqWqSUKkyKLSHoc0sf3AVTdnzsD2nYu6IhSc-i2mqOm0E-Jfo/s1600/Z1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobL2bGkukzdYAQxHJpT_AN0fxTRBnvTCOygBQZ1iM0mVnYQGfQu79fY1_3QPPV0TlYBd92ZMqV_VHqqAkwMAkc_c098oDqWqSUKkyKLSHoc0sf3AVTdnzsD2nYu6IhSc-i2mqOm0E-Jfo/s640/Z1britt1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYPj3qzbkWEYbEMCX-TKd6wiSRJ3XxDvB5UUljN9pCnKUoJ533D7TPY7uAmF41rBh8tQIQ7qjWPN3Tlt39r2fkziaxMBdcHavdyD01lDW2cbZgv4ZSjiD4ZA3tOSuAVemFSNtI-O_6H9C/s1600/Z1britt3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimYPj3qzbkWEYbEMCX-TKd6wiSRJ3XxDvB5UUljN9pCnKUoJ533D7TPY7uAmF41rBh8tQIQ7qjWPN3Tlt39r2fkziaxMBdcHavdyD01lDW2cbZgv4ZSjiD4ZA3tOSuAVemFSNtI-O_6H9C/s640/Z1britt3.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Please notice which shoes are on which feet on my 2-year-old below. She dresses herself, p.s. In a word: colorful. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADssqp6FOEgIele5cHCLQcmB37BWDbFaZxAOyoTj88lSXvOV9OTytcWv1JFFjfvNpvl1SewaIBd0zE6n_tqikh7-wes2ZHRzmgLPUAmU_ZrH7gHKSfK0lFpeX25nLkOFzsr9TIcCI53Fm/s1600/Z1britt2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiADssqp6FOEgIele5cHCLQcmB37BWDbFaZxAOyoTj88lSXvOV9OTytcWv1JFFjfvNpvl1SewaIBd0zE6n_tqikh7-wes2ZHRzmgLPUAmU_ZrH7gHKSfK0lFpeX25nLkOFzsr9TIcCI53Fm/s640/Z1britt2.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hey guys, I'm back from the camping trip. It was awesome on many levels and un-hygienic on many others. Amazing to me how, at the first footfall into campground territory, I'm all about the 18-second-rule for eating off the ground, letting (who am I kidding...<em>encouraging)</em> my kids to pee on trees, and feeling incredibly refreshed after using a single baby wipe as a daily shower. But I'm back, my washer & dryer have been running full-tilt since Wednesday night, and I'm making up for some serious unbrushed teeth time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anywho, more on my disgusting camp habits later. (You're welcome.) It's <a href="http://modlychic.blogspot.com/">Friend Friday</a>! Today's topic is: Locational Influences.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><em>1. What part of the world do you blog from?</em> Utah, in the United States.<br /><br /><em>2. If you had to describe the overall mode of dress for where you live what would you say?</em> I'd say that, overall, people dress conservatively. And, for most, a few years "behind." <br /><br /><em>3. Do you fit in with the status quo around you or do you break the mold?</em> I feel like I dress conservatively but with flair and/or unique style. So I fit in but don't blend in, if that makes sense.<br /><br /><em>4. If you have lived or traveled to another part of the country/world did your clothing choices evolve?</em> Not really. I've traveled a couple of times in Europe and different states in the U.S. and pack more for weather or travel itinerary than for "fitting in." I don't buy clothes that are otherwise abnormal for me just for a trip, in other words.<br /><br /><em>5. If you had to describe your style by naming a specific city, what would you be? </em>Okay, this is probably totally lame, but I'd say Twisp, Oregon. It's this dinky little town we drove through once on a family trip when I was little, but the town was totally unique and proud of every last square inch of itself, if my memory serves correctly. There. Hard question. But fun to think about.</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;">Want this look? Check out stuff below...</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=3607387&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/Volcom#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 Volcom...</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>

post-camping, a mascara wand looks pretty fancy...

 shoes: thrifted. reversible skirt: gap. shirt: j.crew. belt: husband's. hair barrettes: don't recall. watch: target.  Please notice...

