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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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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mission: impossible

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hi! If you're new to my blog: Welcome! No, seriously, I'm glad you came by; I hope you come back often. In fact, I'm going to try to permanently endear myself to you in the classic manner that I first attracted and endeared myself to <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-anniversary-to-meeeeee-i-mean-uh.html" target="blank">Pocket</a>: The Wink. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXraedMv7o6BtVNwF55ZWN2F1tK9mSVtc9W8rAztQTVGay736HWwUkJeujryifNecTy9PdteCfL4eFpU-NxJeX8gidv8DD5o0jmWmgi0o58P7mlAbuDhSEw-LKVuJpILW8NLkX_vguP0M/s1600/S1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXraedMv7o6BtVNwF55ZWN2F1tK9mSVtc9W8rAztQTVGay736HWwUkJeujryifNecTy9PdteCfL4eFpU-NxJeX8gidv8DD5o0jmWmgi0o58P7mlAbuDhSEw-LKVuJpILW8NLkX_vguP0M/s400/S1britt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'Cept I forgot to mention...I can't wink (no kidding). And I didn't endear myself to Pocket by attempting it. It's actually by sheer stars alignment (coupled with his poor eyesight) that he ever spoke to me in the first place, let alone tears-streaming-down-his-face-begged* me to marry him. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">(* Maybe an ever-so-slight exaggeration. But maybe not.)</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhhy-Zs2a9fOJkpPSaRc_xb9s80RWO2d1oKsVXOivkbqEX5zQUPq4Apjc0vPedAODyNPiH3hgyqQGtkIsZbGTicR-qiYGmnaa1JoNFUkmEztDqxo3g5HY88WJBbnT7UyfEqeUDSmhw8MM/s1600/S1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQhhy-Zs2a9fOJkpPSaRc_xb9s80RWO2d1oKsVXOivkbqEX5zQUPq4Apjc0vPedAODyNPiH3hgyqQGtkIsZbGTicR-qiYGmnaa1JoNFUkmEztDqxo3g5HY88WJBbnT7UyfEqeUDSmhw8MM/s400/S1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: thrifted. jeans: kohl's. cowl neck shirt: j. crew. striped tunic & belt: forever21. watch: target. earrings: gift.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pIJeWOnLtg5x0e1Ni_vBvIHiTdRw1xhVl16eUjDArKx906JaeBaC5tMMCf9mPDOuiehAl8ktMl_Z3_BsLdmxtJx9lbv7PofJ9J2JEFMd9qmdXn3bh14kXhPaOVUKh-DsTCQ_G3jVuffo/s1600/S1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8pIJeWOnLtg5x0e1Ni_vBvIHiTdRw1xhVl16eUjDArKx906JaeBaC5tMMCf9mPDOuiehAl8ktMl_Z3_BsLdmxtJx9lbv7PofJ9J2JEFMd9qmdXn3bh14kXhPaOVUKh-DsTCQ_G3jVuffo/s400/S1britt1.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrF5DB0-EWWLOWSAO7nLeYe7BZEVw4bzWqemrSWX4imwz1wXLA8PtkkkuBo2HWUO8yDMPJw-0vX42nWcbI3UUSQDZi4qFTTYVtvNV3jkBuE0hUihSh_kRERZfYlzoZBXvoIQSy0WOqa11/s1600/S1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrF5DB0-EWWLOWSAO7nLeYe7BZEVw4bzWqemrSWX4imwz1wXLA8PtkkkuBo2HWUO8yDMPJw-0vX42nWcbI3UUSQDZi4qFTTYVtvNV3jkBuE0hUihSh_kRERZfYlzoZBXvoIQSy0WOqa11/s400/S1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">I have to apologize: sometimes, despite being 31 years mature, I get in silly moods. Today is one of those times. I blame it wholeheartedly on these adorably-8th-grade camo wedges -- they're bringing out the craziness that I usually keep silenced with ample supplies of pnut m&ms and Dumas. But I've been trying to consume less junk these days (with questionable success) (and by "questionable" I of course mean "zero"), and I haven't been reading as much as I'd like. I'm afraid what you see here is the result.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Inspired by the camoflauge on my shoes (which, I'm sorry, but I think camo is just a fantastic print), I attempted acting out a stealth mission in the last photo sequence above. Note the binocs. Note the "blending in" with the natural surroundings. Note, again, the binocs. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Okay, so I actually don't know that much about stealth missions. I kiiiiiind of ran out of ideas after the first two shots. But this much I do know: I nailed it with the striped tunic as uniform, particularly if your stealth mission involves zebras...lying sideways...</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 super-stealth look like this? 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mission: impossible

