elementary, my dear watson

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Jpncmz-7APijXZcYErJll21mgLkzOaDKhvzfXWentftbckPGMyWUF58DRtehMtjp2AcVGquKx_FfSXECYtA1-1MUOwhMgLih1kbY2g4jOtTtKYNzQW_FLf4ks2v1ozvaLN-QVUIeaQHw/s1600/O1britt2.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: mudd brand. shorts: express jeans (cutoff) (no kidding). shirt: gap. bracelet & belt: forever21. flower clip: downeast basics. earrings: hawaii.</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/AVvXsEiTLvp8nzcLb-RQ5gI0CHdgcP_vJJOdjPotxyWwOsEDEj0U2S62hv7deoHTXzM9gKcVTCJw8yzRyVZBTBjgQsYrDWJ5JqMvf8uLFc1oenDTaGZrKbRBgurfICbJN1TVHlD0aM7jHLPJ2HMc/s1600/O1britt1.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/AVvXsEhtJ1g0bFNoRzacN2DeQCX-QD8vRZaFZTV9oW6P1VB-J2n3GdSCxOnt9GgPlxwdSpMg7dx8p75SENUE8NfJ2-1QpFkOuuBTBIQRrTtobTGHbwO_fXNrhkyTkekFm3le6CjeWk7x4rF2r07U/s1600/O1britt3.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;">Confession: cutoff shorts are turning into a major guilty pleasure for me. It feels like cheating, really, wearing them as much as I do. But I can't help it. There's something deliriously liberating about the irony of pairing total garbage (which, let's be honest, cutoffs really respresent nothing more than trashed jeans that needed to be either thrown out or cut up into oil-changing rags) with some sort of socially acceptable top.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The result? For me, it's an Unexpected and Maybe Awesome mix of high & low, trash & treasure, dumb and dumber & pride and predjudice...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which brings me to my most recent scientific breakthrough that there are, really, only two kinds of people in this world: those who like Dumb & Dumber, and those who don't. My husband loves it. Further evidence, actually, that opposites really do attract. Know what doesn't attract? A peacock to another peacock, because apparently (says my 6-year-old son, who happens to be King o' Trivia Facts) there's no such thing as a female peacock. Those are called peahens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Feel free to use <em>that </em>little tidbit in whatever way you deem necessary to get ahead in life. I know it's done wonders for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Monday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Chop your garbage jeans, then shop below...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></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=3499082&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>

elementary, my dear watson

  shoes: mudd brand. shorts: express jeans (cutoff) (no kidding). shirt: gap. bracelet & belt: forever21. flower clip: downeast basics. ...

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New Feature: Unexpected & Maybe Awesome Linkup