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elastic-waisted and loving it

<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoM2BzJkDWjFrUCp8ezC0iWDvynBrlNdrg1tQBFqjGO95mw0wnW8V-Mtzz2NzyMYp8thsVnDOmX3Tr-7TY8Yl2J2ad4gnUUiQhufx_NFos4v43lzn3ls1zWMbKY0AAYEqJLYQ9YJeufyi/s1600/M1britt3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: don't recall. skirt & shirt: gap. belt & necklace: forever21. bracelet: </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sienahansen" target="blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">burntsiena designs</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">. earrings: gift/homemade.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzALEcpxTVWjM1xqRPDzTESXcr3vASJeFbErOuDR8c4O2uprDvB_NrIW0e6CQlWY_o13TXZI7_5oRMvnX7ORvtPXTaE34eL69NywbrFRxN4LYJBCJSAbdISEGSe_9oain_eWJLYhtYLB-S/s1600/M1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip56MZ7n_trbVRS22bE1ixFj_5_QCOQKLemmUtPWDX0enXuRxWl6Cy9eXX3wU303oXhQUwMSVNVn17iL2KiSVA24jFAHVn4pmagigOkR3jCh8z8fcaEqMeKi3rlOYPBcxt13nTCGRPjL1x/s1600/M1britt4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi3cuCZ7uqWx6SxTrQPIEPJBn5JvAoqtKZY18rIP5uzKAYIJMNJPgid-yh6vecuWT0uxhHxaMm5fdJqLVY2EjW_2xnbWlCBQIHeo7YSMc7b_xP53RRxJOwOh6cHRg_EIByB0O9DYOicmy/s1600/M1britt2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" /></a></div><div align="center">Raise your hand if you're (a) built like a box or (b) know someone who is. Chances are good that none of you raised your hand. Not because neither A nor B qualifies, but rather because you're thinking to yourself, "she can't see me, I'm not raising my hand" or "man, that is some <em>good</em> mango-pineapple salsa I'm eating here" or "zzzzzzzzzzz."</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">This little ensemble is one I like to call, "The Little Box That Should." It's an inspiring tale of a girl who, despite lacking much by way of feminine curves, managed to put together a semi-girlish ensemble that embodies a bead-wearing-free-spirit-bent-on-reminding-suburbanites-to-save-the-rainforests. Notice my freshly-showered (i.e. wet) hair? It's 'cause there's no electricity in the forest for a blow dryer. Even my sandals look like tree roots.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. Full skirts supposedly give square-built women some hips. I don't know that this actually is the case here. And the belt cutting my torso exactly in half doesn't do much to elongate my frame. But for some reason, despite what it isn't, I'm loving what this outfit <em>is: </em>a t-shirt and an elastic-waisted anything, perfect prep for Thanksgiving feasting. Sure, I'm four months early, but I like to be prepared.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. Pass me a pie and turn up the TV, will ya?</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Tuesday.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? 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elastic-waisted and loving it

 shoes: don't recall. skirt & shirt: gap. belt & necklace: forever21. bracelet: burntsiena designs . earrings: gift/homema...

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Just like they say in German: donkey-shins.

<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG8pk2Z09chfTJ5NL3bJyhyckVDXjH7lKppOLF_JSAkKvkkWiSVMpD0spE1zryvgm712697G0tApKYjGoX9OKQb74CfiA34cWewVtlq_UrJDlvEs_H4YLJhFn0dbg9tCk-0iqBXJ2hxhdN/s1600/D1britt3.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/AVvXsEjG8pk2Z09chfTJ5NL3bJyhyckVDXjH7lKppOLF_JSAkKvkkWiSVMpD0spE1zryvgm712697G0tApKYjGoX9OKQb74CfiA34cWewVtlq_UrJDlvEs_H4YLJhFn0dbg9tCk-0iqBXJ2hxhdN/s400/D1britt3.JPG" width="355" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">  <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: steve madden. skirt & shirt: gap. skirt extender: </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/aslipshop" target="blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a slip shop</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">. cardigan: don't recall (more than a decade old). turquoise necklace: forever21. silver necklace: </span><a href="https://beta.lds.org/young-women/personal-progress?lang=eng" target="blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">earned</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBGYOYUfc1qjIGaU5Ra_0-9xgS938rWwg29OnfUdB5MjG-DD_XU-gstITPcZ3JTx7_1QG6wHG19O6qPY2kXZ4M_HmEkuLaXq6VpwdkV9OetmR9zSXsztNHuXLpYkq0gvqrFSlZCTS0wLd0/s1600/D1britt1.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/AVvXsEiBGYOYUfc1qjIGaU5Ra_0-9xgS938rWwg29OnfUdB5MjG-DD_XU-gstITPcZ3JTx7_1QG6wHG19O6qPY2kXZ4M_HmEkuLaXq6VpwdkV9OetmR9zSXsztNHuXLpYkq0gvqrFSlZCTS0wLd0/s400/D1britt1.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I felt brighter/springier/fresher in this ensemble than these photos reflect. That's kind of becoming a pattern for me. Maybe I'm in denial about how my outfits actually come together? Hmm...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9c2jWmCG7qO1-IIUsqng3PYJb9R33wEYk4fqTxYITvOV8qL36Jqw5KvOBSlMseqXsQVXApBv7QhxQimmZy7y3yM9YRHwtNj3FhM7Psbxwg8Sp3JgGIRsK-Cv4SIe3B4a4eeDKDtAPlLoB/s1600/D1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9c2jWmCG7qO1-IIUsqng3PYJb9R33wEYk4fqTxYITvOV8qL36Jqw5KvOBSlMseqXsQVXApBv7QhxQimmZy7y3yM9YRHwtNj3FhM7Psbxwg8Sp3JgGIRsK-Cv4SIe3B4a4eeDKDtAPlLoB/s400/D1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">This week I'm grateful for:</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- primary kids (3-12 years old) singing their hearts out.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- spending quality time with my husband. Like, one night we sat talking and looking out our living room windows at dusk after tucking the kids in...and before we both knew it, it was well into night-time. He makes me laugh and understands me and doesn't judge me and is my best friend. So cheesy, I know, and you can all roll your eyes, but in this weekly gratitude list, it must be said. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- electric beaters.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- food from a box that, actually, turns out delicious. Okay, fine, edible.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- an 80-cents-off-a-gallon surprise coupon at the gas pump. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- jogging.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- sometimes not jogging.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- my kids when they don't talk rudely. These moments are becoming sparser these days, so I'm particularly grateful when they do happen.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- the temple.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- big dreams.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- going to bed by 10:30 p.m. instead of 3:30 a.m.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- homemade oreos.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- house slippers.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- when my daughter compliments me, several times, on how "nice" or "cute" I look that day.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">- creative outlets, like this blog and home design projects and grantwriting.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Sunday!</div>

