My Wardrobe Today – Thursday
Striped tee – J. Crew (no longer available)
Belt – Lauren Ralph Lauren
Skirt – Banana Republic (no longer available)
Shoes – Nine West (no longer available)
Purse – Ann Taylor LOFT
I don't find photo sessions fun. Maybe some bloggers do, but I feel it's a means to an end. I feel awkward and goofy standing in my court while my husband takes my photo like I am some sort of celebrity, but then the result is I can use the results on my blog and share my wardrobe with you. I feel as a blog-reader (okay, blogaholic) that blogs are so much better with pictures and not just a stream of Polyvore collages and images from other sites. It's easier to explain my purpose if I can actually show myself on here. I think these pictures (which were the best of the dozen my husband took) show my awkwardness, my feeling of, “Can we just end this so I can get on the Metro and finish reading my book
?” (though the last one was because Emerson was singing some song with Mommy in it and I was looking in her direction)
I was so happy, yesterday I never got a chance to eat lunch, I was so slammed so at 3:15 I went down to the building lobby to get a Cup-O-Noodles 
from the gift shop. I came up the elevator and bumped into my supervisor who asked if that was the first thing I had eaten that day. When he found out I hadn't eaten and had been at work since 6:45 he sent me home. Wednesdays my mom watches Emerson so I headed home, my husband and I dashed to the market to get sushi and a bottle of wine and we had a minidate out on our deck, relaxing and spending some quiet time together. Emerson came home from my mom's already sleepy so we did a quick dinner, bath, and she was in bed by 8pm. And I was in bed by 9! I needed that rest (speaking of rest, so psyched about this LivingSocial deal for a mattress place in Maryland – on my way to a new bed!).
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Oh pshaw. I think you look like your genuinely lovely, friendly, sweet, approachable self in these. And I am not at all biased. 😉
Also swooning over that marvelous skirt. SWOONING.
Aw Debra, thanks so much! I am glad my blog is helpful to you! Thanks for your comment!
I love this outfit! I already have the striped top and I’m on the lookout for a coral skirt. Thanks for the inspiration. And thanks always for writing a fashion blog for women who work and want to look pulled together but aren’t a) wealthy b) built like a supermodel c) 23 years old! I am a 38 year-old professional in the education field with a small daughter at home. I keep coming back to your blog as the fashion blog that matches my style and lifestyle the best.
Thank you so much Lisa!
I don’t read any fashion blogs if they don’t have pictures wearing their outfits. I think it’s so much more real. Otherwise we could just be reading a sales catalog. Thanks for putting yourself out there. And you always look great!
This outfit just has that WOW factor. The red skirt is amazing…the pairing with that top………..I just love it!
That red skirt is my favourite of yours. I have a question….I’m small on the bottom and big on the top, including shoulders. Do you think I could wear stripes on top?
Thanks mamacita! Clothing should be funn, you have to wear it, might as well make the best of the situation!
I love how you have so much fun with your clothes and accessories! So inspiring!
Thanks Patti! And I do find the best pics are when I laugh or when I don’t expect the photo. 🙂
I say try it! I find wider spaced stripes are more flattering with my large bust & arms.
I have to make myself laugh when doing photoshoots, from the sheer ridiculous-ness of it! Love, love that skirt, and the whole outfit is amazing.
Thanks Allison!
Cute outfit! I have a hard time with self photos if I think anyone might see me but if I am by myself in the house I go all out with poses haha.
Hey, alcohol before work could make the day more enjoyable! 😉 Thanks for your tips, you always look so relaxed and cute in your pics!
After many, many photo sessions (some in public), these are my favorite ways to loosen up:
1. Sing a silly, upbeat song in your head.
2. Props! Food is fun. Gives you something to do with your hands and you can eat it afterward!
3. Make silly faces and dare your photographer to capture them before you replace them with your winning smile.
4. Alcohol. Maybe not great before work, though!
Thank you!
I hear your frustrations, but I also hear your rationale. It’s so much better with pictures–REAL ones. And considering how cute that red skirt is, I wouldn’t feel awkward at all!
Thanks Natalie!
Thanks Sal! Have had this skirt since ’07 and still adore it!
Thanks Lori, practice makes perfect!
I totally feel your photoshoot awkwardness which is why I take my own pics. Family always offer to take my pics but I still feel embarassed so go it alone.
You make a good job of hiding it though.
love
Lori xo
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