I have nothing to wear. My closet is full but I hate all of my clothes. My roots are taking over my life. My nail polish is chipped and my feet are screaming out for a pedicure. I desperately need a girly day.
See, here's the thing--I have so many clothes. I have shirts, skirts, jeans, dresses, sweaters, jackets--you name it, I've got it. The problem is that most of it stopped being even remotely in style about 3 years ago. I had just enough cute clothes to keep me clothed and stylish if I were wearing a uniform 5 times a week, but the problem is that now I'm not wearing a uniform 5 times a week. And the clothes that I do have and feel comfortable wearing in 2007 are either going out clothes or work clothes--not at all appropriate for a trip to Wal-Mart or a soccer game. So, I've been wearing the same 5 shirts over and over again. What I really need to do is just go through my closet and part with the clothes I haven't worn in the past 36 months. But, I have this irrational fear that the second those clothes are out of my closet, I'll have a desperate urge to wear that lime green scoop neck baby tee or the navy blue American Eagle Summer Camp t-shirt that doesn't quite cover my stomach. I just need Clinton and Stacy to break down my door and storm my closet with a trash can and witty, biting comments.
And then there's my hair, my poor, poor "blonde" hair. My roots have reached ThreatCon: Brown, but I'm still in search of a great yet not mind blowingly expensive salon. So, you know, if any of you locals out there have a recommendation, my follicles and I are all ears! Well, my hair is not actually all ears, it is in fact hair, but I'm listening, and my little hairs have to follow me where ever I tell them we're going.
In happy news, I finally joined the 21st century and bought an Ipod. I've had a SanDisk mp3 player for a while now, and it's the only thing that makes running bearable. However, I recently discovered that all of the music I bought through iTunes won't transfer on to the player I had, and since I've been looking for an excuse to upgrade to something smaller and easier to use, I took the opportunity and found a refurbished Ipod Shuffle for about $40. It arrived today and I'm absolutely in love with how tiny and insanely simple it is to use. I'm a little sad that it's silver instead of hot pink, or even any other more interesting color, but I decided it wasn't worth $30 to buy the new Ipod just so it would be the right color. Colby has inherited my old SanDisk, so now we can run together and completely ignore each other to our hearts content! My shuffle is charging up right now, and hopefully some time this afternoon I'll try it out on a little dash around the block.
We've also finally been experiencing the beautiful Seattle weather that no one ever talks about. See, everyone equates Seattle with rain, which, yes, okay, that's true. But what they don't realize is that when it's not raining, the weather is absolutely perfect. The sun shines, the temperature tends to stay between the upper 60s and 80s, all of the plants and trees are lush and gorgeous--it really is miraculous for this southern girl who's used to temperatures in the 90s and 100s and 100% humidity 8 months out of the year! Of course, that fabulous weather only held out through yesterday evening, when Ellie and I went to watch Colby's squadron in a soccer game. The minute we left the house for the game, the drizzle started and by the time the game had started it was full on raining. Us girls were a little miserable, but our team won the game and remain undefeated for the season. So, as proof of the gorgeous weather we've been having, here are a few pictures of our Saturday at the park.
Ellie is our cuddler--if there is a lap accessible, she'll be in it.
Jack likes to pretend he's independent. Until we put him outside to play by himself and he spends the entire time crying with his face smashed against the window.
Running Time!
And then they pass out. Unfortunately for you, I can't figure out how to upload video, because now you can't see Ellie and Colby rolling down a hill together or hear my horrific Britney Spears sounding voice. What a shame!
You know, all you have to do is upload the video to photobucket like you would a picture. It's really not that hard and I really want to see the videos :) Otherwise, cute pics, you have one lovely family!
