i don't think they're calling me mellow yellow (that's right)...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNTzMfDSnjfO5nVZ4UbEUe5pBPSpy3U3Rauh4a6dR56OrG59iOVL6p_negyI-a5P7Km24VLnxRhN_ntxI8DqaYnT1_5KgXsKtmFdGp56hupe2yFczUXlOQPU6Z5M5-dBDsaWw0iqzcUwv/s1600/O1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiNTzMfDSnjfO5nVZ4UbEUe5pBPSpy3U3Rauh4a6dR56OrG59iOVL6p_negyI-a5P7Km24VLnxRhN_ntxI8DqaYnT1_5KgXsKtmFdGp56hupe2yFczUXlOQPU6Z5M5-dBDsaWw0iqzcUwv/s400/O1britt4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kAqlHTDKKSnohfq7jivoxnZT3zCh5edvIdd6EHhyphenhyphen91iztYcL9fes0lOO9HN-YRNisiosG5PUd9Uc5eyvU6q3OmvthUCWWRRZAhwWH_Kdbw92_0WR6qPlvHkHNlmBJqKWO1eg8vxznGqw/s1600/O1britt1.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/AVvXsEg5kAqlHTDKKSnohfq7jivoxnZT3zCh5edvIdd6EHhyphenhyphen91iztYcL9fes0lOO9HN-YRNisiosG5PUd9Uc5eyvU6q3OmvthUCWWRRZAhwWH_Kdbw92_0WR6qPlvHkHNlmBJqKWO1eg8vxznGqw/s400/O1britt1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes: steve madden. socks: smiths marketplace. skirt & cardigan: j.crew. shirt: gap. scarf: forever21. flower hairclip: downeast outfitters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXriPdqyuhWIS1xrmyvr-CwYs5V5T2KlL5vPMVaCbi390RUyUe9IpE5nHD0XLkujTzJk47qrA5CudsUsDVgvYwfxqSYRF6vX06AEWZWnA5fPEoILSu4HElI5mIwqFsMmin87x2WFuCScS/s1600/O1britt3.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/AVvXsEjgXriPdqyuhWIS1xrmyvr-CwYs5V5T2KlL5vPMVaCbi390RUyUe9IpE5nHD0XLkujTzJk47qrA5CudsUsDVgvYwfxqSYRF6vX06AEWZWnA5fPEoILSu4HElI5mIwqFsMmin87x2WFuCScS/s400/O1britt3.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6BE-J45AC8OpOsN2y58qTF947h5GLMZ-1MGLfynqwSYqDOhUc3We3KP5yay7wOtLB1xdDv5El6OIwVfsqoMN2sLJGojteJo_f1AfBR4X7-Y5aNAwHlueNqslk5h0YCVHGECUtOFPmQ1uB/s1600/O1britt2.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/AVvXsEg6BE-J45AC8OpOsN2y58qTF947h5GLMZ-1MGLfynqwSYqDOhUc3We3KP5yay7wOtLB1xdDv5El6OIwVfsqoMN2sLJGojteJo_f1AfBR4X7-Y5aNAwHlueNqslk5h0YCVHGECUtOFPmQ1uB/s400/O1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">I dunno, guys. I was totally uninspired today by my 30x30 items this morning, lounging lazily in my closet and doing their best to ignore me. I feel like I've made all the obvious matches, you know? So bear with me over the next two weeks, as the UNobvious becomes the everyday. But the good news (for all of us) is that, as day 15, the glass is half done.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So. Non-inspiration typically equates to either totally mundane or...how do I put it...totally odd. Heh. Guess what I went for today. I'm commiting all sorts of fashion faux paus here--t-shirt with pencil skirt, socks with sandals, two bright & bold patterns competing with each other, not to mention the socially-unacceptable exposure of pasty-white knees. Meh. I'm not even fazed, though. That's what happens when I eat too much sugar the day before. I turn into a rebel without a clue.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Speaking of Tom Petty lyrics...does anyone else just LOVE the song "free falling"? A timeless classic, if you ask me. (Which you didn't, but I'm the one typing here, so I can pretend anything I want.) When I'm jogging and Free Falling comes around on my playlist, I get a huge (probably psycho) smile on my face, bee-bop of my head, and rhythm to my stride. Basically, for about 3 minutes, I become an oblivious one-woman circus bopping along the side of the road. But a themed Free Fallin' circus. Which HAS to be better than any Barnum & Bailey number. 'Cept the elephants. That's a definite feather in their cap.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">[Editor's note: I almost made a joke that compared my thighs to an elephant's. But, although potentially mildly humorous, it's rude, even (especially?) coming from oneself. So I didn't. I'm just learning to fly, guys.] [Assistant Editor's note: If you're unfamiliar with Tom Petty, you should probably just ignore this entire post. We apologize for the decade-specific references. It's the last dance with Mary Jane, I promise.]</div><div align="center"><br />Breaking rules or no, I feel a bit Unexpected and Maybe Awesome today. Hope you do, too. <br />Happy Tuesday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want a similarly unexpected look? 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i don't think they're calling me mellow yellow (that's right)...

