I am one of those people who never ever goes shopping for holiday party or events and then ten minutes before it is time to go, I get really panicky because, surprise! I have nothing to wear.Happily, the number of holiday parties where I need to get dressed up have been mercifully low over the past decade. I think I've had one work event and Bart has had three (the most recent one was when I was two days overdue with Ani and there wasn't so much stressing about what to wear because I really ... Read More about Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Holiday Party Wear
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Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Thanksgiving Outfits
Thanksgiving is in the running for my favorite holiday. I love everything about it. I've loved the years we went to visit family, the year Bart and I spent it in New York City, and the many many years we celebrated with Ralphie and her family in Austin, including the one where my doctor told me I would certainly have a baby by Thanksgiving and then she was finally induced seven days into December. This year, Bart's parents, his sister and her husband and their six kids, plus ... Read More about Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Thanksgiving Outfits
Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Daily Jewelry
A long time ago (in a galaxy far far away. . . ), Merrick mentioned on her blog that jewelry was really what finished off an outfit and made you look fully dressed.I've basically ignored this advice for the last however many years since she said that and then foolishly sat around wondering why all my outfits looked unfinished. I'm the fastest kind of learner, obviously. Of course, part of the reason I've ignored it is that I felt like jewelry didn't work very well in my ... Read More about Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Daily Jewelry
Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Orange
When we were planning our next couple of Raiding My Sister's Closet posts, we said "Let's do a color that's really hot the fall." Then we all sat around and waited for Merrick to email us telling us what colors were hot this fall. Because, clearly, I have no idea. When one of the ones she mentioned was orange, I jumped on it because I had a new orange skirt that Mikarose sent me. I loved the color and pattern of it, and I particularly like that ... Read More about Raiding My Sister’s Closet: Orange
Raiding My Sister’s Closet: A Momiform
Can we all agree that "momiform" is kind of a dumb word? Good. Let's move on. I am a total jeans and tee-shirt wearer (although, I'm typing this wearing a skirt because. . . laundry day), and it makes my life easier to wear some basic combination of those two things every day. But I also want to look like I made some sort of effort, and I've come to realize that what I like most is having some decent accessories that finish off the outfit and that basically go with everything, so I ... Read More about Raiding My Sister’s Closet: A Momiform