I was biking to work one morning this week, and I passed a mom walking to school with her two daughters. Both daughters were wearing t-shirts, jeans and brightly colored tu-tus, and they were skipping along so happily, almost giddily, that I almost laughed out loud. “It’s too bad we can’t really wear whatever we want as we get older,” I thought to myself, before I realized that I actually have the kind of job where I can pretty much wear whatever I want. I mean, all week I’ve been wearing brightly colored frilly dresses over jeans or purple corduroys. So the lesson to take away from all of this, besides the fact that I’m mildly superstitious, is that I dress like a six-year-old most days.
To be fair, the weather’s actually been pretty springy here in Chicago the past few days. I could let my wardrobe take credit for it, but I imagine the prevailing air currents and the tilt of the earth’s axis played a small role as well.
NOTE! If anyone wants to know, I got the “I’m drunk” bee shirt from the amazing Joey Allison Sayers at a convention. It is just as awesome in person.
Sarah,
This made me laugh so hard I am crying. Thanks for giving me a great start to the day!
Oh man, I LOVE days where I feel like a 4-year-old who dressed herself that morning. I had a pair of fuschia rainboots that had black, white, and lime green stars all over them which always made me feel that way, and they were so fun to wear until they got holey and I threw them out.
Ha! I do the same thing.
And I love Joey’s stuff. She’s so awesome.
This is only a little bit off topic: will you (and your Chicago readers!) help a sister out with the names of shops where you get your cute and colorful clothes? I’m having a hell of a time finding fun stuff that will fit a girl with boobs.
Sure!! I will try not to be embarrassed about it. :D I buy a lot from Alloy.com, believe it or not. I’m probably far too old to be shopping at such an online store, but if you can get past the Twilight and Gossip Girl ads to the store itself, Alloy does offer lots of things in larger sizes, all the way up to XXXL. Every 6 months or so I’ll cruise their clearance section for stuff that’ll fit me. I used to get some things from Torrid, but they went from retro/rockabilly to super boring really fast. Honestly though – a lot of my clothes come from the thrift stores. I like weird, interesting clothing, but I hate spending money on it. The dress in the first panel was $12 in Ragstock’s basement. The hoodie in the last panel (one of my favorites) came from a Buffalo Exchange in Portland, Oregon. :)
In Chicago, my favorite thrifting places are the Village Discount on Kedzie (it’s close to me, and less picked over than the one on Roscoe), and the Ragstock in Wicker Park (a little pricier but more reliably good stuff). Anyone else have any favorites?