  shoes: steve madden. socks: smiths marketplace. skirt & cardigan: j.crew. shirt: gap. scarf: forever21. flower hairclip: downeast outf...

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welp, today's post proves it. i'm sophisticated and refined.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-GU8RwpEVrai3bSc_ZSwFao6lyn1LhjywMrk3RQaUOwe5Jvk8i2Mq4aW_HewyUFKZtDGlTHZtVkzn6BFKehx9vKvf4vPy_iksbcBLS5q5KveDZT-Or2CEqrV9xGHgCG653pMmu_JLmg/s1600/X1britt3.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/AVvXsEij-GU8RwpEVrai3bSc_ZSwFao6lyn1LhjywMrk3RQaUOwe5Jvk8i2Mq4aW_HewyUFKZtDGlTHZtVkzn6BFKehx9vKvf4vPy_iksbcBLS5q5KveDZT-Or2CEqrV9xGHgCG653pMmu_JLmg/s400/X1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">boots & watch: target. grey skinny jeans: kohls. shirt: modbe. cardigan: j.crew. scarf & headbands: forever 21. belt: Pocket's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzz0cCOC7Du7zUKjFVqtLLoMk2AT9DLVAiTLU0zk8IdfA1reAuckI3p4GfJH5YYQPT7_TL4iDoZ5Q79keLKdXlnRWvfFIlXnnMlUQ415zryVPpBJ2HCxiT1plP_UvKEPAcVdhoHqRGORc/s1600/X1britt1.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/AVvXsEjzz0cCOC7Du7zUKjFVqtLLoMk2AT9DLVAiTLU0zk8IdfA1reAuckI3p4GfJH5YYQPT7_TL4iDoZ5Q79keLKdXlnRWvfFIlXnnMlUQ415zryVPpBJ2HCxiT1plP_UvKEPAcVdhoHqRGORc/s400/X1britt1.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWum-SFS3oSclpEcsKler4Ln-Ox6Q_yBg0XSDsqEAnmQhDnHWCaB-7__zAlPK_41oYHKUgcfOB1KHyWHcLdryBOM7wZVGhsz0-WiWIFa68rb-El7-1pRWVqLcTktqSW280GUr4APNiAI/s1600/X1britt2.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/AVvXsEiqWum-SFS3oSclpEcsKler4Ln-Ox6Q_yBg0XSDsqEAnmQhDnHWCaB-7__zAlPK_41oYHKUgcfOB1KHyWHcLdryBOM7wZVGhsz0-WiWIFa68rb-El7-1pRWVqLcTktqSW280GUr4APNiAI/s400/X1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center">My kids love hearing stories about themselves when they were little. Or just about themselves in general. Because, let's face it, the world contained within these four walls actually does revolve around them. Mmmm...kind of. Anyway, my son particularly loves the story about the funny, slash, disgusting thing that happened when he was a brandnew baby and Pocket was changing his diaper. I'd detail it here, but some of you don't have children yet, and I don't want to dissuade you from the decision. <br /><br />Don't you love it when someone does that? Like, dangles a tidbit of a story in front of you like a zhu-zhu pet in front of a puppy, then doesn't follow through with the juicy details? Well...I promise you, this isn't like that. The details of this story are indeed juicy. Quite literally. So. I'll just leave you with two words and let your imaginations run wild: "projectile" and "poo."<br /><br />Annnd...enough about you. Let's talk about me. Jumping-off point today was comfort and flexibility, because I was watching my 2- and 0-year-old nephews this morning. So. I just sort of piled stuff on until I ran out of time while my kids ate breakfast. Oooh, that's a great idea for a game show, no? Contestants have a closetful of clothes and 30 seconds to throw on a decent outfit before, say, three children in the next room (ages 2, 4, and 6, hypothetically speaking of course) start fingerpainting the furniture with yogurt, guzzling syrup from the bottle, and creating eternity pools of their cups by pouring their own milk. <br />  <br />And if that totally made-up make-believe absolutely fictional scenario made your forehead break out in tiny beads of sweat, I don't know what to say. 'Cept this: Don't come live at my house for the next 10 years. <br />  <br />Anyway. This is what I wore today. And if you're going to tell me that I'm too old to wear double braids, I'm going to fake geriatric-induced hearing loss and wear them anyway. Yep. <em>Fake</em>. Because, haven't you heard? 31 is the new 17... or 11...okay, FINE, 3.  <br />  <br />Happy Thursday.<br />  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look?  </span><a href="http://www.beso.com/steve-madden/womens-boots/buckkie-brn-nubuck/2133703958/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;">boots</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%2Fbuckkie-brn-nubuck%2F2133703958%2Fdetail" width="1" /></img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/gap/womens-skinny-jeans/gap-always-skinny-jeans-gray-wash/2242947779/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;">grey jeans</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%2Fgap%2Fwomens-skinny-jeans%2Fgap-always-skinny-jeans-gray-wash%2F2242947779%2Fdetail" width="1" /></img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/j-crew/womens-cardigans/jcrew-perfect-fit-mixed-tape-cardigan/2034824738/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;">cardigan</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-cardigans%2Fjcrew-perfect-fit-mixed-tape-cardigan%2F2034824738%2Fdetail" width="1" />  </img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/forever-21/womens-shirts-blouses/forever21-tribal-gauze-woven-scarf/2056325647/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;">colorful scarf</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-tribal-gauze-woven-scarf%2F2056325647%2Fdetail" width="1" /></span></div></img><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background: white; border-bottom: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-left: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-right: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-top: #bfbfbf 1px solid; display: block; position: relative; width: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=2587818&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/Merona#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 Merona...</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>

