not to brag, but I'd be an AllStar de-motivational speaker.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizODR1Gy4wMvHuO81EfdsOchpbG98GBYG8zV0k-vVvD-BVfASTK0T3PPpveywMpgzZBrWH4X8EzhaHvwDIueJglO4SIb4PDuG3g-52uWSMbp0HpEKpcQLLlEz6hrkR-nYeX8uZhe9_cDMQ/s1600/P1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizODR1Gy4wMvHuO81EfdsOchpbG98GBYG8zV0k-vVvD-BVfASTK0T3PPpveywMpgzZBrWH4X8EzhaHvwDIueJglO4SIb4PDuG3g-52uWSMbp0HpEKpcQLLlEz6hrkR-nYeX8uZhe9_cDMQ/s400/P1britt2.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAtA_cZF7MnZClwHm5WdwZWiOn3hME4Hel5bhQ0Q8XrOO4zSkV0kXSZKB-AkdwJtQMKVgHMNF0pni_l-1fqg40GrJTBYEngNgXy6RnEIn6_1RFDSQLlvTsG88_djoRPX2rlNyfnBhTcef/s1600/P1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAtA_cZF7MnZClwHm5WdwZWiOn3hME4Hel5bhQ0Q8XrOO4zSkV0kXSZKB-AkdwJtQMKVgHMNF0pni_l-1fqg40GrJTBYEngNgXy6RnEIn6_1RFDSQLlvTsG88_djoRPX2rlNyfnBhTcef/s400/P1britt3.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: cato brand. shorts: american eagle. shirt: vintage. jacket: gift (talbot's). watch: target. necklace & belt: forever21. earrings: hawaii.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxA0-RYgt_RRWdnb07JjgJmJXvw8V7ELRH92bWeaJMQeDgcwECNPlHxGRN6nb3GkXTENFUs_JAN2hEYRjXxpmqMeq5yMdNcUcMyeNf8gAKaicjYa-aQ2gHzzcy1Gx_Jys_KaL9u8dWb9r/s1600/P1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxA0-RYgt_RRWdnb07JjgJmJXvw8V7ELRH92bWeaJMQeDgcwECNPlHxGRN6nb3GkXTENFUs_JAN2hEYRjXxpmqMeq5yMdNcUcMyeNf8gAKaicjYa-aQ2gHzzcy1Gx_Jys_KaL9u8dWb9r/s400/P1britt1.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6X5eeoJroojdUK7J5K1e1vo_2qZEwLBucmxCUHUUV_RuX61i_FDTNfaelVQJD-jbnCrnIqsV6aufun4HUQyIwy8qx3_aJkk8QQXwekK1D2pl6GzDaa3ea3RONAccHlTM4azuzOv_NMVc/s1600/P1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6X5eeoJroojdUK7J5K1e1vo_2qZEwLBucmxCUHUUV_RuX61i_FDTNfaelVQJD-jbnCrnIqsV6aufun4HUQyIwy8qx3_aJkk8QQXwekK1D2pl6GzDaa3ea3RONAccHlTM4azuzOv_NMVc/s400/P1britt4.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When we first got married, my husband wanted to be an inventor. His two “best” ideas (ahem… debatable… but you didn’t hear it from me) were: (1) a toaster hooked up to a conveyor belt that would serve you toast in bed, and (2) a snow shovel that sent out a laser beam in front to semi-melt the snow before the shovel blade got to it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Needless to say, he never quit his day job.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What can we all learn from this sad story? Merely this: sometimes you CAN’T be anything you want to be. I think it’s a disservice to teach kids otherwise. Take today's outfit, for example: my brain envisioned a sassy, slender, sophisticated ensemble when I put this together. What my camera envisions is a hot sloppy mess. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But here's the deal [Editor's note: Geesh, sounding a little defensive, aren't we? Why yes, yes we are]: It's lace day at <a href="http://www.everybodyeverywear.com/challenges/view/lace" target="blank">Everybody, Everywhere</a>. I neither own lots of lace nor like it in large quantities on me. So. What you see is a little lace trim on a lightweight cotton shirt and some crochet-lace peeptoe wedges. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Balanced with some masculine tweed and random turquoise. And when I say "balanced," I of course mean "for some reason I dreamed last night that these would all work together. Right before I dreamed that my husband was frantically in charge of his work's Sub For Santa...in June."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Do with that information what you will.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Happy Tuesday.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.everybodyeverywear.com/challenges/view/lace"><img alt="Lace | Everybody, Everywear" height="50" src="http://www.everybodyeverywear.com/photos/iwQYAAA.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 2pt 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? More power to you, I suppose... 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not to brag, but I'd be an AllStar de-motivational speaker.