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><em>Unexpected & Maybe Awesome</em></strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nt4LrOwgH_J4_m0vhPBelbiLxcD395C4sQi_FimlrXDb4vrwyVT4Ufr7Ss5-DQDlaHXxTTtCWITweim0RhK0QjqAmjnYPvzKcrnYmovp0TPq7nykP_Loz4U0bqe1KjEO51_2pL1xjamm/s1600/G1britt2.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/AVvXsEh6nt4LrOwgH_J4_m0vhPBelbiLxcD395C4sQi_FimlrXDb4vrwyVT4Ufr7Ss5-DQDlaHXxTTtCWITweim0RhK0QjqAmjnYPvzKcrnYmovp0TPq7nykP_Loz4U0bqe1KjEO51_2pL1xjamm/s400/G1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: steve madden. jeans: don't recall. sash: taken off an old navy shirt. shirt: gap. belt: forever21. jacket: banana republic. necklace: gift.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WHj96GGWpL2Tq2QaXJ4QoB0NyU85Ovz2rmmo5caHCRl_KAwevuKIClzUO0iMiitjJzCjxIb2dMlAHPmOdarDFQ8nQ8erCDmKbV-TnKAPiCEwxR-ucFOEFzLDSdAzxM7h744NOdNj76RP/s1600/G1britt3.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/AVvXsEh0WHj96GGWpL2Tq2QaXJ4QoB0NyU85Ovz2rmmo5caHCRl_KAwevuKIClzUO0iMiitjJzCjxIb2dMlAHPmOdarDFQ8nQ8erCDmKbV-TnKAPiCEwxR-ucFOEFzLDSdAzxM7h744NOdNj76RP/s400/G1britt3.jpg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXurCGFmdJhtH-E7UdPbXABrsbVGNoQIecm20vW2R5K4u6X9D43KPIShgu1P-eNUBRV0gaPhtg9ssnVVL-qAXKnlojuSzDY85G0oY6ZxZ9E5-4MgS51EP6MdayMyaDR_0EN1ED38tagdVU/s1600/G1britt1.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/AVvXsEhXurCGFmdJhtH-E7UdPbXABrsbVGNoQIecm20vW2R5K4u6X9D43KPIShgu1P-eNUBRV0gaPhtg9ssnVVL-qAXKnlojuSzDY85G0oY6ZxZ9E5-4MgS51EP6MdayMyaDR_0EN1ED38tagdVU/s400/G1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">I'm loving surprising details lately. Well, mostly...I found a (literal) little peanut butter handprint on the thigh of my jeans a few days ago that was dry and crusty (a.k.a. who knows how long it'd been there), which was actually an unexpected detail I could've done without.</div><div align="center"><br /><br />But MOST of the time, whether it's something small, like a unique pendant on a necklace, or something huge, like the entire ensemble, I'm loving unexpected (and <span style="font-family: inherit;">maybe awesome) details. It's like George Washington Carver said: </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">"When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way you will command the attention of the world."</span><br /><br />And what's your purpose in life, if not world domination? Be honest... </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">ANYways. I think mixing unexpected stuff into our daily lives makes us more creative, more spontaneous, and more easy-going. My Unexpected & Maybe Awesome component in this ensemble is the off-centered sash and the wide armness of the bolero-esque jacket. I like the whimsy. And I like how I copied myself from a couple months ago. That's unexpected, right? Right.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. I'd LOVE to see your ideas and implementation of Unexpected and Maybe Awesome. Anything goes. Maybe you wore cowboy boots with a dress, maybe you wore pearls with jeans, maybe you wore three shirts, maybe you wore a random color...or eight random colors. Whatever! Make it an unexpected surprise for all of us. Which is kind of the point. :)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Here's what you do:</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a border="0" href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff436/bnsmart/UaMA_button.jpg" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: left;"><textarea cols="18"><br /> <a border="0" href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/search/label/unexpected and maybe awesome" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff436/bnsmart/UaMA_button.jpg"/></a><br />