welp, today's post proves it. i'm sophisticated and refined.

boots & watch: target. grey skinny jeans: kohls. shirt: modbe. cardigan: j.crew. scarf & headbands: forever 21. belt: Pocket's. ...

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ode to a zigzag scarf

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaDQNZf54rAo9NLxdG7nLVdThieFbgazNNNEVXhWH9crf-TPgjAd_KI4nhrfbEMRAQeAaA0RjACz2PWfZm0y3tv5uV1eOyOjFJrw7XdL8Ft3VM0LZMf0fltfzgY2Ly1h76DFoTOpsDn5U/s1600/Pbritt92.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaDQNZf54rAo9NLxdG7nLVdThieFbgazNNNEVXhWH9crf-TPgjAd_KI4nhrfbEMRAQeAaA0RjACz2PWfZm0y3tv5uV1eOyOjFJrw7XdL8Ft3VM0LZMf0fltfzgY2Ly1h76DFoTOpsDn5U/s400/Pbritt92.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEYBoxtzJFtRsi6x2H9ohW1SQGh8_hCB8u60jViPbIPLCBIY9hpohiDjH_KkWxTNW0KADAdmQZkSyzVM1-AHB4TX4o0wEdGutm28nUlHvsmmocB9RuWvKq3oeAo546KZDMKUDEfwFRMx8/s1600/P1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqEYBoxtzJFtRsi6x2H9ohW1SQGh8_hCB8u60jViPbIPLCBIY9hpohiDjH_KkWxTNW0KADAdmQZkSyzVM1-AHB4TX4o0wEdGutm28nUlHvsmmocB9RuWvKq3oeAo546KZDMKUDEfwFRMx8/s400/P1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">shoes & shirt: american eagle outfitters. jeans: so brand. nude cami: motherhood maternity (yep. i have 3 of these, diff colors. nope, not preg.) scarf & bracelet: f21. belt: pocket's.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinN1g-YgYUASHs3yyAF994OqEouV2_YLaf4DftpC14bmp99r8WBkdZ47F_cnshyphenhyphen-8bIP_ocrrbTaGeNiVshmUzLoD-D-HLYIZmlF6fmwkZHxpAFjDZO6pyynxjR9PZRRXN9nFganK2Jx4h/s1600/P1britt1.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/AVvXsEinN1g-YgYUASHs3yyAF994OqEouV2_YLaf4DftpC14bmp99r8WBkdZ47F_cnshyphenhyphen-8bIP_ocrrbTaGeNiVshmUzLoD-D-HLYIZmlF6fmwkZHxpAFjDZO6pyynxjR9PZRRXN9nFganK2Jx4h/s400/P1britt1.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN6S0SVdBEZoCikmrJULDXv4T1z9PZV6STVJPpEhQhTQvi6Z2inm10VUADpfx_oIwPLQc7iEf60cXpzHD99bORnJftk83Q-jYY9TjJSbuViQdYh2-WrBw44KATtNcrnopDJyPRiMu9bH6X/s1600/P1britt3.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/AVvXsEiN6S0SVdBEZoCikmrJULDXv4T1z9PZV6STVJPpEhQhTQvi6Z2inm10VUADpfx_oIwPLQc7iEf60cXpzHD99bORnJftk83Q-jYY9TjJSbuViQdYh2-WrBw44KATtNcrnopDJyPRiMu9bH6X/s400/P1britt3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><strong>Ode to a Zigzag Scarf. But Not Just Any Zigzag Scarf. MY Zigzag Scarf.</strong></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">My zigzag scarf is awesome</div><div align="center">I wear it all the time.</div><div align="center">It turns a look that's boring</div><div align="center">Into one that's super fine.*</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(*Maybe not totally true, but I had to rhyme. Stay with me.)</span> </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I love its zigzag pattern,</div><div align="center">Going this way, going that.