Just like they say in German: donkey-shins.

   shoes: steve madden. skirt & shirt: gap. skirt extender: a slip shop . cardigan: don't recall (more than a decade old). turquoise...

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just a little outfit I like to call: zebra in a rain forest.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HK8zf_Hd9ecfFYeSfP8GUtf-WVEdIapLaesqqI3JKX-9DCRPu0-XhCW6Q-X_B9-C9Gr2q8soxuNLgMT_imn2r-kOvQp2v17Q90u2IMD95VdUeHTguZRLp45y83bBmgMQpDdEYjq9RXoW/s1600/F1britt1.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/AVvXsEg6HK8zf_Hd9ecfFYeSfP8GUtf-WVEdIapLaesqqI3JKX-9DCRPu0-XhCW6Q-X_B9-C9Gr2q8soxuNLgMT_imn2r-kOvQp2v17Q90u2IMD95VdUeHTguZRLp45y83bBmgMQpDdEYjq9RXoW/s400/F1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">boots: (all together now) target. tights & necklace: don't recall. skirt: gap. tunic & belt: forever21. cardigan: the limited. bracelet: open jewelry market in hawaii.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdGY257NmSirZ3PgkwNaP-Tfhk0FZ__tEAxah0VHs3g6XUrSqnD7qNEi7NDG0WYDvebvCbL7q3Z6hIcoAnBdc7Nv1W7kMsEEXscbYezNy85qhshZPd6oQRFH0Dk8BZzLGo0apFFW9aaWq/s1600/F1britt4.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/AVvXsEjIdGY257NmSirZ3PgkwNaP-Tfhk0FZ__tEAxah0VHs3g6XUrSqnD7qNEi7NDG0WYDvebvCbL7q3Z6hIcoAnBdc7Nv1W7kMsEEXscbYezNy85qhshZPd6oQRFH0Dk8BZzLGo0apFFW9aaWq/s400/F1britt4.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuyqoThWclghGwwpCedMuxJtwBB1n3YW8GWvQNNLmnWF1M7jeWJwqed3T1oUxcbvmz3ZvI3MvVWOKkQiXbNbBm4K-CdUv_ePba7qzwCs-WSgDQVTajwM2v47jzn3-N_6zR5O1zDwmFv3nY/s1600/F1britt2.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/AVvXsEhuyqoThWclghGwwpCedMuxJtwBB1n3YW8GWvQNNLmnWF1M7jeWJwqed3T1oUxcbvmz3ZvI3MvVWOKkQiXbNbBm4K-CdUv_ePba7qzwCs-WSgDQVTajwM2v47jzn3-N_6zR5O1zDwmFv3nY/s400/F1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So many style blogs out there have beautiful photos. The outfits are good, too, but the photography itself is straight-up eye candy. I'm very impressed.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And then...there's this blog. Self-timer, same exact backdrop every day. Sure, the poses are slightly modified on the daily, but all in all, the only thing that really changes around here is what I'm wearing. (And, FINE, the zit placement on my face. Blugh.) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are loads of cool photog sites in my town, and I've toyed with the idea of branching out. But I've decided against it for a few reasons: (1) As much as I love you all, I'm just too lazy to tote kids around to take some photos of myself. (2) I'm lazy. (3) I have kids. (4) Did I mention I'm lazy? "Lazy with Children"...sweet name for a TV show... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's just about all I can do to get these pics snapped in the morning whilst the kids dine on a fabulous homemade breakfast (homemade by a man named General Mills...ever heard of him?). I'm not making excuses, I'm just saying. That's why I photog, day in and day out, in this spot in my house: it's convenient and I can multitask while doing it. Bam. Done and done. Still in the Mother of the Year running.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But that's not to say these self-photo shoots run like clockwork every day. Even in this controlled environment, complications arise. Like this morning. But it's the cutest, most free-spirited little complication I've ever seen: </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68DC1HRtezKL1EgQPPMgOez0zV8xtWgAqF1TJQtMTZ-Jyo42wiVEOOkI56HD6xuZlSiSgh2arHViIhuRhRxVT1AG-Fqp0iSbPvmIljhCbncCsEShUsPIzb-fCcyk0O3y0RPTRVAkkOuOR/s1600/F1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh68DC1HRtezKL1EgQPPMgOez0zV8xtWgAqF1TJQtMTZ-Jyo42wiVEOOkI56HD6xuZlSiSgh2arHViIhuRhRxVT1AG-Fqp0iSbPvmIljhCbncCsEShUsPIzb-fCcyk0O3y0RPTRVAkkOuOR/s400/F1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></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 similar items 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=2860284&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/Lily-White#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 Lily White...</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>