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It's back. The awesomeness that is the 30x30 challenge.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrktfjD_E8iRseDmNijxCElxVSLEeqPG4tv9PJfzEprAxuvxR6qB9pNfHim4ZyTTq2YnL9Or1pRPhH1BcPVsao0mZRwzfYMSxKfDTpQNzuJkjGVY45EvLLyC1IfmP5b9ksQd6XsOo0qez/s1600/Q1britt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrktfjD_E8iRseDmNijxCElxVSLEeqPG4tv9PJfzEprAxuvxR6qB9pNfHim4ZyTTq2YnL9Or1pRPhH1BcPVsao0mZRwzfYMSxKfDTpQNzuJkjGVY45EvLLyC1IfmP5b9ksQd6XsOo0qez/s400/Q1britt3.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I'm participating in <a href="http://kendieveryday.blogspot.com/" target="blank">Kendi</a>'s 30x30 challenge this spring (read about my winter 30x30 experience <a href="http://adayinlifetoo.blogspot.com/search/label/30x30" target="blank">here</a>). Basically what that means is I've chosen 30 clothing items (including shoes) to rotate and remix over the next 30 days. Which would be way easy if I lived in Hawaii, because I'd simply choose 30 swimsuits and live on the beach. But I don't. Thanks for asking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGF8_ZlltDs1nkHpYReFB0xVTXmUfs2iE1XAwLUusuXePnAjYSIsS6_F9AQCOLaD8PAa3WsnnrApYUm32eUsV_LVep_EcmD3baxFhQMlENjH3uFlQ_GgrvsuhjWLCZoeappPOzPy8Gjf5/s1600/Q1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGF8_ZlltDs1nkHpYReFB0xVTXmUfs2iE1XAwLUusuXePnAjYSIsS6_F9AQCOLaD8PAa3WsnnrApYUm32eUsV_LVep_EcmD3baxFhQMlENjH3uFlQ_GgrvsuhjWLCZoeappPOzPy8Gjf5/s400/Q1britt1.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">sandals & bracelets: forever21. jeans: kohl's. shirt: j.crew. flower hairclip: downeast basics. earrings: hawaii.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamh1fN4E4qXxeekGe5jVQ4Ops-z1Oa47tPGF7nQFAhV4IFNBLAyYk5KwGrk4t7T5RbirldhB8KtxW_QqOv69Nr9f0wLiehrPShLbzC33usVOZiQhWMuAMnZjJJdVCs0wxnsYjtYbmwDK5/s1600/Q1britt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamh1fN4E4qXxeekGe5jVQ4Ops-z1Oa47tPGF7nQFAhV4IFNBLAyYk5KwGrk4t7T5RbirldhB8KtxW_QqOv69Nr9f0wLiehrPShLbzC33usVOZiQhWMuAMnZjJJdVCs0wxnsYjtYbmwDK5/s400/Q1britt4.jpg" t8="true" width="280" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You know, I'm loving the fact that I'm content with simple outfits/style lately. A top, a bottom, and a shoe. Doesn't get more basic than that. Well, I suppose it could, but...yeah. No. This is a family-friendly blog, you guys. Which means we talk about family-friendly topics and only occasionally delve into the subsurface stuff. Stuff that only adults should talk about...Like the other day when I had to clean up my 2-year-old's accident involving substance, not just liquid. That's right. Shield your eyes and your brains. Mine are permanently scarred.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But you didn't pay good money to come read about that, now, did you? Let's move on.<br /><br />I almost wore a large chunky watch with this ensemble instead of the mass o' braceletage. But I thought it would be highy ironic that someone wearing a loose flowy cotton-silk blend peasant blouse would care what time it was using anything other than the sun's position in the sky. And I just happen to be that girl today. And it's been raining all day, no sun in sight. Which can only mean it's perfectly legal to go back to bed. Or never get out of bed in the first place. Pick your poison, but either way...sweet dreams to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Monday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">p.s. And for all you die-hard fans of this blog (hey mom!), I've enclosed some outtakes below. You're welcome. Which, in a perfect world, would also translate into "I'm sorry."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXywz1NThTvQhWhYlljgVCqqpcAmP5-9ezGPaDTcpp0UhVvmgt-SI57S7zJXAShEdRDeD8xAO_nDGudWh7k8dsEPYm_xptd7KV7N31afyfNuNhVVw3D0HjgrbyfgmpTmA6mJLzKYmHDyaR/s1600/Q1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXywz1NThTvQhWhYlljgVCqqpcAmP5-9ezGPaDTcpp0UhVvmgt-SI57S7zJXAShEdRDeD8xAO_nDGudWh7k8dsEPYm_xptd7KV7N31afyfNuNhVVw3D0HjgrbyfgmpTmA6mJLzKYmHDyaR/s400/Q1britt2.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want this look? Sweet. 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It's back. The awesomeness that is the 30x30 challenge.

