The famous dress
I haven't worn this dress in an entire year. Some may recognize it as my blog identity my husband created from a photo of me in this dress. It isn't that I don't like this dress. Infact I love it. It was the first fancy thing I bought when I made my goal at Weight Watchers. The problem is the week I bought it my grandmother died and I had to quickly pack and leave for Maine. This was the only thing I had that fit and was funeral appropriate. My mom was unable to come too so I didn't have anyone to lend me anything. So its always sad to pull this dress out. Katie would of loved it I am sure.
Dress Ann Taylor
Belt Target
Headband American Apparel
Earrings Gift from husband
Necklace Marc Jacobs Gift from husband
Shoes Dansko from Berks
For makeup I did a black cat eye. I need new gel eyeliner this one had shriveled in the pot which means I don't wear it nearly enough.
I actually had a freak out on my way to work. I felt like too much and was literally flipping out. I took a receipt from my purse and was wiping away my lipstick furiously. I just cleaned out my purse so I didn't have a backup. I stopped in CVS and got a new lipstick from my lunch money. I have been on a not buying lipstick kick and this was a bad way to break it. I felt so silly and foolish but I also told myself in the moment I would look weird without something since the rest of me was so done up. We all have our moments I guess.
Do you have anything you love that you have bad associations with?
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1. you look gorgeous, though i totally know what you mean about having a make-up related freakout en route--.
2. oh i DEFINITELY have clothes with associations that make them take on lives of their own...though most of them are happy associations now, since i got rid of a lot of clothes that were given to me by a sociopathic ex-boyfriend i had.
xxoo
I don't have a lot of bad-association clothing. Most of it is good - a dress I no longer wear (and probably don't even fit into anymore) because it was an ex boyfriend's favorite (and I remember the good times with it). Also, I have a t-shirt and hat with my college mascot on it that I had given to my grandpa, and I got back after he died. For a year or two afterward it smelled like his house and I would always breathe it in on a bad day.
I feel that way about Christmas. Even though I love it I've lost someone near the holiday and it brings the happy effect way down to lots of Christmas activities.
Love the cherry clock necklace, the FABulous red accessories, the absolutely beautiful hair. You look so fab.
Kelly C HOWDY lady! I can totally see giving those up! eep. Makeup freakouts are almost harder for me than clothing for some reason.
Kelly. That would be hard. :(
Lesa I didn't know Katie that well sadly but I can see if it were my gram (see earlier today post) I would probably never ever be able to again. Gram is my moon.
Lemondrop I am like that with my birthday. I had bad memories with birthdays growing up (my mom walked out on my dad being the worst)
clare thanks!
thanks so much everyone!
l understand completely how it feels when we associate clothing to events.
Depending on the feeling it will draw you to them or away from them... now you've got me thinking...
That dress does look nice on you - maybe you just need to keep adding happy memories to it.