I will wear tights in March...I will wear tights in March...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Er-2jV5yfhginQxOwjYT3IDvPulgT-K33QQxk6-JTRmVVJE7kvj89t3XIQA0I2LMd-yMqnMyudHxihW6dTh0t53lBfMZLiJflRmIy26FycESW1IfYyxyM3FOjMUyWP_lBJgInuWhGRY7/s1600/AA1britt1.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/AVvXsEi2Er-2jV5yfhginQxOwjYT3IDvPulgT-K33QQxk6-JTRmVVJE7kvj89t3XIQA0I2LMd-yMqnMyudHxihW6dTh0t53lBfMZLiJflRmIy26FycESW1IfYyxyM3FOjMUyWP_lBJgInuWhGRY7/s400/AA1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: famous footwear maybe? jeans: kohl's. shirt: gap. vest: thrifted. belt: forever21. bracelet: don't recall. necklace: gift. poses-with-prop: discontinued.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieGFDNw1APrNJD4o2bBfwjXUMJLG8PECkzO5fr1H9y4LfhnZVQGlTcMRhiIiJZtf4acvpLZAmucL81etTKjbszIdrRtf7wjb9IGrpGURAp3IFmesnzNnLrYGf4USiPLWOKmm8C1DyRuEgt/s1600/AA1britt3.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/AVvXsEieGFDNw1APrNJD4o2bBfwjXUMJLG8PECkzO5fr1H9y4LfhnZVQGlTcMRhiIiJZtf4acvpLZAmucL81etTKjbszIdrRtf7wjb9IGrpGURAp3IFmesnzNnLrYGf4USiPLWOKmm8C1DyRuEgt/s400/AA1britt3.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can someone please remind me to NOT use props in these photo shoots? I mean, really.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5RVXQ5e-T1DsMswHCb7Vhb-3t65p435XXRGMBucGzaQGc0a34DsJqsftn8hulKNvMd7DaVw8vMA6Z2ZCoQLZvBbLWvqaXDItNUXO8nCt9bWlG1iMFMOTLfF5YBQxZ83GayXC0y7WWcaeK/s1600/AA1britt2.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/AVvXsEg5RVXQ5e-T1DsMswHCb7Vhb-3t65p435XXRGMBucGzaQGc0a34DsJqsftn8hulKNvMd7DaVw8vMA6Z2ZCoQLZvBbLWvqaXDItNUXO8nCt9bWlG1iMFMOTLfF5YBQxZ83GayXC0y7WWcaeK/s400/AA1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Hey guys. Remember how yesterday I was all (read the following in a taunting, high-pitched valley-girl voice), "I"m wearing a skirt even though it's cold and there's nothing anybody can do about it including mother nature because I am captain of the world apparently." Remember that? Kind of? No? It's okay to admit it...I hardly remember either exCEPT... </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">...it turns out that the world <em>doesn't </em>warm up simply because some girl goes bare-legs-with-skirt. In fact, it was freezing, and I ended up wearing leg warmers all day, which probably looked stupid but I didn't care because I was chilly-cold.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. What did I learn from this little exercise in Life's Laboratory? Several things:</div><div align="center">(1) There's probably no reason to shave my legs until July.</div><div align="center">(2) Mother Nature is a meanie-head.</div><div align="center">(3) My Skinny Jeans are beloved friends and will never betray me in fickle March weather. Thank you, SJ. Remind me to buy you a treat later. Like pnut m&ms. I'll give you the green ones. And by "you," I of course mean "me."</div><div align="center">[Editor's note: I actually did have on a skirt this morning until some friends decided to meet up at the park for a picnic lunch, so, as an older and wiser girl than the one who lived yesterday, I swapped the skirt out for jeans. I liked the skirt better, but, frankly, my goosebumps are all tuckered-out from their overstay yesterday. Poor little dears.]</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Thursday.<br /><br />p.s. Don't forget about the awesome <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/03/unnother-giveaway-you-betcha.html" target="blank">giveaway</a> -- ends tomorrow (Friday) night! Hurry!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Quick, shop below before spring actually gets here...</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=2890961&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/Urban-Outfitters#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 Urban Outfitters...</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>

