These are My Confessions
December 12th, 2009
I’ve been away a long time, due largely to the fact that I didn’t have internet access at home. (I know, welcome to the 21st century). But now I do.
I’ve pretty much abandoned my original purpose for this blog. I’ve bought clothes (two pairs of jeans, a sweater, a dress, and some tanks and tees), a pair of shoes to replace a staple that was totally broken, which I photographed for this blog early on, and a purse. I wanted a cross body bag, and I must say, I’m not sorry I bought it. It’s perfect for hands-free purse access. When I spell it all out like that, I haven’t gone that far off the wagon, but nonetheless, I certainly didn’t go a year without shopping.
I bought boyfriend jeans and holy cow, I could live in them. They are so comfy. It’s so fantastic when something can be fashionable and comfortable. I even (loosely) tight roll them a la Katie Holmes/6th grade and wear them with both flats and heels. Worn with just sneakers or something they look sloppy, but I like them with stylish tops, usually loose ones, which seems counter intuitive. You’d think it’d be loose pants, tight shirt, but not so much.
The other jeans I bought are tight and have some rips and so forth, but they go all the way to the ankle and did not need to be altered, which made them worth what they cost.
I’m not ashamed to say I bought two Miley Cyrus/Max Azria tops at Wal-Mart on Black Friday. I was there for a different reason, but they were four and seven dollars and are cute. One of them is a tank top with a big sequined bow on it, and I’ll wear it over a lace top I’ve had forever and never worn. Nevermind that I have no dressy occasion in the foreseeable future to which I might be going and where such an ensemble would be appropriate.
Actually, I am sort of ashamed. The whole point of this blog was to be conscious of the fact that when we get clothes that cheap, it means someone is not being paid a living wage for their labor. But what do I do now? I’ve already bought them.
I also got an adorable peacock feather printed dress at Forever 21 for just $22 dollars, which is going to be awesome with the purple shoes I already have. It might even look cute with black tights under it and the high heeled purple sandals. Again, though, I don’t really have a place or occasion to wear such a thing. I like new outfits for their own sake.
I find that I like putting together outfits regardless of whether or not I have a place or reason to wear them. But maybe I should get out more.