just a little outfit I like to call: zebra in a rain forest.

  boots: (all together now) target. tights & necklace: don't recall. skirt: gap. tunic & belt: forever21. cardigan: the limited....

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2 wrongs don't make a right...but how about 14 wrongs? what then?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAk0OmZh9jzDOH4SySI2MA8tP0VFVGMI9nb7otlNfFocGyHrLQuuNMnpvC7GwiG9tru_aWm8AU_YGOKdlgTQC_cvwvZo0OueWgllFN0z0yKfJXlEgaTIYVANvRlyHckHOdf5j0N7_5nSQ/s1600/Z1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAk0OmZh9jzDOH4SySI2MA8tP0VFVGMI9nb7otlNfFocGyHrLQuuNMnpvC7GwiG9tru_aWm8AU_YGOKdlgTQC_cvwvZo0OueWgllFN0z0yKfJXlEgaTIYVANvRlyHckHOdf5j0N7_5nSQ/s400/Z1britt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBOJUhrME7WeAtPU6bvN1zSBytabUAKvIdhm6iStd6u7u6ke_VGXYyhO_t9adLaipwsCcPCjZB_dOsxswOPkQGgVS9ZjJfqMmumcaPhhbpKPW1nl-lrcCDbj_PiKsmDqvlScRkSX3zfpH/s1600/Z1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBOJUhrME7WeAtPU6bvN1zSBytabUAKvIdhm6iStd6u7u6ke_VGXYyhO_t9adLaipwsCcPCjZB_dOsxswOPkQGgVS9ZjJfqMmumcaPhhbpKPW1nl-lrcCDbj_PiKsmDqvlScRkSX3zfpH/s400/Z1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: steve madden. tights: forever21. skirt & shirt: gap. cardigan: j.crew. belt: thrifted (american eagle). scarf: gift (old navy).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqssGViLu6t9iWlWoFkfG-OJ1gukaBEdyXsPZcvw6r8AE_B_5o0hdy4VMFesw4IstKwBVV5z1FeG2WAjPVRBHv1Q_Ic9onpN6AYshjq2Gw0Zz_uMWgLOEilAxWcdSqHNE-YC73friSkDpr/s1600/Z1britt5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqssGViLu6t9iWlWoFkfG-OJ1gukaBEdyXsPZcvw6r8AE_B_5o0hdy4VMFesw4IstKwBVV5z1FeG2WAjPVRBHv1Q_Ic9onpN6AYshjq2Gw0Zz_uMWgLOEilAxWcdSqHNE-YC73friSkDpr/s400/Z1britt5.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRwyDWzNJnG6ubngBoxWjcAyIxxWKXnHNtse1jrclJloTfMF0ngXXMwI1j24NX2vYaYmDM96e2aeojSQ_yjOQPvv7Hn1BG7rF3vi1isOieoAK9QquwFdPEioFvxxIVDbmMh3YkAt_HiK1/s1600/Z1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsRwyDWzNJnG6ubngBoxWjcAyIxxWKXnHNtse1jrclJloTfMF0ngXXMwI1j24NX2vYaYmDM96e2aeojSQ_yjOQPvv7Hn1BG7rF3vi1isOieoAK9QquwFdPEioFvxxIVDbmMh3YkAt_HiK1/s400/Z1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> There's absolutely no method to this madness...and I'm afraid it shows. Yet, surprisingly enough, I couldn't feel more comfortable or presentable.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is a good thing, because I spent more than an hour at the school district office this morning for kindergarten registration...along with millions, nay - BILLIONS, of other people. I had no idea the entire state's population is swarming to my area and will be entering my child's kindergarten class, but I suppose it's true. I saw the number of people myself. And my eyes don't lie.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Except when they read the caloric content on some delicious foods that I happen to want seconds of. Then they tend to omit a few numbers from lame categories like "calories" and "fat." Which is actually way more astute than I would expect ocular orbits to be. I should eat more carrots to reward them for their loyalty. Should.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So. My daughter didn't get registered today, her very kindergarten (and, skipping a few minor developmental years, collegiate) existence is at risk of falling through the cracks. But don't you fret, because today's a lucky day for you all: Outtakes. Extra-awesome ones. Any by "awesome" I of course mean "please, readers, come back tomorrow...please...readers?...reader?...mom?..."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanIa9XlZzCSDfFpLVOYyCaPO0MkUxvSLDFlZ55EjANxCc_uGzqDoPCZuCH6FMVMOWyPMoNidJBAMXCq7H4HhOFUR4VdxNU2-fJLVdMBg4RSMJKKIrG6rWXxAsFxIP3sIOc5VM2St5JWAT/s1600/Z1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanIa9XlZzCSDfFpLVOYyCaPO0MkUxvSLDFlZ55EjANxCc_uGzqDoPCZuCH6FMVMOWyPMoNidJBAMXCq7H4HhOFUR4VdxNU2-fJLVdMBg4RSMJKKIrG6rWXxAsFxIP3sIOc5VM2St5JWAT/s400/Z1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Just throw on random stuff from your closet until you're dressed. Orrrr shop below. Either way.</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=2779062&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>