I will wear tights in March...I will wear tights in March...

  shoes: famous footwear maybe? jeans: kohl's. shirt: gap. vest: thrifted. belt: forever21. bracelet: don't recall. necklace: gift. ...

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To tuck or not to tuck? Or to tuck halfway? These are the questions...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpwcHn9Ee3ZdQPX6RVA0WitpM5z6te_WVQWUzDgZHWTIS3Sq93tXAsdJjMugF1KjqFem-euWWDS_IJpwNybYBW2zhiphzLtOyXWAq7vMjKXh6dg4v_DAtIgQHbqvteaEjrnLfPUZztpp8/s1600/Y1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrpwcHn9Ee3ZdQPX6RVA0WitpM5z6te_WVQWUzDgZHWTIS3Sq93tXAsdJjMugF1KjqFem-euWWDS_IJpwNybYBW2zhiphzLtOyXWAq7vMjKXh6dg4v_DAtIgQHbqvteaEjrnLfPUZztpp8/s400/Y1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mirror images. Smashing. And also? Apparently my body rounds itself out where it wants and when it wants, but it blatantly disregards my needs for forming daily numerals (i.e., the bottom part of a "5"). Stinking stubborn knees that only bend. What good are ya?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggYzvdjOTOMu-2i6X2vg6U__FCI67tXLjnSG-DT_SkNC-NC2MRO93NUhB-zepr6Fn1eBFpOchmubsNC3w4FFLao_9atM7M_GyBq39pwfdfSGnujC6Pr0vKSnDDBOzetUDlq7lsqtLVyrFy/s1600/Y1britt1.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/AVvXsEggYzvdjOTOMu-2i6X2vg6U__FCI67tXLjnSG-DT_SkNC-NC2MRO93NUhB-zepr6Fn1eBFpOchmubsNC3w4FFLao_9atM7M_GyBq39pwfdfSGnujC6Pr0vKSnDDBOzetUDlq7lsqtLVyrFy/s400/Y1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">boots: target. jeans: kohl's. shirt: gap. cardigan: j.crew. scarf: gift (old navy). belt: Poket's. earrings: hawaii.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKv0GMtABJkbjlJc6V0WJTEiXnl-A1Ng4dgUXgfbkzWzT0BnM8r77onltc09waq2eXenuL7r-VnKbfyapM_MNhexLS1PouM1-MpBGvojP1ixKL9-zzUWHiw_YZiy9qPR8rMkKWaIus-gp/s1600/Y1britt4.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/AVvXsEjmKv0GMtABJkbjlJc6V0WJTEiXnl-A1Ng4dgUXgfbkzWzT0BnM8r77onltc09waq2eXenuL7r-VnKbfyapM_MNhexLS1PouM1-MpBGvojP1ixKL9-zzUWHiw_YZiy9qPR8rMkKWaIus-gp/s400/Y1britt4.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWm-7QYxp-PcAecvtMy8NNKL-nX1tFIF5MOkmE5thy37G1wdn_LFd41To8UuTvPCacSOOAEmBUhkeag9FJLtDBVVQdnK6i0hVqSOG8qQRbf5Mcv9I6VVCYLvTyP5EN_OUkCgxEolhk7KA/s1600/Y1britt2.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/AVvXsEiPWm-7QYxp-PcAecvtMy8NNKL-nX1tFIF5MOkmE5thy37G1wdn_LFd41To8UuTvPCacSOOAEmBUhkeag9FJLtDBVVQdnK6i0hVqSOG8qQRbf5Mcv9I6VVCYLvTyP5EN_OUkCgxEolhk7KA/s400/Y1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">In junior high (yes, I'm old enough that I went to junior high and not middle school. Maybe we did arithmetic on slate boards and fetched water from the town well and carried hot potatoes to school in our pails, too. What of it?) (Just kidding. My junior high was just like middle school now--scary cafeteria food and a geography teacher whose white spittle that formed between his top and bottom lip while he talked was absolutely mesmerizing.)</div><br><div align="center">Wow. Better start over. (ahem) In junior high, I remember tucking the front of my shirts in but letting the back hang out. Did anyone else do this? And is it weird that I'm doing it here and now? I don't see it often, but I wanted my belt to be seen here, because to me it tied in the boots to the whole ensemble.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">What's your vote--yay or nay to a front-only tuck? And also, sorry about the cuhrazy lighting in these photos. I figure we're all just lucky I got any photos at all. And when I say "we're" I of course mean "I'm"...because probably you all could have a perfectly happy Friday without photos of a girl slapping her knee like a hoedown-beat-keeper and one with hair like a lioness.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">But now that you've seen these photos...it's hard to go back to the person you were before. There there, little one. Don't cry.</div><div align="center"><br /></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? First, stick your finger in the nearest electrical outlet. Then buy these clothes:</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=2765743&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>

To tuck or not to tuck? Or to tuck halfway? These are the questions...

Mirror images. Smashing. And also? Apparently my body rounds itself out where it wants and when it wants, but it blatantly disregards my nee...

