something old, new, borrowed, blue...and painted

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6R6nqYzDtYk7vHccqaGa8u4FI8oiW0qXJcC865BnbmWlcqskyB4ZanpR2ntuBb3kE510eHQW4lztndQycM-bBr_jhUhgiMUKYyzLZQC8Rpv6x8KNzAGNk51F0IbNFtvyK687vLfvJdTZ/s1600/F1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiip10Zzx1deBMOuvxnpy37PA3hKNNQCmx6RuIxnvvL_XviLvEfjcGSNV-wBUH94YUwVzzIW9rbpimjm0UTBuWoct2LzSmiU9O9cp3TJ2OXEKJ5oRigthkJroeHP8p60bk51DRkTM_lIWO/s1600/F1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes & necklace: forever21. shorts: who knows, who cares. shirt: old navy. earrings: hawaii. bracelets: a zillion places.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwp_QZrzGdSB55lXQNM8bovKz7DixVbTUGe9T6GOBsoU5v_pO9ICSp07TvkfYW139BIAO2_nTUtQL14zLJTN2Wfn6iXDtF_PqVUaP-d4mamLJxZciz4DD83Z0O2Dhj3xRsSarAwAHeSRC1/s1600/F1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4pAGPqxc-vPJAjwQFreG8RM-9yJp2Wt629QxmjS1cvGvFlU4zeaWwJWiSmFdslVetjd-BzqEGsyDt8O_dlq6NPmjOMg_p0bopQXmuUB6R0xpcTq9n9fVixppVhG0gj_wDKvwFKVk30Wr/s1600/F1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" /></a></div><div align="center">I wrote a post to accompany these pics last night, full of snappy wit and self-deprecation. The brunt of my jokes were centered on these paint-splattered shorts, which I happen to love but which are, shall we say, white trash. Which makes for some good jokes, I have to say.</div><div align="center">But Blogger ate the post, and I'm too lazy to write it again. So do me a favor: smile real big, spontaneously, as you read the next few words. Maybe even chuckle a little and shake your head, if you're a head-shaker-while-laughing kinda girl. (Or guy. But let's be honest. If you're reading this blog...girl.) Ready? Go.<br /><br />Either way...I think this outfit is Unexpected and Maybe Awesome here. So it was a great day.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Wednesday-turned-Thursday.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Buy stuff below, then bust out your paintbrush...</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=3404775&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>

something old, new, borrowed, blue...and painted

  shoes & necklace: forever21. shorts: who knows, who cares. shirt: old navy. earrings: hawaii. bracelets: a zillion places. I wrote a p...

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do the j.crew

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg566M5VZi6EVkKFFodLeJ_RP1443GoOYv-wM7LyuuF5YLB80egb4x4IZlo4S4UdmToIQDfTbWTvzz3Yerwmjj565OhyphenhyphenUooQuLLtgkGcCrbczQYuQZNOv3qK1r8nTe6B6Piv5eRQ44VU3Nk/s1600/W1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg566M5VZi6EVkKFFodLeJ_RP1443GoOYv-wM7LyuuF5YLB80egb4x4IZlo4S4UdmToIQDfTbWTvzz3Yerwmjj565OhyphenhyphenUooQuLLtgkGcCrbczQYuQZNOv3qK1r8nTe6B6Piv5eRQ44VU3Nk/s400/W1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">metallic flats: american eagle outfitters. jeans & shirt: gap. necklace: forever21. watch: target.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrC5aKsGwAfXw49oPDFnZGdHHcAMC2hVQ5RESy919AnN5eYgySfwbucuDYnVPKSBXo0oG79MqBdR0sbggeX2lvA3_hIFHG4LaNooRGSCR1M1qZVB884t09v8GCZ-4Bw1YIKemIkAfDBvZ/s1600/W1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrC5aKsGwAfXw49oPDFnZGdHHcAMC2hVQ5RESy919AnN5eYgySfwbucuDYnVPKSBXo0oG79MqBdR0sbggeX2lvA3_hIFHG4LaNooRGSCR1M1qZVB884t09v8GCZ-4Bw1YIKemIkAfDBvZ/s400/W1britt1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1zfpmiCUgSIcqPs-OgIKzKOqkFaMyRpUDlfw35mERtUFFd-NhCG9unde6O07NJ_0TtT98CgjFNLSeB_feXGWEFP6oiFviuRc3IIPXozI8QBCKELHbaM6Y1yhln8-1tlM2mqWNCJ3s2ox/s1600/W1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1zfpmiCUgSIcqPs-OgIKzKOqkFaMyRpUDlfw35mERtUFFd-NhCG9unde6O07NJ_0TtT98CgjFNLSeB_feXGWEFP6oiFviuRc3IIPXozI8QBCKELHbaM6Y1yhln8-1tlM2mqWNCJ3s2ox/s400/W1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">You know how a picture is supposed to be worth 1000 words? Well, I want to pontificate on that a bit. And here's why: Sometimes my outfit photos look waaaaay better than I do in real life. Something about catching the angle just right, the lighting, whatever. Conversely, sometimes the photos look waaaaaay worse than I thought I looked in real life.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">And sometimes, like today, the photos are pretty "meh," which is just exactly what the outfit itself is. Hooray for exactness in which nothing is lost in translation. 'Cept, to be honest, I cropped out from these pics a red bookbag, some doll furniture, and three library books scattered on the floor. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I'm really into asymmetrical style lately. I have no idea why. Oh, wait, yes I do--it's because I'm obsessed with the J.Crew vibe (not that I nailed it here...at <em>all</em>...but I'm still obsessed). I'm less careful with tucking, matching sleeve roll-up lengths, and cuffing my jeans. Know what else I'm not careful about, as evident in this ensemble? Making sure my jeans fit. These are a bit unflatteringly loosey-goosey.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Which is a lame phrase, I'll grant you, but it rhymes and, therefore, automatically qualifies for use on this blog. A <em>rare</em> example of of lameness, though. And by "rare," I of course mean "lame-is-the-name-of-the-game-on-a-plane-in-Spain-around-here." I think you need no further evidence or explanation.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Monday!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Shop below, then arrange the right differently from the left...</span></div><div align="center"><div style="background: white; border-bottom: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-left: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-right: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-top: #bfbfbf 1px solid; display: block; position: relative; width: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=3103390&size=Small&width=6&height=1&layouttype=0&border=0&footer=0" width="430"></iframe><br /><div style="bottom: 2px; height: 18px; left: 0px; line-height: 12px; position: absolute; width: 100%;"><div style="left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; position: absolute;"><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/browse/J.Crew#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; color: #606060; font: 11px verdana, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline;">More J.Crew...</a></div><div style="padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 3px; position: absolute; right: 0px;"><a href="http://www.shopstyle.com/#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;"><img alt="ShopStyle" src="http://resources.shopstyle.com/im/widget/ShopStyleLogo_powered_small.png" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></img></a></div></div></div></div><div align="center"><br /></div>

