(and while you're there, find a link to her nerdy baby line on etsy. seriously so awesome.)
...which was totally funny to me especially because I'm all about entering this:
http://macysmakeover.com/enter.html
because I so need it and I'm thinking maybe I could work the sympathy angle. What do you think? On the day I saw the signs about it I had just stopped for a quick 2nd look at couches I'm lusting after (the Ava loveseat on the left there, in "granite" and on extra sale next weekend).
Here is a photo I took of myself right then, in Macy's, and looking my B-E-S-T in:
*a $4.97 Old Navy special green shirt I wore for the second day in a row. After "sleeping" in it (I was on my way home from a 2 am-10 am stay in the ER. Not a lot of sleep).*rolled-up cotton pants. One of my few pre-baby pants that still fit--because they're BBB (button below-belly. And, yes, I just made that up). One of the buttons at the bottom has torn through the cloth because I always catch my big toe on the roll-'em-up loop while I'm scrambling around.
*3-year-old Crocs
*no bra (getting R to nurse in the ER is complicated and I needed everything in my favor)
*no shower
*a pretty jade bracelet made by my seriously talented sister-in-law, Renae. The day before was Sunday, I'd finally (okay, partially) unpacked my jewelry, and thought I'd keep it on to entertain Reuben (the sparkle enchanted).
*the ubiquitous clipped-up bun. Total mom hair.
It says a lot about the pace of my weird life that I thought nothing of shopping on the way home from the ER. Hey, Macy's is an hour away from home. I can't just run there on a whim.
I'm afraid it says a lot about my hot-mama self that I was thinking this was a pretty good outfit: no knits! nothing from my husband's shelf!
And on days I shower and comb? Oh, look: more mom hair!
7 comments:
I think I have had "Mom hair" for the past 28 years. And don't tell anyone, but I still cut my hair with the Flo-bee I bought about that long ago.
Totally work the sympathy angle with the Macy's thing! If anyone deserves a break, it's you.
Mom hair is a staple at my house, especially in the summer.
I personally love the outfit, comfy and relaxed (and wish I could go without the bra)
i say go for it :)
and I love the family picture. Marian's hair is gotting long!
and Audrey in a great pose (I loved on the hike when she kept making Paul take pictures of her- he loved it too).
How do you avoid "mom hair"? I absolutely think you should work the sympathy angle. You deserve something fun from all this!
The family photo is great.
I would work the angle too. You deserve it. Mom hair, well I have had that for my whole life I believe. HEHE
Hey, don't knock that look. I think you do look fabulous. I think I was pretty much wearing the same thing yesterday- and I didn't visit the ER. The only thing I added was a baby in a wrap strapped to me because she is teething and I had to vaccuum- this made me sweaty.
what an adorable family.
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