Monthly Musings

Linking up with Holly and Patty for Monthly Musings:

1. I don't think that I have one particular favorite outfit. The weather has not been super cooperative to wear fun, warm weather type outfits. To the extent some days have been vest wearing days (a few have been!), I have worn a new pink vest whose color I love and couldn't look more spring if it tried! I have received many compliments on the color and I don't know if it's because it's a departure from my normal very neutral color palate or because it's a bit of an unusual color for an adult to wear. It's actually from the children's department so maybe I stand out when I wear it because its color is more geared to a child's wardrobe than an adult's? Who knows? Regarding kids' clothes, the only reason that I buy them (it's not because I'm trying to still be a child!) when I do is because the price of kids' clothes is a lot cheaper than adult clothes. 

I got the vest at a Ralph Lauren store and I can't remember the price difference exactly between girls' and women's sizes but it was quite sizable (no pun intended). The largest sized girls' clothes (tops, mainly) fit smallish, small chested women. Well, I used to wear the second largest child's size in RL. In the past couple of years I've grown from an XL into the XXL size 🤣

This picture doesn't depict its pinkness quite right- IRL it's more pink than here.

2. I would say lighter colored jeans, capris, a linen jacket, basics like that.

3. My new "kid pink" vest, I tend to bust out gingham (which I realize is not a color but same (sort of) concept, just lighter hues like light washed denim- things like that.

4. I splurged and bought a luxury handbag for myself last year! I bought it second hand but it was still waaaaay more than I had ever spent on a handbag before. It's pretty neutral colored so I think it works for every season. It's the perfect size as well for me. So between the price I paid for it, the neutralness of it, and the size being great, it makes sense for me to use it everyday for now. 

5. I don't have favorite spring scents.

6. I have just discovered the online store Quince- the styles that I've seen on the site are very "me" and the prices are reasonable. I ordered two pairs of linen pants and a linen dress. I like all of the pieces but I am definitely in between two sizes so that's a little challenging. 

7. I do thrift. I used to never thrift! I took buying new clothes as a badge of my middle-classness. When I was growing up, 99% of what I wore were hand me downs or from used stores. (When I was ten years old, I got my first pair of brand new jeans! I can picture exactly how they looked- that's the impression they left on me.) I told myself that when I could afford to have a wardrobe of brand new purchased clothes, I would. And I stuck to that for a long time. Fairly recently, I don't know, something shifted and I realized that being a good steward of money vis a vis clothes was more important than thinking I should only wear brand new clothing. And my washing machine has a sanitizing setting so I can wash pre owned items easily! I don't only buy pre-owned by any means but I do buy some.

8. I'm a little on the fence about all the ruffles I'm seeing (though I don't think this is new to this season). I'm fine with a little ruffle but too many are a bit much for me (I know, says the woman who buys and wears kids' clothes!).

9. There's one that I'm going to miss because I'll be out of town. The other one is Abby's graduation. I plan to wear what I wore to Jacob's graduation. I realized that I haven't worn it since then two years ago. It's from one of my favorite stores, Garnet Hill

10. The thought of overhauling my entire wardrobe sounds tantamount to receiving a piece of very bad news. Way too many decisions would have to be made for an overhaul and way too much money. Adding a couple of pieces is more up my ally!