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better late than never...except for stuff like mold and rust. then i'd take never.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi213Ah1kC0GYMhDh0bGTflpIdC1tI6bG2Lscnbx586yskR6BcgZEGpfKAoAjBMr1Uv5B2by6jN8YKTxuEshwSjEr0yvEvL5F9L-kcF7KJ5K2QhsOKEs6OYkGiFcU9kCmMP2WKDFdCIJh1J/s1600/W1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi213Ah1kC0GYMhDh0bGTflpIdC1tI6bG2Lscnbx586yskR6BcgZEGpfKAoAjBMr1Uv5B2by6jN8YKTxuEshwSjEr0yvEvL5F9L-kcF7KJ5K2QhsOKEs6OYkGiFcU9kCmMP2WKDFdCIJh1J/s400/W1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Hahahaha. I'm sorry, but seriously...I can't stop laughing at the pic representing "3." Sometimes I crack myself up. Actually, a lot of times. Actually, that happens more often than it probably should, so says Pocket. I think he's right. But I can't help it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1p9iSXMM4DKasgKYUkSIkwdcuuCh4-Zf5Ceq7ewx0ZjujxdHn7cgpC-O-qMzAlOnglj6_TpxIA0F7j2dTx_nYMQxnfwuzCMpZVrD-hQAiHu1aj11Q3lrQJZFMfe-19lPiKo_RjO9Io_b5/s1600/W1britt2.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/AVvXsEh1p9iSXMM4DKasgKYUkSIkwdcuuCh4-Zf5Ceq7ewx0ZjujxdHn7cgpC-O-qMzAlOnglj6_TpxIA0F7j2dTx_nYMQxnfwuzCMpZVrD-hQAiHu1aj11Q3lrQJZFMfe-19lPiKo_RjO9Io_b5/s400/W1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: union bay brand. pants & shirt: gap. cardigan: j.crew. scarf: smith's marketplace. belt: thrifted. watch: target. earrings: gift.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6mGNI8FTqeTegyOyLVjj5d8qLd_d8NR9FSmSIf-HleQjHLzimQMLt_q5aHcJmUGW_mVumicS-YcKR5nbEuZY7YaQkwIqnqT7PfZoAb16sB-gzrY5dX9JSQ05y16BY8BxXU7L07-uqw27/s1600/W1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6mGNI8FTqeTegyOyLVjj5d8qLd_d8NR9FSmSIf-HleQjHLzimQMLt_q5aHcJmUGW_mVumicS-YcKR5nbEuZY7YaQkwIqnqT7PfZoAb16sB-gzrY5dX9JSQ05y16BY8BxXU7L07-uqw27/s400/W1britt4.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTkseF0uOkPtACEMmjSo_jYkTnoOHVd9-v3Q30U9QkENz8z4oHFudB5Qwlq03dQuQGPsGttIi41CHpeVOx5VRJVG8UZTVireVe8f9ZqWXfwpunPVfPNpfouwg-XV6VSfqgkIzqif7q10l/s1600/W1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTkseF0uOkPtACEMmjSo_jYkTnoOHVd9-v3Q30U9QkENz8z4oHFudB5Qwlq03dQuQGPsGttIi41CHpeVOx5VRJVG8UZTVireVe8f9ZqWXfwpunPVfPNpfouwg-XV6VSfqgkIzqif7q10l/s400/W1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Posting late today. I'm repainting one daughter's room so both daughters cans share the room so my son can move upstairs so we can maybe have houseguests for the next few months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I wore this ensemble for a total of, like, 1 hour today. I've been in paint clothes ever since. That's not cheating, is it? And, even if it is, I'm being honest about it. Which should cancel out any negativity you might feel from being betrayed. Let's all eat a pnut m&m as a token of peace.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oooh, here's a psychological question for you all, once you've exhausted the chicken-or-the-egg bit: If someone tells the truth about their lie, are they honest or not? Annnnnd...yes, the chicken did come first. Absolutely.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Wednesday! (what's left of it...)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? 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better late than never...except for stuff like mold and rust. then i'd take never.

 Hahahaha. I'm sorry, but seriously...I can't stop laughing at the pic representing "3." Sometimes I crack myself up. Actu...

