Soccer Mom!

I walked downt he stairs and my husband said "you look like your office mate."

He has never met my office mate. It is purely from my descriptions. My husband is a tee shirts and jeans kind of guy, but my fashion consultant. I keep my shoes in a rack in the kitchen pantry (the bedroom closet is just too full of out of season shoes! I keep the in-season shoes near the door!) and before I go out I do a shoe fashion show for him. He always picks the best option.

So when he said I looked like my office mate, I knew I probably looked like a soccer mom. my office mate is younger than I, single and childless. Cute girl, curte figure, but has a very specific style. Wears a lot of knit tops or lightweight easy-care sweaters, a tank or camisole underneath and chino bootcut pants. Shades of cream, blush pink, sage green, white and khaki.

Today I am wearing my orange tissue weight cotton sweater from J. Crew that I wore in Monterey. I have a nude bra that is invisible under this sweater, but it was worn to a concert on Saturday and still smells of cigarettes and stale beer. Every other bra shows. So I slipped a white wifebeater (also from J. Crew) underneath.

I know, I know. I despise the look of camisoles under v-neck tops. It makes me think that adults are ashamed of their cleavage. It's what pre-teen girls do to wear the hip fashions while letting their mothers feel secure about having their babies leave the house. When I worked for Express I used to sell a tank with every v-neck tee to any girl under 16. When I see adult women following suit, I find it ridiculous. Pre-teens are deciding the fashion trends for their mothers, who dictated this fashion trend in the first place.... I think it's weird how my office mate has pictures of herself in tube tops with her boyfriend. She has two tattoos that I know of, yet she wears often two separate tanks or camisoles under each shirt.

Anyway, back to that's important - my outfit! With this I wore my olive sateen chinos from Ann Taylor that I got for a steal. Silver hoops, silver cuff. Dark brown/bronze shadow brushed on very lightly, black liner, black mascara and some bronzer. On the lips is a balm I got from Origins that has a bronze tint to it.

So the outfit is far more casual than what I usually wear to work, but today they were giving us a free CPR lesson. I decided to stay int he comfort zone and slipped on a pair of New Balances I got at the the REI sale - they're a light blue with orange accents. Picks up the sweater.

So I was a soccer mom, a replica of my office mate though in brights. Aw screw it, I was fine crawling on the floor around Resussa Annie. Don't figure I will be wearing this outfit again any time soon... not until i have a station wagon!