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Florilegium

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I started this blog just over a year ago, mainly as a way to distract myself through the last gasps of winter.

Then in December I wore myself out getting a little too into Christmas.

Then I wore the same thing every day for four months. Thanks winter!

Then I plotted my return to Chameleon with lots of useful, interesting, and personal things, from “my love affair with my purple Docs” to “how I pack for hitting the gym before work” to “can anyone help me mash up This Old Heart of Mine and Back in My Arms Again?” to an obituary for my parents’ dog, Buddy, who died unexpectedly the first week in January. And other things, too.

Some of these things may still make it to the blog one of these days. But what I really wanted to share with you today is just this: when I was in elementary school I really, really, really wanted a brightly colored silk shirt. Some of my friends had them and I would always be creepy and annoying by asking repeatedly to touch their sleeves.

Anyway, now I have one:

  • Photo on 4-28-14 at 8.46 AMSilk floral button-down shirt, found at The GetUp Vintage, Ann Arbor, April 2014
  • Yellow V-neck pullover sweater, Orchid Lane, Ann Arbor, April 2014
  • Bootcut Sweetheart Jeans, Old Navy, January 2014
  • Purple Dr. Marten 1460 boots, Oxford, September 2013

And if anyone wants to pet my sleeve, I’ll totally let you.

Being a grown-up is awesome.

Fall Colors (or lack thereof)

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The great closet switchout means I suddenly find myself with a wardrobe of beige and gray instead of hot pink and turquoise:

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  • Brown 3/4-sleeve Mudd sweater, purchased at Goodwill in Denver, October 2013. I can’t really explain this. I love it and hate it at the same time. I tried it on, and thought, “This is drab, ill-fitting, and scratchy. I must have it.” And in the last few weeks, I’ve worn it A LOT. Who can explain? The heart wants what it wants.
  • Skirt from TheGetUp Vintage, Ann Arbor, purchased spring 2012. This old favorite standby has a lovely, trim high waist, and pockets, both of which are lost in this ensemble.
  • Born riding boots, Christmas gift, 2007.

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