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embracing the cliche of a buttonup & a pencil skirt

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7q0nHRGJ20QefD7NlmbG_-vujfBVK6C0VlopAqAxr79_0zTblybtwGIl4SXGpBTljmp4WBSzf9prH7oLfK8VCHceq5PK3XOAlTuQb6mJ7v430rnvVeaiJ-ecfb538B7pz3-oMkwN0ZLv/s1600/R1britt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7q0nHRGJ20QefD7NlmbG_-vujfBVK6C0VlopAqAxr79_0zTblybtwGIl4SXGpBTljmp4WBSzf9prH7oLfK8VCHceq5PK3XOAlTuQb6mJ7v430rnvVeaiJ-ecfb538B7pz3-oMkwN0ZLv/s400/R1britt2.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">shoes: forever21. skirt & belt: kohl's. shirt: j.crew. necklace & bracelet: downeast basics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLRlT7d89glRKJHyNAh9QLgRAIaRQq0uoXcAi-Kcq7ytTrC_DAsQ13Gw0WgNSxpeHaZ_XWSZHwNg9A2buvjC34vbt87O1E8b5BkmkZum8R05wDhTxhJIJEsoms6P_GBHHtSkLU_Xvoj-W/s1600/R1britt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLRlT7d89glRKJHyNAh9QLgRAIaRQq0uoXcAi-Kcq7ytTrC_DAsQ13Gw0WgNSxpeHaZ_XWSZHwNg9A2buvjC34vbt87O1E8b5BkmkZum8R05wDhTxhJIJEsoms6P_GBHHtSkLU_Xvoj-W/s400/R1britt1.jpg" t8="true" width="280" /></a></div><div align="center">This week I'm grateful for:</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">- stuff that's already grated, like cheese and zucchini. It's like a gift from the Universe.</div><div align="center">- splash pads and cousin time for my kiddos.</div><div align="center">- mowing the lawn and leaving mower-stripes in the grass. Is it just me, or is that, like, totally satisfying? Like vacuum lines in the carpet (if I remember right... it's been so long since I vacuumed...). LOVE that.</div><div align="center">- stop-the-underarm-sweat stuff. I used to be a walking pair o' pit-stains, which is every bit as pretty as that sounds. It's warmer now, and I'm just really glad for the clinical strength stuff that keeps me dry.</div><div align="center">- my 2-year-old who says, real slow and adult-like, "whut. duh. hut." for "what the heck." </div><div align="center">- a husband who knows as much about planting bulbs and flowers as I do. Which, frankly, isn't much... but it's kinda cute and romantical how twinners we are about it, don't you think? No? It's actually nauseating and lame to be "twinners" with one's husband about anything? Oh. Good to know before I busted out sewing us matching plaid shirts...</div><div align="center">- tortillas. Seriously. A meal can be complete with tortillas and very few other ingredients.</div><div align="center">- acetaminophen and/or ibuprofen.</div><div align="center">- warm showers.</div><div align="center">- nature.</div><div align="center">- the song whose chorus goes, "there's only 1 thing 2 do 3 words 4 you," because it's become "our song" with my daughters and me.</div><div align="center">- facial smile lines.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Happy Sunday!</div>

embracing the cliche of a buttonup & a pencil skirt

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