Summer dressing is pretty simple. In the case of a dress, it can easily be one and done. If you’re someone who is cold even in summer or who spends time in highly air-conditioned spaces, there might be a cardigan. If you’re a belter, there’s that. But for myself, who is neither, dresses are a pretty simple affair.

And that’s what I love about them.

And what I hate about them. I now have about 6 dresses I wear A LOT all summer long. Solo. No accessories, over-layers, add-ons. Just. A. Dress. By mid-summer it can be Pretty Boring. Prettty pretty pretty boring.

So imagine my delight when I finally broke out the ironing board and spruced this Tencel swing dress up…And Got To Wear Something Different!!!

But for the newness (old newness, the dress is three years old, I just haven’t worn it in a long time cuz I haven’t had the ironing board AND the dress out at the same time in For. Ever.) of it…still a little dull. Amiright?? I tried to break out some jewelry – I don’t wear jewelry much in summer cuz HOT – but I was intent on jazzing things up a bit. Couldn’t find much jewelry. It’s quite possibly still in some sort of packing container from my trip to California. In February. Corona-lockdown happened just about a month after that, and I certainly wasn’t jewelrying during work from home, and then it was hot. So yeah. Will check my suitcase.

But I did find these earrings. You may remember they were a Christmas present to myself last year…and the very first time I wore them, the loose latch came undone on one and fell off. Somewhere. And I ended up buying an additional solo earring. But again, C-Lockdown…I haven’t touched them all this time. They’ve been in the little velvetty bag they came in, in a drawer. And they’re tarnished! I haven’t tried cleaning them, I had to get the shoot done…but man! This apartment is Really Damp, is that why? I thought one of this brand’s claim to fame was their non-tarnishing gold. I’ll ask Google what to do and let you know next week how I make out.

While I’m rambling can I just tell you that I’m in a pretty dark place right now. I feel like most facets of my life are Not Going Well (to say the least), and some are (far) more disturbing slash anxiety-provoking than others. It’s seeping in everywhere and…it’s not good. And not every situation can just be changed. Sometimes, as bad as a situation is, it’s still the best option at the time and you just gotta live through it.

So I might take a little time off from the blog towards the end of August. That’s hard for me, because I so enjoy doing the blog…but it’s one of the few things I have real ownership of and can let go of for a bit…so I can spend some time reading and relaxing and maybe even sitting on the beach. So if I go MIA in the next couple weeks, no worries, I’m just getting a little R&R.

What I’m Wearing

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