Hi! If you're new to my blog: Welcome! No, seriously, I'm glad you came by; I hope you come back often. In fact, I'm going to tr...

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they might be giants...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYfNjYOKKpIpYirhlP6exSjyxTngFOQB3g3XgL4RxX328kcH9aN7wu_xO87PcJU2qfSB6tlgru13GP5pK3BjwO3NC7eJJfIPslm6t5xIChnMZlUrGEXhl7KNvhq0r468OqAJf5uX6kJ0R/s1600/V1britt2.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/AVvXsEhVYfNjYOKKpIpYirhlP6exSjyxTngFOQB3g3XgL4RxX328kcH9aN7wu_xO87PcJU2qfSB6tlgru13GP5pK3BjwO3NC7eJJfIPslm6t5xIChnMZlUrGEXhl7KNvhq0r468OqAJf5uX6kJ0R/s400/V1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: steve madden. tights, necklace, & earrings: gifted. skirt: j.crew. belt & stripes: forever21. button-up: eddie bauer. bracelet & flower hairthing: downeast outfitters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIDtIR5EQZqk4wSEwq7vcqLqOccAKGhLDO0PfqnUTHj9PctH82LSel-tK9OxViLg9N62sPIOWKsKZX01Evh3sveoWGnBtn66xs0EVxfytgisHSTifGUEN-h-_REDLuRA6Lh0Yv377bMZa/s1600/V1britt3.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/AVvXsEiiIDtIR5EQZqk4wSEwq7vcqLqOccAKGhLDO0PfqnUTHj9PctH82LSel-tK9OxViLg9N62sPIOWKsKZX01Evh3sveoWGnBtn66xs0EVxfytgisHSTifGUEN-h-_REDLuRA6Lh0Yv377bMZa/s400/V1britt3.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjHvyvb1L4HjDa0MRCt903YrGgl4jYeGdBn5Tq_c4mi4likFsidEFQA1_sEW30zLwJFvVOXu35LVgF9Pse2DqON3YuPxZkU-Ri3uM4Dcv5sw-S2QTfY9e4nAst4-IAq1r4ECa6BKWZMhe/s1600/V1britt1.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/AVvXsEjpjHvyvb1L4HjDa0MRCt903YrGgl4jYeGdBn5Tq_c4mi4likFsidEFQA1_sEW30zLwJFvVOXu35LVgF9Pse2DqON3YuPxZkU-Ri3uM4Dcv5sw-S2QTfY9e4nAst4-IAq1r4ECa6BKWZMhe/s400/V1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">"Woahhhhhh. You're taaaaaaalllllll." First thing I heard, all prepubescent-chorus-like, when I walked into my son's 1st grade class this morning for my volunteer hour. Which is a comment I'm not really sure what to do with. Thank you? You're welcome? I'm sorry? I know? Get off me? Endless possibilities for responses, really. [Editor's note: You'll be relieved to know: I just smiled at the kids and sat down. There. Crisis averted.]</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Bottom line: I attribute my newfound height to these SHOES. I heart them.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Today's jumping-off point was this denim pencil skirt. It needs some slight tailoring, but I haven't had time, so I decided to wear it with a chunky belt to hide the waistband until it's fixed. I'm afraid <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/striped-sweater-pencil-skirt-booties.html">Sunday's ensemble</a> got me into a total stripedy-stripe-stripe mood (PLUS it's breton stripes day), so I went with this little number. If you'll <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-beginning-to-look-lot-likewednesday.html">recall</a>, it's a tunic length (some might go so far as to say it's a "dress" length, but not I, my friends. Not I.), so I tucked it here, over a pale yellow button-up.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">The button-up was slightly problematic. It looked off when I wore the collar down, but so did it also look a little strange when I purposefully flipped it up. So I just opened up the back of the collar and let the front fall where it may. That's right. Living life on the edge. I'm famous for this kind of thing, you know. Like one time I went to bed without brushing my teeth.