I went to a meetup with some fellow style bloggers last night and we briefly talked about how we wondered if those pro bloggers actually wear the hats that they perch so perfectly on their heads. Kind of like the denim jacket around the waist thing – who really does that? Well, me, apparently, because here I am doing both at once. But for the record I did indeed wear this hat for a good portion of the day, and I also tied my jacket around my waist for a few hours.
Not just to be cool though (I’m already SUPER cool, obvi). This outfit was from last Saturday, when I spent the morning being a “cheerleader” for my law firm’s team at the Indy Women’s Half Marathon & 5K. In case you’re wondering, cheerleading entails drinking mimosas and saying “yay” when the runners make it back to the hospitality tent. I’m a very dedicated employee.
The race got started OK, but within about 20 minutes a pretty bad storm rolled in. We all huddled under the tent waiting for it to stop pouring so we could walk back to our cars. Turns out the storm was even bigger than we thought, so we were trapped and forced to talk to each other while drinking and eating bagels. (What a tragedy, right?) Anyway, this hat actually came in handy because the tent leaked a bit, and who had a nice dry head? This girl.
It was pretty humid, too, so my jacket was too warm but I didn’t have anywhere to put it other than around my waist. Later in the afternoon, it cleared up and cooled down so I wore it like a regular person. So there you go. Next time you see pictures on a blog of some impossibly beautiful girl wearing a giant hat and a jean jacket around her waist, just assume she was stuck in a tent at a rainy marathon that she didn’t run. Happens all the time.
Hat // Jeans // similar Jacket // similar Bag // Shoes
I had some friends running the half marathon who got rained out, too. Such a bummer. But, really, at least there were bagels 🙂