</div><div align="center">It's long enough to hang down</div><div align="center">To my legs...I look less fat!</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">The brightly colored pattern</div><div align="center">Goes with everything, amen.</div><div align="center">I hope it's not too weird</div><div align="center">To call 'im Zigs, my New Best Friend.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">(Except that's not exactly true</div><div align="center">'Cuz Pocket's Number One.</div><div align="center">On date night took me shopping,</div><div align="center">even though he hates shopping, and bought me these jeans from my needs list and even pretended to have FUN!)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Monday!<br /><br />p.s. Don't forget to enter the<a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2011/01/tuesday-topic-how-to-tie-scarf.html"> giveaway</a>! Ends Tuesday at 8 a.m. MST.</div><div 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/cheap-monday/womens-skinny-jeans/cheap-monday-narrow-jeans/2247577718/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;">dark skinny jeans</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%2Fcheap-monday%2Fwomens-skinny-jeans%2Fcheap-monday-narrow-jeans%2F2247577718%2Fdetail" width="1" /></img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/free-people/womens-tshirts/free-people-tee-slouchy-pocket/2252739665/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;">slouchy tee</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%2Ffree-people%2Fwomens-tshirts%2Ffree-people-tee-slouchy-pocket%2F2252739665%2Fdetail" width="1" /></img></span><a href="http://www.beso.com/nordstrom/womens-scarves-shawls/nordstrom-zigzag-wool-blend-scarf/2271594362/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;">zigzag scarf</span></a><img border="0" height="1" src="https://adserve.shopzilla.com/img/publisherID-44772/assetID-5/placementID-1/url-http:%2F%2Fwww.beso.com%2Fnordstrom%2Fwomens-scarves-shawls%2Fnordstrom-zigzag-wool-blend-scarf%2F2271594362%2Fdetail" width="1" /></img></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="background: white; border-bottom: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-left: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-right: #bfbfbf 1px solid; border-top: #bfbfbf 1px solid; display: block; position: relative; width: 430px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" scrolling="no" src="http://widget.shopstyle.com/widget?pid=uid6676-2041974-73&look=2550298&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/Rocawear#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 Rocawear...</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>

ode to a zigzag scarf

  shoes & shirt: american eagle outfitters. jeans: so brand. nude cami: motherhood maternity (yep. i have 3 of these, diff colors. nope,...