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">[Editor's note: That's true, but what she's failing to admit is the END of the story, which is that she got up a sleepless hour later to brush in the dark because she couldn't handle her fuzzy teeth. So. Probably "living life on the edge...of a secure 10-foot-buffer zone" would be more accurate. But, you know, tomayto tomahto.]</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I love these bright blue tights from my friend Val, and I thought this would be a great day to wear them. In this ensemble, they come across as kind of a neutral, really--just an extension of the blue denim skirt. A bright, glow-in-the-dark extension, of course, but still. They're pretty Unexpected & Maybe Awesome for me here. And I like how they're downplayed, just slightly, by the taupe booties.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Question for you all: How do you wear earrings? They are currently the bane of my style existence. I normally default to my beloved diamond studs, but my friend RaeLynn wanted me to try some danglies, which I did here (you know, that life-on-the-edge thing again). I feel like these are all wrong with this ensemble, but I'm not sure what I should do differently. Please! Earring advice! I'm begging you!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(ahem) Regardless...happy Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.everybodyeverywear.com/home/view/breton-stripes"><img src="http://www.everybodyeverywear.com/photos/iCQAAAA.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? </span><a href="http://www.beso.com/j-crew/womens-skirts/jcrew-denim-pencil-skirt/2069064073/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;">pencil 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%2Fj-crew%2Fwomens-skirts%2Fjcrew-denim-pencil-skirt%2F2069064073%2Fdetail" width="1" />  </img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/forever-21/womens-shirts-blouses/forever21-cozy-striped-top/2012274716/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;">striped top</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%2Fforever-21%2Fwomens-shirts-blouses%2Fforever21-cozy-striped-top%2F2012274716%2Fdetail" width="1" /></img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/steve-madden/womens-boots/madden-girl-womens-razcal-shoes-taupe/2131056597/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;">booties</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%2Fsteve-madden%2Fwomens-boots%2Fmadden-girl-womens-razcal-shoes-taupe%2F2131056597%2Fdetail" width="1" />  </img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/mountain-hardwear/womens-shirts-blouses/mountain-hardwear-scenic-route-shirt-womens-gold-dust-14/2310302352/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;">yellow button-up</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%2Fmountain-hardwear%2Fwomens-shirts-blouses%2Fmountain-hardwear-scenic-route-shirt-womens-gold-dust-14%2F2310302352%2Fdetail" width="1" />  </img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/womens-socks-hosiery/forever21-solid-tights/1927450856/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;">blue tights</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%2Fwomens-socks-hosiery%2Fforever21-solid-tights%2F1927450856%2Fdetail" width="1" /></span></div></img><br /><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=2580384&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>

they might be giants...

shoes: steve madden. tights, necklace, & earrings: gifted. skirt: j.crew. belt & stripes: forever21. button-up: eddie bauer. bracele...