2 wrongs don't make a right...but how about 14 wrongs? what then?

  shoes: steve madden. tights: forever21. skirt & shirt: gap. cardigan: j.crew. belt: thrifted (american eagle). scarf: gift (old navy)....

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stuffy solids turn playful

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I adore everything about it--the color, the cowl neck, the sleeves, everything. But for some reason, I'm having a hard time styling it. So I decided that I'd put it on and see what else flew out of my closet and landed on my body, Mary Poppins cleanup-style. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Editor's note: Maybe it's just me...it's probably just me...but has anyone else DREAMed of being able to snap your fingers and have results like that? Clean house, straightened appearance, birds singing outside the window? Hello. If I ever run into a genie-filled-lamp, the Magic Snap is TOTally in running. Along with an endless supply of calorie-free-yet-still-delicious pnut m&ms. I'd tell you my idea for the 3rd wish, but I haven't narrowed it down yet, and you just can't be too hasty in making these important life decisions. So.]</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ahem. Since I've worn pants the past couple of days, a skirt was in order. But no pencil skirt. (I definitely overestimated my desire to wear pencil skirts during this 30x30) Which leaves magic skirt. I almost wore the <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/02/printed-skirt-ruffle-shirt-leg-warmers.html">print side</a>, but it's snowy and chilly and I wanted to be warmer with boots (for the four-thousandth time this week) and some colored tights.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Solid shirt, solid skirt, solid tights, and solid footwear. Normally I don't do this.much.solid.color. But today I left it alone. Simple belt, hairstyle, and a watch as my only other accessory. I think the color of the tights just ties in the whole look here. A bit Unexpected and Maybe Awesome. <br /><br />Speaking of unexpected... *snap*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nuts. Dishes are still dirty. Never hurts to try, though, right? *snap* Okay. I'll sto*snap*p. No really. Don*snap*e. I wanted to wash the dishes by hand anyways. So. Joke's on you, Poppins.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Editor's note: Outtakes below. Legitimate pose attempts in all their magnificent embarrassingness. I have nothing to say for myself, 'cept that a Magic Snap would reeeeeally come in handy right about now. Clean these right off all our computers.]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS9j_bkksDHVWJBjYb2T_Y6tVMkl55f8ZQ0ZXovMPPvES10G0g-_woUgxey_xDMZlfhQxvTD3cPGA_PXUTurmWIP2Ccd1tiR3DSZhTOGUUD0KJdNpECMof3METhKITDXnvG0kg7sARhak3/s1600/R1britt4.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/AVvXsEhS9j_bkksDHVWJBjYb2T_Y6tVMkl55f8ZQ0ZXovMPPvES10G0g-_woUgxey_xDMZlfhQxvTD3cPGA_PXUTurmWIP2Ccd1tiR3DSZhTOGUUD0KJdNpECMof3METhKITDXnvG0kg7sARhak3/s400/R1britt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Happy Friday.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? I don't blame you. I like it too. 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=2733593&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>

stuffy solids turn playful

 boots & watch: target. tights: giftedn. magic skirt: gap. shirt: j.crew. belt: don't recall. Today's jumping-off point was this...

