I am so cool... (part 2)

... and I'd like to think this outfit fools people into thinking I am.

The husband told me I can try to dress cool, but I usually end up doing something spastic (hence the blog title) or something silly or something ridiculous. None of the above happened when I was wearing the outfit. I didn't fall down, I didn't spill food on my white shirt (yay!), and I didn't break anything. I think that counts as a success.

Unless you count the fact that I had to tuck my shirt into my tights to keep them from coming untucked every time I move. But we'll pretend I didn't share that information.

And here's an upclose picture of the fun textures I tried to play around with -- subtle houndstooth wool and stripey/netty tights. I kept everything else plain white and black to compensate since the shorts and tights combo was outside my comfort zone.

Camo colors

I've bought a lot of clothing recently in dark greens and browns -- almost like in camo. I think those colors were popular in the summer and are now on sale all over the place.

I put together this outfit just by putting together everything I own in those colors. I admit, it's not the most exciting outfit and it's really safe in terms of the color palette, but at least it matches? Also my skirt kept rotating around so the back zip migrated to one side. Not sure how to fix that except to stop moving around.

Blue Skies in Michigan

The latest wedding I went to was in Lansing, Michigan, about 2 hours east of Detroit. It was an outdoor wedding so when it was thunderstorming the day before, I was worried, but by Saturday the weather was sunny and beautiful.

And there were clouds! There have been very few days in LA with blue skies and fluffy clouds. Even if there are clouds, they tend to be smaller, dinkier puffy clouds or the wispy cirrus clouds. It was really nice to see such a beautiful sky.

Given that it was an outdoor summer wedding, I was excited to pull out my Target dress with the lace. I wasn't 100% sure if it was appropriate given that it was partially white, but after getting some assurance from one of my friends, I wore it, and it was fine. Actually, some girls were purely white / off-white dresses, which I thought was odd. But I guess it's a small town in the midwest and a casual summer wedding.

Some girls also apparently did not read the wedding website and showed up in stilettos. Bad idea given that the wedding took place outside and you had to walk around a lot through grass (especially the trek to the portapotties). I wore wedges and I was so glad I did. My feet hurt at the end of the night but it could have been SO much worse. This one girl had trouble walking and had to lean on her boyfriend for support. I would have totally felt awkward doing that so it's a good thing I had on independence shoes. Or something like that. Anyway, here's a shot of the husband's and my shoes.

P.S. The nailpolish was an emergency job when at 10 am that morning I realized my toenails looked horrible and I had to wear sandals. I didn't even take off the old polish -- I just layered more right on top. Now taking all the polish off will be very interesting indeed.

Apologies

Apologies for not blogging sooner... things have been pretty crazy with work, out of town trips, and guests. Not that those are bad things, but my blog gets pushed to the wayside. I'll start you off with an outfit of the day...

Basically, my friend's friend's brother owns this clothing company called five four, so my friend often comes by with free stuff. It's a men's clothing company, but I did manage to snag a small mens shirt that I could wear to get into the "menswear" trend quite literally. I tried to get a few good pictures, but the first one didn't come out great. As Tyra would probably say on ANTM, you should know how the picture will turn out before you take it. And I clearly had no idea that the way I twisted would make the shirt balloon up on top. So it looks sort of awkward. I look more awkward in the second picture but at least the outfit itself doesn't look awkward. So I guess that's a win?

It's not the kind of ladylike look I generally try to wear, but it's something different. I'm not sure about how the ankle length pants look with a long shirt -- it might just make me look really short (a.k.a. not the golden ratio I learned about from Donald [Duck] in Mathmagic Land). I'm also planning on trying the shirt tucked into a pencil skirt for another look or maybe as a beach coverup. I think there's lots of potential for the shirt.

Anyway, that about wraps it up. I had a few more cute outfits last week but I didn't get a chance to take a photo (p.s. props to the husband for taking the above pictures).