When I was at lunch with my mom last week I noticed Dexter crank his neck around to check out this lady wearing an zebra print blouse. Decided to pull my own zebra print out of the closet a few days later, and paired it with my red repettos. People always think I wear heels because they're "stylish." They always ask me how I ride the bike in heels, etc. I wish the conversation wasn't so heel-centric. What about a conversation about pretty shoes in general, on bikes, with or without the heels?
Okay, enough about shoes and more about the outfit that I wore to the Meals on Wheels fundraiser I attended Friday night. Don was auctioned off as a dinner companion and got purchased by Paul Mennier from a local news station. To be honest I think he might have been a little tipsy! Luckily there was very little heckling on the auction block. At one point while they were listing off some of Don's attributes to help sweeten the deal and the auctioneer lady enthused, "He just had a baby!" Then this one other lady in the audience turns around and says to me, "YOU had a baby, how's that going?" Word, lady. Word.
When I was a teenager my mom used to give me a lot of grief over wearing shorts because she said my calves were huge and so were my thighs. She used to also claim that these thicker parts of my person were inherited from my dad's side. Way to take responsibility for your spawn's proportions, mom!
Then I would get contradictory fashion advice from magazines telling me that if I'm short and have short legs, wearing things that are short makes your legs look longer. What to do?!
It's true that I don't have skinny legs nor do I have those long model legs that actually look great in skinny jeans. I've got shapely legs. Not fat, but definitely not slender either (at least not in my opinion). I've decided just to embrace them. I sometimes like to wear short things because I CAN. Dresses this short on some of my friends would probably end up looking like some weird R rated tunic. I bike a lot. My legs are, shall I say, well defined. For some people a lot of exercise makes them really skinny. Biking just makes my legs muscular. Sigh. It's just how I roll.
The hairband was a birthday gift from my sister.
The pink stockings are from Clerys in Dublin. I can't believe they don't have holes in them yet. I bought the same ones in bright green for Sable.
The rest of the weekend is a blur already.
On Sunday I had some friends over for tea, chilling out in general, and Trek. That's right. Star Trek. The Next Generation.
We watched the two part episode where captain Picard gets taken hostage. THERE ARE... FOUR LIGHTS!
Here's Dougal, likewise chill on a Sunday.
And tea cups for drinking tea out of.
And goldfish crackers in a little melamine bowl because it looks cuter than eating it out of the bag.
Friends. Family. Good times. That's what it's all about!
8 comments:
yay colored tights!
and your hairband looks super pretty in the photos :)
Lovely colored tights you got! Yesterday I thought about showing of mine as well (blue, orange, you name the color ;-)), but didn't get around to take pictures yet.
Oh! The voices of our parents' criticisms can linger for years in our heads, no? I've *never* had a BMI over 23, but about a decade ago, when I finally hit a BMI of about 22 and no tlong before he died, my father said to me, "You are getting fat, and your husband will leave you." Arg. What I have most trouble embracing is the larger chest size and the manner in which my face is ageing -- not with graceful lines, but with general mushiness. But I'm going to try just to accept the fact that our bodies change.
Keeping in mind that cycling and walking most of the time is keeping me fit should help with the self-acceptance.
Anyway, I love your short dress, and I adore the bright stockings (and I wish we had Clery's here, because I found it great for things like inexpensive but cute hats, tights etc.) Oh Grafton St! How I miss you!
Your post reminds me that I need to take my tweed trousers in to be hemmed. I do not have long legs either, and *everything* I buy needs to be taken up 4-6 inches.
no review of the screening? crestfallen.
My Mom used to say--
"You should be thankful because at least you have your wits and your limbs..."
Geez would I roll my eyes everytime I heard that one--and she was dead serious when she told us.
That's what came to my mind, Ms Sarah, when I read your post!
Only 102 in Tucson today! Cheers! Bruce
go, miss sarah, go. you are a snazzy dresser. i am in awe. on the flip side, i am all about the wolky and dansko clogs and trying to get away with never wearing hose ever. i can say yes to leggings, but even tights can get me down, but boy are those pink ones great.
I say wear short skirts. They look fabulous on you!
Morgan - Don't listen to your father. I'm sure you love him, but he is probably old and not going to change. SIGH. I don't notice mushiness in your face, maybe it doesn't show in photographs? But, we are our own worst critics, no?
anna - coloured tights are the bomb! I can't wear heavily patterned ones, though, because as soon as the pattern goes north of my knees it gets distorted:*(
Bruce - love what your mom said to you! I'm using it.
Dottie - Will continue to rock the short stuff! I told my mom that I may have muscular legs, but I'm just the cub. She's the mama bear!
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