Socks and Shoes
Just in time for fall:
Via the blogs: Sock Dreams. Free shipping (to USA), and, YES! — they carry leg warmers.
And to go with your socks: Shoes.com is having a Saturday Sale, August 12th.
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Illustrating the Fall Template
This post by my bloggy friend HolyMama is why I’ve been thinking about that classic combo, white t-shirt and jeans. Oh, and my Zafu post.
A personal secret: I always wanted to be a model. Imagine my thrill when, for the second time since I started this blog, MY HUSBAND asked me, very seriously, if one of the on-line catalog pictures I featured was a picture of me. I think he likes me!
Bringing all this around to the topic at hand, what to wear for fall , allow me to point out that white t-shirt and jeans is already the majority of the recipe I recently proposed for a fall uniform template. Just add a a salty jacket.
Unfortunately I could not find a clean white tee this morning, although I did wear these jeans and shoes, so I am making due with a previously published picture. Note the jacket, very much a leisure style, is my hair color.
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Zafu.com: This Is Really Cool
Thanks to Maria Palma at The Runway Scoop, for the link to Zafu.com. Seriously you can just answer an easy series of questions and they will give you recommendations for what jeans will fit you. How cool is that?
These: Earnest Sewn Decca, $190. They didn’t come off the “fit you best” page of recommendations (those were all wider flares), but off the “fit you well” page. Since dark jeans are one of my cogs, many of the jeans shown I just wouldn’t be interested in. And I am not going to buy these either, simply because of the price.
These days our lives are complicated enough that to have a simple way to get some suggestions about which pants to try on could be real help.
Let me know what you think.
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Something Altogether Unrelated
I admit, this is just filler. Kinda fun, though, but not terribly fashiony.
Currently, in my fashion meditations, it’s the question of cogs posed by Susie over at Style Bubble. Trying to work up the energy to attempt to do a post on the subject, while in the back of my mind wondering if I really don’t need to go shopping (I’m noticing some of my favorite things really need to be demoted to oil rags.)
While you are waiting for my cog post, and don’t hold your breath, you may enjoy checking out this cog post by a mother of pre-schooler and Danielle’s cogs, which she terms “mechanical”.
Your Linguistic Profile: |
| 50% General American English |
| 20% Upper Midwestern |
| 10% Yankee |
| 5% Dixie |
| 5% Midwestern |
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It Works for Them
From this week’s Works For Me Wednesday event at Rocks in My Dryer:
- Celebrian’s Delights suggests ironing with your curling iron. My most glamourous Real Life Friend uses a flattening iron (I know that isn’t the right name, what is that gizmo?).
- Shanspirations came up with the wonderful idea of hanging a second shower curtain cross-ways for things to drip-dry from. I may try it today. Anyone tired of fighting mildewed shower curtains will want to read the entire post, it’s a two-fer.
- And for on-line shopping discounts: see the Green 3.
And, of course, you’ve probably seen my entry.
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The Sweet, Sweet Smell of Sneakers
You may have noticed, if you visited my recent home tour, that my closet is rather small. Small, but it’s all mine. Consequently, I have no one but myself to blame for the fact that, until recently anyway, the aroma bore close resemblance to a boy’s locker room.
I’ve tried baking soda. I’ve tried dryer sheets. I’ve even tried car air fresheners. What works: I stuff my shoes with dryer sheets, plus a magic ingredient. Each dryer sheet has a drop or two of lavender essential oil added.
Lavender is also supposed to repel moths. Beats moth balls!
Oh yes, that’s right … it Works For Me!