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i heart colored tights. and, sure, love in general...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtMB4ut3nZTPSa8D4YzBtQzwNjlvChkQjm8oQ6qm6taBTfY05d4yqK2NKXrz_WC8ZJUC4TyQGQEy5gd9EgT4fOjpuM_Tm6XDuoXuVEXUPvwxnpXKQ4-RKayQBZi55Rp0Wu6vqST1ylrQ3/s1600/N1britt2.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/AVvXsEgHtMB4ut3nZTPSa8D4YzBtQzwNjlvChkQjm8oQ6qm6taBTfY05d4yqK2NKXrz_WC8ZJUC4TyQGQEy5gd9EgT4fOjpuM_Tm6XDuoXuVEXUPvwxnpXKQ4-RKayQBZi55Rp0Wu6vqST1ylrQ3/s400/N1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhim3jqNA03eecxyQnPnPWc4t72rvOxD4_WQ066OOsCv-ChkbnShCdmhft1kzEHOGOCh8CQ6wCNYFIJ80fn-PPTy-pxUii7I-5VLDjg_30bgSA50LPM3AnL_R0DJyDRqa3kOV4tdduvm5mq/s1600/N1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhim3jqNA03eecxyQnPnPWc4t72rvOxD4_WQ066OOsCv-ChkbnShCdmhft1kzEHOGOCh8CQ6wCNYFIJ80fn-PPTy-pxUii7I-5VLDjg_30bgSA50LPM3AnL_R0DJyDRqa3kOV4tdduvm5mq/s400/N1britt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">boots: target. tights & bracelet: f21. skirt & shirt: gap. belt: thrifted (american eagle outfitters). necklace: don't recall.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxIeQeRz45cBPFY6Kd3M387SbGOYFuIrbPbqgVMvaDTUFq2EXY3Pql7MuyQhA_zdrlL3Wrq7pBPdFY3yGxoRMB2qmlypKbnKMaIMPVvDaImfDCJRtlkhVipDM1_xqiKiG_6xJ4UFKH_rDb/s1600/N1britt1.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/AVvXsEjxIeQeRz45cBPFY6Kd3M387SbGOYFuIrbPbqgVMvaDTUFq2EXY3Pql7MuyQhA_zdrlL3Wrq7pBPdFY3yGxoRMB2qmlypKbnKMaIMPVvDaImfDCJRtlkhVipDM1_xqiKiG_6xJ4UFKH_rDb/s400/N1britt1.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSs8VyWcu3w0bHV5hp7WxFOwaF1scA2VNWZn4JDUNYNqUEEMcR0X-6fEhPwumxXPugDq07IcQYcjhTr_fDueGpDRV6IgfhbLPDaV2bZE2LqDVHHF-iEDTDzqHpORkFzpG0UWdddsVcpUH/s1600/N1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzSs8VyWcu3w0bHV5hp7WxFOwaF1scA2VNWZn4JDUNYNqUEEMcR0X-6fEhPwumxXPugDq07IcQYcjhTr_fDueGpDRV6IgfhbLPDaV2bZE2LqDVHHF-iEDTDzqHpORkFzpG0UWdddsVcpUH/s400/N1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Happy Valentines Day! Or, as I used to know it as, Single Awareness Day. I already busted out my only 30x30 article of clothing in a Color-o-Love yesterday, so I decided to go completely neutral today then BAM. Red colored tights! Totally a nod to the holiday in a small (yet effective) way. My own little flirtation with the world. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Not really. See how I can't wink in the photo above? See how, in the next photo, I seem to think that a sufficient celebration of the holiday is trying to make my arms form a heart? See how, lastly, I'm ashamed of myself? Flirtation with the world nothin'. It's all I can do to keep my grubby little fingers out of the conversation hearts around here. Actually, truth be told, those things are...how do I say it lovingly...<em>not </em>delicious. (Sorry, Brach's. But they aren't.) </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">But we buy them anyway. Every year. I dunno why...have you ever tried to create a cohesive sentence with them, let alone conversation? It's impossible. I think the closest I ever came was when I was 10. Something like: HEY CUTIE BE MINE. NO WAY(?) TOO BAD DEAR ONE. EMAIL ME. BYE." </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Yes, it was a riveting play-by-play of a breakup conversation. I'm sure your emotions ran high, as mine did, when you got to the climax of the scene, but you were able to laugh through your tears when you saw the protagonist's resiliency. It's a beautiful scene, and I haven't been able to re-create a comparable conversationally-hearted one since. Sighhhh...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Anyways. It's a fabulous holiday to spend with the one(s) you love. Which is what I'm off to do. And, bonus, my knees match the balloons. So.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Monday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? 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i heart colored tights. and, sure, love in general...

  boots: target. tights & bracelet: f21. skirt & shirt: gap. belt: thrifted (american eagle outfitters). necklace: don't recall....