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1-1-11: the tag-along little bro of 11-11-11...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iUoxL9ShX0jNWOQi0Zg1zfrlzAp_pz4UZPkVBNj2xbfJImLY1zlYIEeQEGOvYdsQ6L35PaBHQu6F2-fRo2t9ZOmzw4-I-1bE-bi4nzhGN-8CPnnGvQNKK_8WrEE6SUwFvL-8vqxNGUBW/s1600/A1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iUoxL9ShX0jNWOQi0Zg1zfrlzAp_pz4UZPkVBNj2xbfJImLY1zlYIEeQEGOvYdsQ6L35PaBHQu6F2-fRo2t9ZOmzw4-I-1bE-bi4nzhGN-8CPnnGvQNKK_8WrEE6SUwFvL-8vqxNGUBW/s400/A1britt2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Shoes: Union Bay. Jeans & henley tee: gap. Cardigan: Don't recall. Scarf & belt: F21. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxhaC6bYRXRRaI510Yo3qm_NzSwIGkPwLMCBskwRrSwiObi78m7kGy9wfdH9LZUwOJxDhREnruMN3r3sDWHQHyof3CHBMYXeVQzqywdQ3F2t1GLk5yFIi5Um4COjPzEjDhFjRGmSIztlz/s1600/A1britt1.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/AVvXsEilxhaC6bYRXRRaI510Yo3qm_NzSwIGkPwLMCBskwRrSwiObi78m7kGy9wfdH9LZUwOJxDhREnruMN3r3sDWHQHyof3CHBMYXeVQzqywdQ3F2t1GLk5yFIi5Um4COjPzEjDhFjRGmSIztlz/s400/A1britt1.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">I don't make a ton of new years resolutions. Never have, probably never will. (But good for you if you do! I'm just sayin'...for me...I don't...hoo boy. Keep digging yourself a hole, Brittney...) What I mean is, I'm a pretty determined soul by nature, so if I really want to do something, I'll do it. Even if it's on, say, August 28th. Or May 12th. Or any of the other 363 days of the year (or 364 on leap year. Naturally.).</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">In the past month of starting/doing this blog, one of the things I've learned from wearing what I own is: quality is waaaaaay better than quantity. Actually, I haven't really learned it. I've lived the opposite of it. I have a million clothes--there's still about 1/3 of my closet untouched, even after a month of wearing something different every day (except for some jeans repeats). That's bordering on ridiculous. But many of them neither fit nor are really my style.  </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">[Editor's note: Enter today's outfit, of one of my favorite shirts (a striped henley tee), my absolute favorite <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/2010/12/i-cant-be-sure-but-i-think-i-deserve.html">zigzag scarf</a>, some messy accent braids in my hair. Comfy, casual, and cuter in my head than on the bod, but whatchagonnado...]</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">So, I'm eating my words about resolutions. [Editor's note: They go nicely with this chewy caramel corn at my side...] My fashion resolution for 2011: as I consider, accept, or buy clothes, it's Quality over Quantity.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Saturday.</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%20knit%20pattern%20scarf&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%20knit%20pattern%20scarf#pid=uid6676-2041974-73" style="font:11px verdana,sans-serif;text-decoration:underline;border:0;background-color:transparent;color:#606060">womens knit pattern scarf</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>

1-1-11: the tag-along little bro of 11-11-11...

 Shoes: Union Bay. Jeans & henley tee: gap. Cardigan: Don't recall. Scarf & belt: F21. I don't make a ton of new years resol...

