Fashion woes

Realistically how many days of work do you need to go through before you repeat an outfit?  I’m almost at my one month work anniversary.  I admit I wore one dress twice.  I’ve worn some other items twice but never in the same combo but now I think I have to start repeating.  What will help immensely is Friday is jean day.  Since wearing jeans in Florida is like an “are you effing kidding me” option (it’s way too hot now) it does open up dress down options such as capris and that opens up a lot of Friday options for me.  But Friday is also supposed to be green day.  Green is Stetson’s color, so we’re supposed to wear green, sort of like a hunter green, on Fridays. (Print: Pantone 363 Web: #3D8E33)  I don’t own any green.  Not that dark green color anyway.  I did!  I had this really perfect t-shirt style skirt with a green stripe that I used to pair with a green t-shirt except the skirt made it into the giveaway pile last Fall.  Since it’s almost graduation and the students will be gone I think I’ll hold off investing in any green “spirit” wear until the fall when the students come back and football season starts.  What would be ideal would be to buy a new outfit every payday to add to the rotation.  Tomorrow is payday.  I wonder if a new outfit will make the cut.

My list is getting smaller of required items. Some things I realize I just don’t need or want (like a microwave) but the other day I came home for lunch and thought I’d have a tuna salad lunch. All excited to try something other than PB&J I got the can down from the cupboard and…..no can opener.  HA!  I had one of those Pampered Chef can opener’s that I was sure to pack when I moved from the Baker household last year because I loved it so and well…it apparently didn’t make it into a “keep” box as I can’t find it.  It should have been in my “favorite things” box OR in my Kitchen Aid mixer box but nooo.. Although I’m still not convinced that it’s lost for good.  I have a feeling it’s here somewhere, but it kind of serves me right.  My old roommate didn’t realize I took the can opener and I remember him telling me last summer that he was in the middle of making dinner and went to open a can and there was no can opener.  In my defense (not that I need one) I really thought he had another one but anyway, here I am without a can opener, like can opener karma.  And that does not mean for anyone to send me one.  It’s just supposed to be a funny story about not being able to find things.

Speaking of people sending you things and buying things, my boss has us over for breakfast for staff meetings every Monday morning.  I mean really, how nice/cool is that?  Soo nice.  I’ll of course never be able to reciprocate (due to space constraints) but anyway, what a nice thing to do.  So I was there on Monday commenting on the fact that I loved the home delivery option (remember my love of the Purple Carrot deliveries?) and well anyway she gets Blue Apron and Hello Fresh which prompted the conversation.   Two days later?  I get a gift of a week’s worth of Blue Apron.  I thanked her profusely of course and she said “why not…you said you liked it.” – HA! I asked if she was Italian because Jimmy’s Nunni is like that.  If you walk into her house and say you like anything she’ll want to give it to you.  I learned to never compliment anything in her house.  You definitely can’t say you like something she has cooked because she won’t let you stop eating.  But then of course if you don’t say you like it she’ll think you hate it.  Ahhh, memories.  Well anyway, I’m looking forward to my Blue Apron delivery.  I may think about getting one a month.  We’ll see.  I’ll have to figure out my budget after my FIRST payday.  It’s very exciting.

And I’m not even eating cereal the day before payday. Tonight I’m having steak, baked potato and green beans from the farmer’s market.  Yea I know, I should just have had the steak and beans.  The potato is a little too much but it’ sooo good.

This weekend, in addition to getting my new can opener, I think I might work on that yard a little.  Nothing is growing there now.  I think there’s a reason for that.  I have a feeling nothing can grow there, but I’m gonna give it a try.  I’ll see what they have at the farmer’s market in the way of plants, in addition to my week’s worth of veggies.  Aren’t I just settling in so?

And that’s it for your mid-week pick me up. Life in Lynn’s head.  Hmmmm, is that the title of my next book?

xoxoxo