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just another manic monday

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD5Jk9TQw4MtTNivQ6T49zsVJMvSWIn151muAOiwNu2z6xjEXQSUf90xi5F081hPuAy6pBQGfOcYk6DeDqsc0SnTOgQJdCIHYzojNi8-BQ98Y9nvhoRZX-cYQTkBGx6OR2ykNNTUpw53J/s1600/C1britt2.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/AVvXsEiMD5Jk9TQw4MtTNivQ6T49zsVJMvSWIn151muAOiwNu2z6xjEXQSUf90xi5F081hPuAy6pBQGfOcYk6DeDqsc0SnTOgQJdCIHYzojNi8-BQ98Y9nvhoRZX-cYQTkBGx6OR2ykNNTUpw53J/s400/C1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">boots: target. jeans: so brand. cami & cardi: vintage. tunic & bracelet: F21. belt: pocket's.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigW96zlJcK3Tb_R8qlLY853IqXgeZBfH0m6t5F9jtyZEWqnrLYGhXd7Sl0CKjyfJGve5vey-RNtuu_82adEiSV4AklU7DS0VBEv2jxRbEgPy0Ejdxb3Pr7zu9yokoB0gqftv8nO3Ym9hGw/s1600/C1britt1.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/AVvXsEigW96zlJcK3Tb_R8qlLY853IqXgeZBfH0m6t5F9jtyZEWqnrLYGhXd7Sl0CKjyfJGve5vey-RNtuu_82adEiSV4AklU7DS0VBEv2jxRbEgPy0Ejdxb3Pr7zu9yokoB0gqftv8nO3Ym9hGw/s400/C1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNkTGPwFIuYpVl7TXupWr7Sh4isxqo2DaVvG4CGWpsdDehC9U3FApxda2Nc3TO1Rz0f9fNwIMgxrRDlgS6slwChspCtidaIDHi1uvaqWA_H-ADn0juCkKtUOeUREXCUwkV2A2UOsrq9NO/s1600/C1britt3.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/AVvXsEjzNkTGPwFIuYpVl7TXupWr7Sh4isxqo2DaVvG4CGWpsdDehC9U3FApxda2Nc3TO1Rz0f9fNwIMgxrRDlgS6slwChspCtidaIDHi1uvaqWA_H-ADn0juCkKtUOeUREXCUwkV2A2UOsrq9NO/s400/C1britt3.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div align="center">Bad news, guys. I'm kind of having a closet crisis. Like, I want all new stuff and am creating a mental shopping list of, conservatively speaking, about 5.3 million items. And they're calling my online username and credit card number. Must....fight....urge....</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">(ahem) But that's neither here nor there. [Editor's note: I'll tell you what IS here, though: freezing-cold-icy-subzero temps. Well, not actually subzero. That was an exaggeration. But it FEELS like 80 or 300 below. So. Just roll with it.] Today's jumping-off point: this striped tunic. <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-beginning-to-look-lot-likewednesday.html">Last time</a> I wore it, I amped up the coloration with some blues and purple. But I think the iciness around me crept into my brain and froze part of it so I can only think in b&w. Which could be good OR bad (for example, Bad: those old tiny static tvs. And mimes. Good: It's a Wonderful Life. And black licorice with something white. Like my teeth. Eating it.).</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">But even though the starting piece was b&w, I actually wanted to go less stark-contrasty today. More along the lines of grayscale. Hence the grey skinnies and default ivory cardigan ("default" because the length seemed good paired with the tunic, and it was a solid non-color). <br /><br />To warm up the wintery tones a bit, I added some neutral earthy brown via belt and boots. Oh, and cami. Even though it's frigid outside (and in the guest bedroom in my house) [Editor's note: But don't be alarmed; no guests around to notice. We already moved the last frozen bodies out...] [Assistant Editor: Come ON. Gross.], I didn't want a scarf today. Thought it would be a little too much with these stripes. I like how the brown cami doesn't speak much in terms of color but gives an interesting neckline to what would otherwise be a *cough* low one.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Um, what else? Kept my hair down purely for warmth. Is that too cavemannish to admit? If so...oops. (And pass the medium-rare steak, please.) Oh, and the bracelet. Last-minute decision to add a pop of color but not too much. And I love its oversizedness. A little bit Unexpected and Maybe Awesome. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I feel good today. Comfy. And, really, I'll probably grow to love these icicles growing on my eyelashes, so...no big deal there either.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Monday.</div><br /><div style="position:relative; border:1px solid #bfbfbf; background:white; width:424px;display:block;"><iframe name="shopstyle_search" width="424" height="244" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&fts=womens%20striped%20tunic&cat=womens-clothes&width=3&height=1&border=0&footer=0"></iframe><div style="position:absolute; left:0; bottom:2px; height:18px; line-height:12px; width:100%;"><div style="position:absolute; left:0; padding:2px 0 0 6px"><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse?fts=womens%20striped%20tunic#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="font:11px verdana,sans-serif;text-decoration:underline;border:0;background-color:transparent;color:#606060">womens striped tunic</a></div><div style="position:absolute; right:0; padding:3px 4px 3px 0"><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="border:0"><img alt="ShopStyle" src="http://resources.shopstyle.com/im/widget/ShopStyleLogo_powered.png" style="border:0;margin:0;padding:0"></img></a></div></div></div>

