Tag: gingham

The New Dressed Up

wide leg white pants, sustainable shopping

When: June 18 // Weather: warm // Real life: dinner on a patio

wide leg white pants, sustainable shopping
wide leg white pants, sustainable shopping
wide leg white pants, sustainable shopping
wide leg white pants, sustainable shopping

In the spirit of looking for silver linings in this poop-filled dumpster that is 2020, I’m kind of loving the way quarantine and remote working has changed my out-of-the-house style.

Around mid-June, we started venturing out to restaurants and to hang out with small groups of friends (very carefully, outside only). For me, of course, 75% of the excitement about leaving the house was the excuse to “dress up,” but I’m finding that my new version of “dressing up” leans more toward comfort than it used to. I mean, wide-leg elastic waist pants to go out to dinner?! Who even am I?! (Someone who doesn’t want high-waist jeans digging into her belly full of pizza and wine, that’s who.)

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gingham tunic, ponte pants, saddle bag

When: July 23 // Weather: hot // Real life: work, then anniversary tacos

gingham tunic, ponte pants, saddle bag

gingham tunic, ponte pants, saddle bag

gingham tunic, ponte pants, saddle bag

I recently celebrated my 8-year wedding anniversary, and just to prove how in sync we are as a couple, we both forgot to get each other a gift. We used to put a lot of emphasis on gifts (anniversary, Christmas, etc.) in our early years of dating and marriage, but now we seem to care less about Tiffany necklaces and more about experiences we can have together. It’s not something we talked about; it just sort of happened.

I have a theory on this: When we were younger, we didn’t have much money, so making the effort to save up for something special and fancy was pretty meaningful. An expensive gift wasn’t just pretty – it also said “I worked hard and made sacrifices to get you this.” Now that we’re no longer starving artists, it’s not money that we’re lacking…it’s time. So this year’s anniversary might not have involved any blue boxes, but it did involve eating tacos on a patio while making googly eyes at each and talking about how much we dig our life together. I never imagined I’d be the girl who wanted to skip presents, but here we are.

(Also, honey, if you’re reading this…I do still like jewelry. Just to be clear.)

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