Workday Wardrobe ~ August 24-28
MONDAY
Work from home day. Muggy. Lots of time spent on calls/zooms. Needed stress-free dressing. Those other dresses might look like nightgowns, but this dress feels like one. That was much appreciated today. And shoes that feel like slippers.
Daywear that comes as close as possible to sleepwear without actually being sleepwear, is totally my jam these days.
Dress: Junarose, old, 3x. It’s just a lightweight, drapey, woven rayon dress. And/or nightgown.
Shoes: Birkenstock Arizona soft-slide taupe suede sandals.
TUESDAY
Back in the office. The school is on break this week so it’s super quiet and I’m just catching up on some loose ends before vacation next week – yahoo!
I like this top, but it’s gotten a little too cleavagy to wear to work when program is open and people are around. I pulled it up for the picture, but it slips right back down as soon as I focus on something else.
And the shoes I do not recommend, ha ha. They’re pretty – a nice neutral blushy-nude-pink (why do all my colors have three names in them?), but while they’re basically comfortable on my foot, the edges are hard and press into my pinky toes and the back of my heel when I walk around. I really only wear them to work, knowing I won’t be doing a lot of walking.
Top: Democracy pink floral ruffly tunic, size 3x
Jeans: Old Navy Ankle Length Raw Hem Cropped, size 24 short
Shoes: Abella “True Comfort” (ha ha ha)
WEDNESDAY
I’m only wearing this ridiculous outfit (these pants. i can’t.) because a) I was off today and only put on clothes to go outside and water the plants…and cuz b) just yesterday I made plans to join a friend on a quick trip next week so I’m trying to save my “just washed at the laundromat last week” clothes for the trip and not wear them again before then, risking getting them dirty, requiring another trip to the laundromat!
Ahh, the life of a rentin’ girl.
Anyway. It’s too bad about these pants cuz they are pretty much a delight to wear, but out in public? Nope. Been there, done that, am still plagued by nightmares. I so struggle with the “wide-legged, soft pant.” Should they be longer? Should they be shorter? Should they be buried in the backyard? And I hate an elastic waist pull-on pant without a real drawstring. They always slip and droop down so I get baggy crotch. They’re pulled up here…but I had to KEEP pulling them up and I was barely moving around. They’re tencel, so wonderfully light and drapey, so it’s a shame about the fit.
The tee shirt worn untucked made the unfortunate proportion of the cropped length pants on my short legs even worse so…I had to take drastic measures and tuck it in. A half or front tuck is not my friend (that’s for a future post) and I even tried to invent “the reverse front tuck,” but I just Could Not Would Not share those pictures. But as full tucks go on me, this is not bad. The tee shirt is very thin and very drapey and loose, so it’s a good candidate for a tuck on a full-bellied plus size body.
And now that I’ve got clothes on I think I’ll drive through Baskin Robbins for something.
Pants: Comparable in plus and straight sizes.
Tee Shirt: H&M Viscose tee. They don’t have the polka dot anymore, but they always have at least a couple viscose tees in straight and plus sizes and they’re lovely.
THURSDAY
Back to work and it is HOT. Got the original Nightgown Dress on, with what looks like The Robe cardigan, so I’m all ready for relaxing. And yet…I’m at work. Very poor planning on someone’s part.
Dress: Old Navy Pintuck Tencel Swing Dress, size 3x. Old. Comparable here in straight size and here in plus and straight sizes.
Cardigan: Old Navy Palomino Lightweight Open Front Sweater, size 2x. Old. Comparable here in straight size and here in plus size.
Sneakers: Keds Champions Canvas
FRIDAY
I am officially…ON VACATION! Can’t you see my big I’M ON VACATION smile?? Anyway, met friends for dinner…sidewalk dining…that’s my personal favorite as I can people watch and eat at the same time WIN WIN.
Dress: Junarose, size 22. Old.
Sneakers: Keds Champions Canvas
And there you have the last week of work for the summer of 2020 (I was gonna write 2016, what is wrong with me).
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Catol Ahuja
Enjoy your vacation!
bettyewp
Thank you very much, Catol!
diane c
Very Nice Dress!! And the shoulder bag? What are its stats?
bettyewp
Oh shoot! I so rarely show a bag, it didn’t even occur to me to identify it. It’s actually a generic bag from the recent DSW sale. It’s a Kate & Alex (this is possibly a dsw brand) Cuffaro crossbody bag in taupe (also comes in black). I love the color, the strap length, and the little cell-phone-sized outer pocket. I THOUGHT I would love the 3-separate compartments (OH HOW ORGANIZED I WILL BE) but I can never remember which compartment things are in so I have to open all three like every time. I keep the same things in the same compartments…I’ve named the compartments (financial/health&beauty/other) and I still lose track of things. And it’s very easy when trying to put credit cards/lipstick/hand sanitizer back in a hurry, to drop them into the WRONG compartment and that’s the only time I can remember where the thing SHOULD be – when it’s somewhere else. But I have really enjoyed having a taupe bag in the summer as I wear so much pastel(ish) color in the warm weather.
Iris
And I was just going to say I love the wide leg pants. I’m sorry they’re not comfortable, that’s always so annoying.
Enjoy your vacation!
Grace & Peace,Iris
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bettyewp
Oh, I will! I had to get through today, which was a photo job, but NOW I have nothing but FUN FUN FUN ahead of me.
I do probably have a different interpretation of “fun” than most people. Like, I can’t wait to get BACK from my little trip so I can stay in bed ALL DAY on Wednesday if I want!
jodie filogomo
I’m with Iris…I like the wide leg pants…at least in these photos. Of course you know I would suggest a fix right?? Because if you really like them, and that’s the only issue, why not fix it?? (I’m thinking the waist needs to be taken in….try it just by taking in material with a safety pin and wear them to see if that works)…..or maybe a drawstring could be added (depends on the elastic casing).
My other favorite outfit is that floral top. (Why do all my favorites have to be the ones that you don’t like the fit, LOL). Do you want to hear how to fix that cleavage thing? Without wearing a cami? If not…stop reading. haha. But taking up the shoulders looks like something that could work with that top!!!
Have a FABULOUS time off work. You deserve it!!!
XOXO
Jodie
bettyewp
I’m JUUSSSTT about ready to try taking up the shoulders on a tank sleeve dress cuz that seems easiest. Remember the red and white dress with the smocked shoulders? I sent that back. It’s just beyond me and needed to be taken in everywhere. But I think a tank “sleeve” (which is really no sleeve at all) I might just be able to manage…cuz it’s not attached to anything else. For now, I’ve got a million safety pins holding the shoulders up for a shoot, ha ha. BUT I think it is too much for ME to try taking up the shoulders on the pink floral top. Please don’t say BUT IT’S EASY.
I don’t think taking the waist in on the wide leg pants would make me like them as that’s just ONE of their issues.