Posted by: Caro | May 01, 2007 at 10:14 PM
it's a good thing you moved here in april and not november! :)) you still have lots of good weather to experience before the winter.
i'm glad you are out enjoying the sunshine, we have been too, it's incredible!
i wish i had a hairdresser suggestion for you but i live too far away from you to recommend mine who's right here in west seattle. sorry.
hugs
Posted by: anne | May 01, 2007 at 11:27 PM
Haha, Caro beat me to it.
I feel your pain on the clothes bit... still cleaning out my guest room and closets. Slowly, but surely, progress will be made!
Posted by: Mandy | May 02, 2007 at 02:45 AM
OMG! Britney Spears sounding voice? I'm laughing because I have one too. I will never in a gazillion billion trillion years post my voice online. Nevah! ;)
Posted by: shopper | May 02, 2007 at 03:37 AM
Totally know what you mean about the clothes. I spent all of my $ on work clothes and have been lounging around in sweats or one of my 3 pairs of jeans, all of which have paint on them from one house or another--and all my shirts are from college too. Also? I have no white socks thus refuse to wear anything that will reveal my black socks (OMG, the black sock of death, yuck). I'm a picky sock wearer and just haven't gotten around to getting white ones.
I agree w/Caro, your family is cute! Seattle looks beautiful.
Posted by: Katie Ann | May 02, 2007 at 05:16 AM
Love the pictures--no advice on the wardrobe. Clinton and Stacy would kick my ass!
Posted by: sophie | May 02, 2007 at 07:35 AM
It's so nice to be old enough to wear what you want to wear even if it has been hanging in the closet for years -- and to have not just roots but silver "sparkles" throughout your otherwise lovely mane!!!! You see, there are advantages to being over the hill -- you just glide after that and hold on tight! Love the pics and can't wait to see you in person!
Posted by: Incubator | May 02, 2007 at 03:45 PM
Puppies! I've always thought I'd like to live in Seattle. I don't mind the rain and the you're right, the non-rain weather does sound perfect.
And yes, we want video.
Posted by: Fraulein N | May 03, 2007 at 11:51 PM
MY closet is full and I hate all MY clothes! Next time I have some free time (hopefully sometime before 2010), I'm throwing away ANYthing that isn't absolutely adorable. Or necessary.
Sorry about the roots and chipped nails. Treat yourself to a girlie day! :)
Love the pictures of your pups and the park. Ah, the good life.....
Posted by: Anonymous G | May 04, 2007 at 06:33 AM
Word on the closet. Mine is stuffed. Stuffed with stuff that is no younger than 5 years old. And possibly more like 20 years old. But it fits! And it's not falling apart! Therefore I can't bear to get rid of it.
Part of the problem is that the things I love, I hate to wear. Because I want to SAVE THEM for when I need to look especially cute. Which is never, so I go around every day in the same sweater with a hole in it and a closet full of cute things.
I finally have decided I deserve to look especially cute even if I'm just going to Wal-Mart. And there's no need to save them, because by the time they would truly wear out, they'd be out of fashion anyway.
So, if ever I'm wearing an outfit and for an INSTANT feel like it's not flattering or comfortable (hello, low-rise jeans, have you met my crack?), out it goes, no looking back. It's helping a lot. Life's too short to look frumpy.
I had the opposite roots problem for a while. Dyed my hair black, and when my mousy-brown roots started coming in it looked like I was going bald. My only solution was repeated applications of temporary color until the real me had grown long enough for a haircut. That and I had two-tone hair for a year. Hott.
Or you could get a sweet wig.
Posted by: TasterSpoon | May 15, 2007 at 01:43 AM
Here's my hair advice- I've never had a stylist at Regis that did a bad job. You *know* how fussy I am about my hair, so that's saying something. They also specialize in hair coloring.
My problem is that I always get the yacky ones. Take your mp3 player and plug it in your ears and maybe they'll leave you alone, eh?
Regis is very reasonable and again, always good.
Let me know who you find. If you find a non-yacky one, I might be interested! :)
Posted by: RisibleGirl | May 24, 2007 at 02:13 AM