just another manic monday

  boots: target. jeans: so brand. cami & cardi: vintage. tunic & bracelet: F21. belt: pocket's. Bad news, guys. I'm kind of ...

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It's beginning to look a lot like...Wednesday.

<div align="center">A stripey Wednesday at that. Not even on purpose, all three of us girls wore stripes today. (p.s. Seriously, where did Layla learn to pose like that? I tried to copy her, but she's much cuter at it.)<br /><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548390969456907586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf_ukT1xWLpAORyzUnbNOF5_vmRG3gxIsOO2VeY57WtaVorw2-g9ZPkJzPH_gdmJOidmQ6SUkssW48P2FZ3__zkDNeJwQFz5KWJqEwPAMe5zMHZwlecBwQ9WhVcjBMitizfYBaPQnA0C81/s400/Jgirls.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548391196366754466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0PW2yfpuLtfT3ur4DwDhCyy1NlDlsxaUItY-nrc4Teu_6-tf4nZj5ISiJbKdTuUWzWpA0TyHBk8eAFW3mWd8Ul3PNK2r9LANjDf4oZlYBQ3rqJ5Lj-YxU6GEQGpJuAqIcDAncyO4ElYPf/s400/J1britt.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bog5MI-fDC-7m1hTNN0LXzERPnJgXwWiIzmiwNCIOsHIY875uR3fyy1MFkVLJWUKyco4ds2XtVnx8e3ATf_rIaIhuzLlUEZOGzhhbIkcmVApFGWW_ioDbJW7E7ppPs4szrIUqOTYaucC/s1600/J1britt2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548391089984901090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0bog5MI-fDC-7m1hTNN0LXzERPnJgXwWiIzmiwNCIOsHIY875uR3fyy1MFkVLJWUKyco4ds2XtVnx8e3ATf_rIaIhuzLlUEZOGzhhbIkcmVApFGWW_ioDbJW7E7ppPs4szrIUqOTYaucC/s400/J1britt2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 291px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> My only wish is that I could've had mustard-yellow tights to go with this. Which brings me to my brief point of introspection...<br /><br /></div><div align="center">...which came to me whilst cleaning the bathrooms this morning. Sometimes I get caught up in wanting wanting wanting new stuff. Especially this time of year. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful for what I have, but...the appeal of newness gleams brightly. Then I thought about how we got new bathrooms after our flood a couple of years ago, and I was stoked about that. Then time went on, and they became less and less new. Especially with a 5- and then 6-year-old boy in the house. Like, disturbingly NOT new.<br /><br /></div><div align="center">Epitome: If I take care of, clean, and enjoy what I have, new things aren't nearly as necessary. It's when I let things get old and dumpy and messy and junky that I'm dissatisfied. <br /><br /> </div><div align="center">And if THAT deep thinking doesn't just throw you right into a tailspin, well, I just don't know what to say. Go eat a stripey candy cane, I guess. <br /><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Wednesday.</div>

It's beginning to look a lot like...Wednesday.

A stripey Wednesday at that. Not even on purpose, all three of us girls wore stripes today. (p.s. Seriously, where did Layla learn to pose l...

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