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ready, set, be funny...

<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyejxhIvds-Po7GjlE-iZW7ac0dFRmcZ_KNKbTgYD1GClEDLz-RPjRAuAlXppZ6jDouVFEZIv9U58neK5ZStoxXNV9cVbp-5hmRwiFJgD_nr9ogdPqDZxbUng3P5QoEFlQtCnniI5IwXD/s1600/J1britt5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyejxhIvds-Po7GjlE-iZW7ac0dFRmcZ_KNKbTgYD1GClEDLz-RPjRAuAlXppZ6jDouVFEZIv9U58neK5ZStoxXNV9cVbp-5hmRwiFJgD_nr9ogdPqDZxbUng3P5QoEFlQtCnniI5IwXD/s400/J1britt5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Use your imaginations, kids. There's a "10" in there somewhere.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz7ySpMzRmGxlg2i3G64EebZN5IpTlxnyco6eFlZfMlsmlUPA-2oUEQLhXnkFWakbq9LsEaoLZvJE9l_ck57060aakK-HV3VhrwB_dlSK2-ICEmmBSoQtHcpq1na7BYR-RMLeDRtrQKR9/s1600/J1britt2.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/AVvXsEhDz7ySpMzRmGxlg2i3G64EebZN5IpTlxnyco6eFlZfMlsmlUPA-2oUEQLhXnkFWakbq9LsEaoLZvJE9l_ck57060aakK-HV3VhrwB_dlSK2-ICEmmBSoQtHcpq1na7BYR-RMLeDRtrQKR9/s400/J1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: xx-small;">boots: target. tights: don't recall.  slip: </span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/aslipshop"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">a slip shop</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">. skirt: gap. shirt: banana republic. cardigan: rue21. necklace: gifted. belt: forever21. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGjlrifG6-aPOrcff35Eu0qlknkVdsu5bLYSLuNA_DyJTy2RrK1_LqTyDGem9M_uyVJJ2-EunucaKudIGLotLr72kFX3fQV_Va8cpOoYjkFBBMP5MmL5DDwYNZHUv8fgs5HXBv5F8wcSfd/s1600/J1britt4.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/AVvXsEgGjlrifG6-aPOrcff35Eu0qlknkVdsu5bLYSLuNA_DyJTy2RrK1_LqTyDGem9M_uyVJJ2-EunucaKudIGLotLr72kFX3fQV_Va8cpOoYjkFBBMP5MmL5DDwYNZHUv8fgs5HXBv5F8wcSfd/s400/J1britt4.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvktjIO5FdJfNRrZpWUUYJwuPzfJnrCPRhsmuK-faFZemKVj_bGy3FDcXLEqfcp4u-g8C6hvXaWYKVqU2eGtE71SxKWfKAqHnG8JzzTw-Wo3cVXPfIVzoXczTJ-39bSDhHsqDQfdBgx9BQ/s1600/J1britt3.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/AVvXsEgvktjIO5FdJfNRrZpWUUYJwuPzfJnrCPRhsmuK-faFZemKVj_bGy3FDcXLEqfcp4u-g8C6hvXaWYKVqU2eGtE71SxKWfKAqHnG8JzzTw-Wo3cVXPfIVzoXczTJ-39bSDhHsqDQfdBgx9BQ/s400/J1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>May I have a re-do of yesterday's post? Pretty please? I meant it to be light-hearted and optimistic; I'm afraid it read as a somber prelude to depression. So let's lighten the mood, shall we? With some wit. And humor. Real soon, I'm going to write something funny. Hilarious, even. Useful for humorous ice-breaking fodder at your next party. Wait for it. Waiiiiiit for iiiiiittttttttt....  </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Dang. I got nothin.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My roommates in college (the same ones responsible for Item #1 <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/tag-im-itand-few-things-you-should-know.html">here</a>. tsk tsk. such bad influences on poor innocent bystanding me...) were all hilarious. All of them. Well, okay, MOST of them. And the ones who weren't funny (i.e., me) usually laughed so hard we turned purple and couldn't breathe and were thereafter dubbed "Purps." But we most assuredly drew the