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I can't be sure, but I *think* I deserve an award.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLrCezr7WtB9UgjZwYk319_Ess4iQHuZUMqNeF-yNiaqDNLgtAMLdO3X9V7et87-bewkaKjty-tdYKaOU_g189byaTAv7rs6LhU0JbkbOo_CMGewEhx3O30LQfY06Ve_-KXaThO4g2Ab8/s1600/V1britt1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551712728459153490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdLrCezr7WtB9UgjZwYk319_Ess4iQHuZUMqNeF-yNiaqDNLgtAMLdO3X9V7et87-bewkaKjty-tdYKaOU_g189byaTAv7rs6LhU0JbkbOo_CMGewEhx3O30LQfY06Ve_-KXaThO4g2Ab8/s400/V1britt1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpcy1wPfly2t1f4n-5oXVfn_dV205TLuvOTzQR4McqcO1hxsQ3FAA606bIwllox44FwY2NnJmlheWeuap859uVNu4W3O9yzPsamYqwaAN-sx5Zvsh5sSlFJXEV-p462RoVKimIKIlmzC1/s1600/V1britt3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551712619258373922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpcy1wPfly2t1f4n-5oXVfn_dV205TLuvOTzQR4McqcO1hxsQ3FAA606bIwllox44FwY2NnJmlheWeuap859uVNu4W3O9yzPsamYqwaAN-sx5Zvsh5sSlFJXEV-p462RoVKimIKIlmzC1/s400/V1britt3.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 330px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlwoSg8WBjtOb71sJwYVT6lhrj7vKWvUsRcErpVMgo27McAv7WqQ231mp6Vl2ccjg38SoeD09Ti-CPRHvnmOJLvlws1jupMC-Fz9gBuM4N11AQOC4zwxhcwtoyNj5yb2hu20_iNnKaEBm/s1600/V1britt2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551712464079849138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlwoSg8WBjtOb71sJwYVT6lhrj7vKWvUsRcErpVMgo27McAv7WqQ231mp6Vl2ccjg38SoeD09Ti-CPRHvnmOJLvlws1jupMC-Fz9gBuM4N11AQOC4zwxhcwtoyNj5yb2hu20_iNnKaEBm/s400/V1britt2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <div align="center">So, I have a sis-in-law who won't touch raw meat. Sure, she'll eat it (well, not RAW meat. Just, you know, meat. Prepared & cooked). She'll even cook it. But for some reason (e.g., it's gross?), she can't bring herself to touch it. Like to put it into little bags to freeze it or whatever--nope. That job's left up to her husband.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I have GOT to get me an arrangement like that. 'Cept it's too late for me. Paul knows better. Drat.<br /><br /><div align="center"></div>Anyways. Picture yourselves this: Me. Last night. Hastily trying to prepare dinner, which involved cooking a whole roasting chicken. Although I'm not necessarily a girly-girl per se, I'll be the first to admit I'm a *wee* bit squeamish about the "whole bird" thing. I kind of have to distract my brain for a few while I clean and prepare it. Like when you have to lift the wings to rub butter on the skin underneath? Yeah, I could do without that.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Well, EEEEEEEEASY on last night's whole chicken cooking endeavor topping the National Chart o' Grossness. [Editor's note: Because there is such a thing. On display in DC, I think, right next to the Declaration of Independence. Huh. I'm surprised you haven't heard of it.] Not only were there weird organs inside the chicken (which, I know there are always, like, the liver and some other organ in there, but these lumps were weird colors and shapes. And there were about 14 of them. ??), but there were also still FEATHERS. ON. THE. BIRD.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Honestly. I'll buy a whole chicken. I'll wash it and prepare it. I'll cook it up all delicious-like and enjoy the savory meat at dinner with my family. But I will not -- I repeat NOT -- happily pluck my own food. Eight feathers, there were, still attached to the bird. </div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">If you grew up on a farm and are rolling your eyes at me, fine. Go ahead. And good for you that you wrang (??) your first chicken's neck at age 3. But I didn't. And, although I'm grateful to those who perform such duties on my behalf, I have no desire to witness such a close-to-life display of the food I eat.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">But I swallowed my disgust, closed my eyes (almost), and plucked. And plucked. And plucked again. Eight times. Then I covered the dang thing with foil and threw it into the oven because I was starting to get heebie-jeebie goosebumps. And, when I tried to make dinnertime conversation about my award-deserving-self, my husband politely stopped me at the first mention of "whole chicken" and gestured to his food, as if to say, "I'm eating here, hon..."</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Exactly. Gross.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center">So, to wrap things up: My overall goal today was to wear clothes that LEAST closely resembled a chicken. For obv reasons. My only requirement was a skirt for tonight's activities, but it's been super cold lately and tights alone just weren't going to cut it. So I added leg warmers. Mmmmm...cozy. And my very favorite zigzag scarf was calling out to me from the depths of my closet, feeling a wee bit neglected no doubt, since I haven't worn it for more than a week. I chose a kind of in-the-background brown cami and greenish cardigan to go with it. 'Cept the cardigan is striped, and with the zigzag it might be a little busy. (Opinions?)</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">The cardigan is a few sizes too big [Editor's note: Thereby making it just the right size. I love an oversized cardigan in the winter.], so I belted it. And belted the scarf for good measure. It just wanted to be close to me I think. Poor abandoned accessory. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Friday.</div></div></div>

I can't be sure, but I *think* I deserve an award.

So, I have a sis-in-law who won't touch raw meat. Sure, she'll eat it (well, not RAW meat. Just, you know, meat. Prepared & coo...

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