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Good morning, kittens!

It is, unfortunately, still morning. (At least when I started writing this! :-D) And while I am boss-free today, and thus slacking horribly at work, I'm a bit bored. The time goes so much slower when you're not doing much.

But I have good news! Brace yourselves. Okay, are you ready?

I feel that I look fairly good today.

I know! Gasp and shock! It's true though. And what's more, there was at least one day earlier this week that I also felt pretty good.

So now, since it's been so rare, and I want to wallow in it a little, I will tell you what I'm wearing today! A picture would be better, but as previously mentioned, I'm at work. So you have to settle for a description. From the top down:

-Messy hair in a messy bun. I've discovered this trick! If I comb/brush my hair after my shower, I feel like it needs to lay perfectly. If I DON'T brush it, I can just mush it all back into a bun, and it's good to go.
-Squarish/rectangular glasses
-Lavender/black/white geometric wrap dress with collar
-Black semi-sheer tie-front sweater with 3/4 length bell sleeves (I love this sweater - it's great to throw over things)
-Dark shiny grey & silver bead bracelets
-Platform-type sandals - tan. I would've preferred a different type of shoes, but I only have so many pairs, and this was the best of the shoes that I can actually walk in for work. :-D

So there! It could use some earrings, but I really don't have any. I'm also in desperate need of a purse, so today I threw most of my essentials in a tiny black purse-type-bag and the bigger things in an orange silk totebag that I got a few years back from Laura (the munchkin's mom). It's an absolutely gorgeous color, but unfortunately fraying along one seam. I'm thinking of picking up some matching/coordinating ribbon from the fabric store and reinforcing/covering up the side seams.

I confess to having a recent interest in fashion. Or at least, in looking better/dressing better than I feel I have in the past. It's been tricky, because for a few years I was all officey all the time. It was *fairly* casual, but I mainly wore black pants and some sort of sweater or something. Pretty boring. It got to the point that a lot of my work clothes were seeping into my non-work wardrobe, but neither was very exciting. Toward the end of my time at my last job, I finally started to buy some skirts and dresses to mix it up a bit, which was fun for me.

Then when I quit and came to school, I started slipping into "jeans and a shirt" every day. Really easy but sort of boring, though I tried to get some decent shirts. To be fair, it's still been a lot of things I used to wear to work. But then, surprisingly, summer came along and made me get some new clothes. Mainly because I didn't have much summery clothing, because I tend to hate summer fashion. But I picked up some tshirts that were pretty cute, and two pairs of things that I'm not sure if they're shorts or if they're capris! :-D They go right at/below my knee. I've been wearing them to work along with my newish shirts, and (I think!) they've been looking not bad.

I'm at least trying to put a *little* more effort into how I look. I've altered some of my tshirts (not nearly enough, but it's a start), and I'm wearing dresses/skirts again from time to time. It makes me feel good. I don't do it every day, and some days I'm still pretty disgusted with how I look, but I'm having more days that aren't bad in the appearance department.

Along with this, I've been reading some new blogs, some of which are at least vaguely fashion-focused. One of them is galadarling.com. She really tries to be upbeat, and she's pretty cute, and she's got a really quirky style (and crazy colored hair!). I'm not obviously trying to copy anything, but she's got some good things to say. She also does "Things I Love Thursdays", which is, I think, one of the places where the whole meme of 'things I love' started, and thus where some of my inspirations come from for T.I.L..

Talking about fashion. :-D Probably not something anyone ever expected to see here, right? Oh well. People could probably argue that worrying about how you look is shallow, but I think that looking better/dressing better makes me *feel* better. And that's not something I'm going to apologize for. So there! :-D

p.s. I still need to get my hair done. Cut and color. Anyone know of someone in the Chicago area that I could go to that won't completely violate my wallet? SIGH.