line at peeing our pants. Maybe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">ANYways. Sometimes if things got too serious or quiet or boring, one of us would turn to someone at random and demand, "be funny!" The person then had to do/say/be something funny. Which is virtually impossible to do on-the-spot. It's like when people say, "what's your most embarrassing moment?" or "think of two truths and a lie" or "what's your kid's name?" Can NEVER think of a response right then, but give me about 15 hours, and I'll come up with something sweet. Something hilarious and clever and repeatable.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Editor's note: Actually, I can remember all my kids' names. I was just kidding about that. It was more of a lighthearted jab directed at Pocket, who, after the delivery of our third child, couldn't remember her name to save his life. Or his good-standing with my dad, who was waiting patiently on the other end of the phone for his newest granddaughter's name and deets. Those poor husbands, man. Poor poor little dears. So exhausted after watching their wives give birth... :) ]<br /><br />On a completely unrelated note, remember <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/gifted-slip-dance-of-joy.html">this</a> fabulous slip from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/aslipshop">A Slip Shop</a>? It always makes me want to break out in some sort of dance in that day's photo shoot, and I won't even apologize because, frankly, it's not my fault. The slip just makes me so happy! You should all get yourselves one, too. <br /><br />Then you could dance in front of your camera and post the pics for all the world to see. Your mother, like mine, will be so proud of your feminine dignity. Right mom?...mom?... Hmmm...she must've stepped out for a sec. But trust me, guys. She's way proud and not embarrassed of me at all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1K0jZtM7vaWnBQRpoT9B3tR2IdpxCBXQkbpEaOwUf4uAWPE9K3_D_OR0IOfrbp3vX_yaB4XSFeMDvDbvXFhrwb7uHn5bZi_3IVsLAyElJPrrJh9nLF1v_RXtrHs7_papzqnY2UUDB2BO/s1600/J1britt1.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/AVvXsEin1K0jZtM7vaWnBQRpoT9B3tR2IdpxCBXQkbpEaOwUf4uAWPE9K3_D_OR0IOfrbp3vX_yaB4XSFeMDvDbvXFhrwb7uHn5bZi_3IVsLAyElJPrrJh9nLF1v_RXtrHs7_papzqnY2UUDB2BO/s400/J1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Thursday!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">p.s. This skirt that I'm wearing today? Same as <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/02/printed-skirt-ruffle-shirt-leg-warmers.html">this one</a>. Do YOU have a magic skirt?<br />p.p.s. Another product review coming up this weekend from <a href="http://www.koshercasual.com/">Kosher Casual</a>! You guys, I couldn't be more excited about it. The skirt they kindly sent me is cuuuuute.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want a look that makes you dance? Check out the stuff below AND <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/aslipshop">Kaity's shop</a>...</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=2679707&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/Enzo-Angiolini#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 Enzo Angiolini...</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>