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dress for success...which, fortunately, is all relative...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR1PyguUpfgNjJNnkCN3paujpi4atu8PkeUkr9ParrTaWYubVGMa4IV7yQUQQYsShkeBj4wDFVhPwhKJsw6IAKvXQhIYPfqkUYnu7mvkgu_oG31qsxAOQkbPnCSYNpXO0ROuywCXDKQAVO/s1600/C1britt1.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/AVvXsEhR1PyguUpfgNjJNnkCN3paujpi4atu8PkeUkr9ParrTaWYubVGMa4IV7yQUQQYsShkeBj4wDFVhPwhKJsw6IAKvXQhIYPfqkUYnu7mvkgu_oG31qsxAOQkbPnCSYNpXO0ROuywCXDKQAVO/s400/C1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I belted the jacket in the picture above so my number three could be streamlined. It seems as though some of you are worried for me as the numbers increase in complexity. But in the words of Donald Sutherland, "Have a little faith, baby. Have a little faith." (Kelly's Heroes. One of my fave movies.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj43ri1tapgILjCPsqdxeeNTEhy-N-7mIDCtN4-hKyo14CmJIY_Rrx2z8ww8EuDIBOBxZwccvcH4RVHTnEmPmU8EkCA6Bs1oYYfyD7p5gfrY7QOfnkvGiz1gosfX7DX3kLLSMMGQkFOTeeA/s1600/C1britt3.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/AVvXsEj43ri1tapgILjCPsqdxeeNTEhy-N-7mIDCtN4-hKyo14CmJIY_Rrx2z8ww8EuDIBOBxZwccvcH4RVHTnEmPmU8EkCA6Bs1oYYfyD7p5gfrY7QOfnkvGiz1gosfX7DX3kLLSMMGQkFOTeeA/s400/C1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">boots & watch: target. socks: smiths marketplace. tights: gift. skirt: j.crew. belt: Pocket's. shirt: gap. blazer: thrifted (the limited). necklace: downeast outfitters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPLbZE9JbgkqmCBCVtCkc2QuWbm4DxF5ygP-ASb-t9E3r3UC-Q_KYNoLTYJaEDUzcGiFsrp0aG5-3_eB_aL1PcE_4sRmaa9Z0KhYcZxqj0qtkKI6vuzaUvMVxmHGMskAh3L2f90GBRAL_J/s1600/C1britt4.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/AVvXsEjPLbZE9JbgkqmCBCVtCkc2QuWbm4DxF5ygP-ASb-t9E3r3UC-Q_KYNoLTYJaEDUzcGiFsrp0aG5-3_eB_aL1PcE_4sRmaa9Z0KhYcZxqj0qtkKI6vuzaUvMVxmHGMskAh3L2f90GBRAL_J/s400/C1britt4.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgqonpYn9CHezS3xuY5JdRozShbNkiH2JtfczBbjFGZoRmmbyWw57UaO8Ny-i4fSIq0zjenVAvAtDZHxP6kW0MxQIwtqSRfdJuDbFJBywJnSOLoohjyDguSpi9grjs8-f9MfG17iibfS0/s1600/C1britt2.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/AVvXsEjhgqonpYn9CHezS3xuY5JdRozShbNkiH2JtfczBbjFGZoRmmbyWw57UaO8Ny-i4fSIq0zjenVAvAtDZHxP6kW0MxQIwtqSRfdJuDbFJBywJnSOLoohjyDguSpi9grjs8-f9MfG17iibfS0/s400/C1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">Sometimes my hair is longer than I think. So I try a new hairdo that I didn't think would work and viola! It totally works. Then I move my head and the 'do comes tumbling out, and I realize, nope. Totally doesn't work. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I don't think I could successfully go through an airport security scanner with all the metal fasteners, barrettes, bobbies, and other junk in my hair to try to keep this side braid in. And then it would probably take me too long to pull them all out so I wouldn't be able to go on my trip. Which would be fine if I were flying somewhere lame like Iceland in the dead of winter. Or my backyard in the dead of winter, for that matter. Frigid-temps samesies. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Speaking of coldness: my 2- and 4-year-olds are officially sick. I had wanted to get some stuff done (i.e., grocery shopping, car & house cleaned, m&m supply restocked, etc.) before Pocket gets home tomorrow (!!!!!), but it looks like the more important things we'll be doing today involve hanging out in the rocking chair. And reading Brown Bear Brown Bear on endless repeat. And watching Angelina Ballerina. And wiping noses. And guzzling medicine. And snuggling.<br /><br />[Editor's note: I suppose some could say I'm a tad overdressed for just such an itinerary. But I didn't realize just how sick the kiddos were until after I was dressed. My girls think I look pretty, though, so I didn't want to change.]<br /><br />I guess when it comes down to it, who really needs groceries? We're living on love around here. Love and cough syrup. Probably in equal proportions.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Thursday.<br /><br />How I last wore these pieces: <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/confession-todays-other-posts-were-pre.html">purple tights</a>, <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/denim-pencil-skirt-stripes-booties.html">denim pencil skirt</a>, <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/breakfast-of-champions.html">tuxedo shirt</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Want this look? 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I belted the jacket in the picture above so my number three could be streamlined. It seems as though some of you are worried for me as the n...