do the j.crew

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

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a pound of Easter chocolate in the hand is as good as 4 pounds on the scale...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9FcoDyZgmW7zujGm7aJDd9vKdSC4qGJTtaZclKpBgzixhXm42D0jOI5BMqctiM5ZlBhGGU36wH3sjQ680hAVtU0bJjGvHmR04Vk0lokPnOR5ElfLViF7vpPZ6FL8RzI-Mh9PoLpVhk3E/s1600/I1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9FcoDyZgmW7zujGm7aJDd9vKdSC4qGJTtaZclKpBgzixhXm42D0jOI5BMqctiM5ZlBhGGU36wH3sjQ680hAVtU0bJjGvHmR04Vk0lokPnOR5ElfLViF7vpPZ6FL8RzI-Mh9PoLpVhk3E/s400/I1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> shoes: cato brand. tights: forever21. skirt & cardigan: j.crew. shirt: thrifted. belt: husband's. watch: target.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFHVSV-Vxzor3jK9CZngoeTwcTGH1-1Ogw-MO57fjS_TV79pRo0a5VOlSGcQbWsu8yRRgA9PsUHg2KdbUuwkv-nQ1BOEWUMA6vL1Cr9FddVYa8Dz4B89MS9YX5KARCrZcimyQMam81hK1/s1600/I1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFHVSV-Vxzor3jK9CZngoeTwcTGH1-1Ogw-MO57fjS_TV79pRo0a5VOlSGcQbWsu8yRRgA9PsUHg2KdbUuwkv-nQ1BOEWUMA6vL1Cr9FddVYa8Dz4B89MS9YX5KARCrZcimyQMam81hK1/s400/I1britt1.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI6aIabqI37kyDF79FEfg67OJx8nf0H-nfHJU1uUh8GKhEXrxz8SXpSEz9EXNuaGG_uYGt29971qneJdA_dK-pfmaR7Kuju1ev366z3i9gEbHcPBZSeWYevP6iGlruoc3cm3AP4jnxvnU/s1600/I1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="325" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI6aIabqI37kyDF79FEfg67OJx8nf0H-nfHJU1uUh8GKhEXrxz8SXpSEz9EXNuaGG_uYGt29971qneJdA_dK-pfmaR7Kuju1ev366z3i9gEbHcPBZSeWYevP6iGlruoc3cm3AP4jnxvnU/s400/I1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">This week I'm grateful for:</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">- friends who not only care but who do stuff to show it.</div><div align="center">- Easter candy.</div><div align="center">- picking out the perfect gift for someone and knowing it's the perfect gift and then having it reaffirmed that it was, indeed, perfect. :)</div><div align="center">- home design books and the millions, nay, trillions of new ideas floating around in my head.</div><div align="center">- budget constraints. Which is a nice way of saying "we have no money to do the stuff I dream about." But without such constraints, I wouldn't have nearly as much fun planning it out in my head.</div><div align="center">- (can you tell I'm stretching to be grateful for that last one?)</div><div align="center">- people who are creative. I'm in awe of them.</div><div align="center">- my husband. Who's awesome and funny and sweet and hard-working and who always lets me have the last bite.</div><div align="center">- my kids. Who're sweet and fun and creative and enthusiastic and independently-minded...like when my 2-year-old responded, in her sweetest little voice, to an observation I was making at dinner: "mom....be ty-et [quiet]." Her timing was impeccable, her delivery spot-on, and the laughter response overwhelming.</div><div align="center">- cheese and how it can be a perfect main course for kids' breakfast, lunch, OR dinner.</div><div align="center">- the Easter holiday and all that it entails.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Sunday.</div>

a pound of Easter chocolate in the hand is as good as 4 pounds on the scale...

 shoes: cato brand. tights: forever21. skirt & cardigan: j.crew. shirt: thrifted. belt: husband's. watch: target. This week I'm ...

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