ready, set, be funny...

Use your imaginations, kids. There's a "10" in there somewhere. boots: target. tights: don't recall.  slip: a slip shop . ...

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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...

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-l...

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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

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 ...

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If not Hazmat, then Heidi...

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv60IWZlhOHZFpQzhjS49QaSi6zaQYfBnem6LgPf9gFmE_oPlvsNa9HIs8Xa2zbCn1e-XZs1oXQq8-Oxyd4glGiPqpS3y3X-bQgjD7pD0QM8tBYuL8gbjcMs1ImMAMzOSy5geTqj8z3z3-/s1600/T1britt5.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550971793981974210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv60IWZlhOHZFpQzhjS49QaSi6zaQYfBnem6LgPf9gFmE_oPlvsNa9HIs8Xa2zbCn1e-XZs1oXQq8-Oxyd4glGiPqpS3y3X-bQgjD7pD0QM8tBYuL8gbjcMs1ImMAMzOSy5geTqj8z3z3-/s400/T1britt5.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a>I'm feeling a little vulnerable today. But...inspired by Addie's flowers and monotone ensemble and heartened by Carson's morning hug, I'll make it through the day.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z_ahSm-14EsSaMFdianRYnjszGGsPL9n-xX66vZKkOtpw2HNeXtnrN9oNR_eP35A9wPylPnuuzvi-RE0IlI2NqVCdahtW_PZDfHRdOUJD00K1YHrxecXZE92O2vgXcYuqkdxqUY4MrTz/s1600/T1britt4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550971685489345250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z_ahSm-14EsSaMFdianRYnjszGGsPL9n-xX66vZKkOtpw2HNeXtnrN9oNR_eP35A9wPylPnuuzvi-RE0IlI2NqVCdahtW_PZDfHRdOUJD00K1YHrxecXZE92O2vgXcYuqkdxqUY4MrTz/s400/T1britt4.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhfiRw_seYq321XXqtaEgNuIhI6ZlvvZm7VeTLq88PsxnAQ4PKpN1EIleAeUUGwjcWTZgzzCYzHImVO4IAxuXvSwyfaqwhQKfeUaI-4_ZXcoZUuoDSc3z0uhu5B3RamjWEICYuj9i_Fg2/s1600/T1britt1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550971577063756706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhfiRw_seYq321XXqtaEgNuIhI6ZlvvZm7VeTLq88PsxnAQ4PKpN1EIleAeUUGwjcWTZgzzCYzHImVO4IAxuXvSwyfaqwhQKfeUaI-4_ZXcoZUuoDSc3z0uhu5B3RamjWEICYuj9i_Fg2/s400/T1britt1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbD6r-bMN2lTvSyl58eolAGsHWCzFmZk73nEUp91ueToUoACX_TDWSbnMPxXLA8uqVfr4LoICoNETEqiSqPxEzVCHpAlXpqXxrUgqf-IFIgOAsnjD-3yVOcd6_wya88e6WOK1_jFBG_Bm/s1600/T1britt3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550971483815280450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbD6r-bMN2lTvSyl58eolAGsHWCzFmZk73nEUp91ueToUoACX_TDWSbnMPxXLA8uqVfr4LoICoNETEqiSqPxEzVCHpAlXpqXxrUgqf-IFIgOAsnjD-3yVOcd6_wya88e6WOK1_jFBG_Bm/s400/T1britt3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 348px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXOQVUD35zHtUQSyufjW4ULpZiuJf45LFHw_oS1EGWWv1NorhdQNs45j-VqYjmDuS6P2PoAWbMTqIGFQ_Bh-9MzZMNNKEASOizvNRSpDhkAzLESralHA-e2EL7ylK0BylMTv_0g5vHcVW/s1600/T1britt2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550971349119611282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvXOQVUD35zHtUQSyufjW4ULpZiuJf45LFHw_oS1EGWWv1NorhdQNs45j-VqYjmDuS6P2PoAWbMTqIGFQ_Bh-9MzZMNNKEASOizvNRSpDhkAzLESralHA-e2EL7ylK0BylMTv_0g5vHcVW/s400/T1britt2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> To be honest, I'm not sure what today's jumping off point was. Actually, yes I do. I planned on wearing a hazmat suit, followed by a few bullet-proof vests and gas masks. Oh, and those heat-resistant gloves like they wore on the moon. Actually, those were probably cold-resistant, weren't they? What the heck, I'll take a pair of those, too.</div><div><br /></div><div>"???" you ask. Well, I'll tell you: it's our turn to host about 12 kids (ages 2-7) tonight, as part of a rotating Date Night we do with friends. It's super fun but almost always crazy. A girl must be prepared for anything. Oooh, which reminds me. Better throw in an oxygen tank, too.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sadly, although that would be my dream outfit for the day, I own none of those items. Logically, I dressed like Heidi instead. Logically.</div><div><br /></div><div>I really wanted to wear this rose scarf my mom sent me from Sweden last month, but I didn't feel like wearing anything around my neck today. I wanted to keep things interesting but simple. And, since it's so pretty by itself, I wanted to keep everything else fairly monotone. Unforch, green monotone usually = leprechaun.</div><div><br /></div><div>[Editor's note: I wasn't REALLY going for a St. Patty's Day look, but it just sort of happened. But, since we're here, I'm hoping the little green men are watching and, to thank me for subconsciously publicizing their holiday amidst the way-more-publicized Christmas season, will ship me a pot o' gold anyway.]</div><div><br /></div><div>So. Green. Rose scarf triangle sash belty thing. Green skirt and shirt (what I wouldn't give for one of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/aslipshop">these</a> slips from my friend Kaity's etsy shop). Big black belt to transition and also pull together the bottom half to the top half. Purple tights because I can. And will. And did. Black boots because it's cold outside and snowed about 5 inches last night. And, of course, some bracelets. Because my looooong monkey arms felt barren. And because I felt kinda nehked with minimal other accessories (no necklace or scarf, no collar, no earrings, no hairthings, no fingernail polish, heck not even braces on my teeth), and even though I wanted to go minimal, I still felt bare.</div><div><br /></div><div>There you have it. Feeling vulnerable today because there's not much to hide behind, 'cept a cloak-o'-not-even-matching-green. Which, come to think of it, matching might be worse... </div><div><br /></div><div>But I'm brave. And I'm wearing what I own and smiling about it. And moving on with my kid-centered life. And yet, if worse comes to worse, anyone have a hazmat suit I could borrow?...</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Wednesday.</div></div><br /></div>

If not Hazmat, then Heidi...

I'm feeling a little vulnerable today. But...inspired by Addie's flowers and monotone ensemble and heartened by Carson's morning...

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