i need a style facelift like whoa lately. it's been on my mind a lot, actually. i have tattoos but i work in an office five days a week which means sleeves five days a week. blah, that gets old fast! (and warm.) i'm also three and a half months postpartum which means the bod is nowhere near my comfort zone. i'm actually really floppy in the belly and the girls (that's cute talk for boobies) don't match (fun!) plus they're both enormous (large marge and larger marge) and in the way (thanks, girls) and between the baby, the toddler, the full-time job, and occasionally wanting to eat or shower or watch
Girls (not
my girls, the show Girls), i haven't really prioritized "working on my fitness" into my regular routine just yet. i also refuse to seriously diet while breast feeding, so there's that. why am i such a shitty person? ha. anyways... on top of all that i seem to have lost my sense of style somewhere. i want to find it desperately! but i want it to fit who i am today, not who i was ten years ago. i want a wardrobe that i can wear to work or on the weekends, that's effortless but cool, and that still reflects my boho leanings. i want my clothes to look good on my body now, not the body i wish i had. i'm tired of wearing clothes that almost fit or would look great if/when i ever get around to losing 10-15 pounds cause that probably isn't going to happen anytime this year. so... is all of that too much to ask? it's so much easier said than done.
what you are about to see i cannot afford, but
Ashley (cool girl, yo) turned me onto
Polyvore and i've been playing around on there (you will be hooked!) trying to get some ideas of what i'd really like to have in my closet. i think something like these outfits would be perfect for my current lifestyle and help me feel more like myself. (ahem, and then just imagine a stupid cardigan thrown on top forty hours/week :)
i feel so fancy! i made outfit collages! and just going through the exercise kind of put me in a happy place as far as clothes goes. i think i need to go find some really great t-shirts that i can dress up for work, and wear with flip flops on the weekends. i think this needs to be a t-shirt-heavy summer to fit my lifestyle right now. and then maybe hit DSW and try to find some fun summer shoes. and then Buffalo Exchange and thrift stores for simple dresses and some pants. i'm seriously motivated to get out of my fashion womp womp. i am a fashion womp.
and is it just me or do you other moms feel completely disconnected with your fashionable self? i see so many of you doing
Steppin' Out Saturday and you're all so stupidly cute and put together. how do you find the time to do that? for reals. i'd love to hear what inspires you or how you find the time.
ps. also, how cute are those wingtips in the bottom collage? i love them.
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