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breakfast of champions

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjv_0VLMu_x1eBT8t6N9ZwiAc6iLBVLWkHx5MSvM7PzcqV4dUDPDmI52Ai-vnjN8CSKMyu7pzdAAM36BcyS09dhNahOi9WgifirRs-84UaY3OfA2vQiR-oza3K6QWQve7xnD1wB9F-Wqj/s1600/M1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjv_0VLMu_x1eBT8t6N9ZwiAc6iLBVLWkHx5MSvM7PzcqV4dUDPDmI52Ai-vnjN8CSKMyu7pzdAAM36BcyS09dhNahOi9WgifirRs-84UaY3OfA2vQiR-oza3K6QWQve7xnD1wB9F-Wqj/s400/M1britt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: head over heels. jeans & shirt: gap. jacket: banana republic. sash: old navy (came with matching shirt). flower hairthings: gifted. earrings: hawaii.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRCE2Vrd8A7QPXs5SM_Q4UmDfjfCyrVwhzepmnlK7eZ60nXeb-i0Z82iUifARiCanlReZTQda3DpaYstVQpGr7dHK524Mkyw9_ff2zzIfBroO2Jl2WoyVK-B1QbXLA6LJlAQhzRVu9pwA/s1600/M1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRCE2Vrd8A7QPXs5SM_Q4UmDfjfCyrVwhzepmnlK7eZ60nXeb-i0Z82iUifARiCanlReZTQda3DpaYstVQpGr7dHK524Mkyw9_ff2zzIfBroO2Jl2WoyVK-B1QbXLA6LJlAQhzRVu9pwA/s400/M1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></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/AVvXsEgDzVh6hJHjdBY1i6G3l4hUGSyBRCv0mje0SFnuTbmSLVckeatLyqbDcDfevDkXV6Zqwsvc7UiTi14wtRwKgd1kUh7QzJhJshCciXGEKnXV6_RpQjLoMBUWlPvWPAThuF48yvrCJBGh31-j/s1600/M1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzVh6hJHjdBY1i6G3l4hUGSyBRCv0mje0SFnuTbmSLVckeatLyqbDcDfevDkXV6Zqwsvc7UiTi14wtRwKgd1kUh7QzJhJshCciXGEKnXV6_RpQjLoMBUWlPvWPAThuF48yvrCJBGh31-j/s400/M1britt2.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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQg38LqMwVzyJrrMO4zgDfQ_nQ6QVMXO4ZlOHRY5RfrLPspa2CxcJE9-yI7OcVb0QAIFI09Gyo8CcZVL-uiju_jpMV5RAEXLb3jlJi9oXrab58XjvAkYx2DbDubRKCpMoKFHpaOGAATpD/s1600/M1britt5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="347" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtQg38LqMwVzyJrrMO4zgDfQ_nQ6QVMXO4ZlOHRY5RfrLPspa2CxcJE9-yI7OcVb0QAIFI09Gyo8CcZVL-uiju_jpMV5RAEXLb3jlJi9oXrab58XjvAkYx2DbDubRKCpMoKFHpaOGAATpD/s400/M1britt5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This morning everyone at our house ate whatever they wanted for breakfast. Pocket ate something healthy and was gone with a kiss on my sleepy forehead. My 2-year-old requested oatmeal. With raisins. My 4- and 6-year-olds feasted on chocolate chip pancakes (the recipe of which I have committed to memory. Sadly.).<br /><br />Me? I ate yesterday's cookies. Snickerdoodles. With milk. Guiltily hunkered down in the furthest darkest cobwebbiest corner of the kitchen with my back to my darling children so they couldn't see me and follow my bad parental example.<br /><br /><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;">[Editor's note: Actually, bad example, schmad exschample. Mostly I didn't want them to see me because then they'd want cookies too and there wouldn't be enough for my lunch.] Mother of the Year, baby. I'm pretty sure the plaque is in the mail.</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;">Then I got dressed and added a satin sash for a belt. With a tuxedo shirt. And a bolero. And heels. 'Cept I cheated and wore my ugg-knockoff boots to take my puppy for a walk in the snow. Because my puppy is crazy and I happen to like having non-sprained ankles. I know. I'm weird like that.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Anyway. I like this ensemble. I felt comfy and useful and sassy all at the same time. Annnnnd, bonus, since I cleaned all the bathrooms yesterday, I'm done housekeeping for a month or two. My legs are already on vacation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDaYoekKkUlK3tDH2TcXLpd0kJk6h105l8ryLI3oiIMP1yHlqiyN040gh8yjuM5LzjhLKvyqBt-8BZhrtPKm3NvUMfPWE5e8SDAG7qeJbXRQEJe6SfQD9zJx8oXMvYjrjvyTj-47G1-r6/s1600/M1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDaYoekKkUlK3tDH2TcXLpd0kJk6h105l8ryLI3oiIMP1yHlqiyN040gh8yjuM5LzjhLKvyqBt-8BZhrtPKm3NvUMfPWE5e8SDAG7qeJbXRQEJe6SfQD9zJx8oXMvYjrjvyTj-47G1-r6/s400/M1britt3.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;"><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 Saturday.</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;">p.s. 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breakfast of champions

shoes: head over heels. jeans & shirt: gap. jacket: banana republic. sash: old navy (came with matching shirt). flower hairthings: gifte...

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