TBMD

Today's outfit -- backpack and all, has been an appropriate reflection of my work life as of late. Long hours (for me), working on multiple projects, fixing production issues, etc. I've been quite the studious worker bee lately, if I do say so myself. I see light at the end of the tunnel though, so here's to getting through the remainder of this week relatively unscathed!

This has been my go-to weekend outfit for the last 8 consecutive weeks (no lie, DH can attest to this). It's perfect for all the times we go out to eat at restaurants where the grease just embeds into your pores. I'm looking at you, Vietnamese pho (edit: phodor!), Chinese beef stew, Korean soondubu -- all of which I love too much to give up, so instead fashion is sacrificed in the process. I used to wear a holey sweatshirt (literally multiple holes at almost every seam) and baggy jeans, so this sportier outfit is a slight upgrade. It's so easy to just toss every item into the wash and not have to think about dry cleaning.

After I mentioned long cardigans paired with dresses in the last post, I realized I haven't worn that combo myself in awhile. So to the back of my closet I went and out came today's outfit.

The last (and first) time I tied a bandana into a headband, I thought the resulting look was so much fun. I wish I could say practice makes perfect... but I think for this round, I spent more time only for the end result to be messier than I'd like.

I've been reaching for these girlfriend jeans every Friday for the last couple of months or so. That's consistent enough where they can now be called my "Friday uniform."

I gave myself 10 minutes max to do my hair this morning. If I couldn't figure out how to tie the bandana into a cute headband, I would resort to tying it around my wrist. Thank goodness it took me about three tries to part my hair just right, fluff it out, and knot the bandana. I think the final look turned out even better than I had imagined.

You know when you have too many clothes when:
   1) you don't even realize an item is "missing"
   2) your closet starts to overflow
   3) you start buying duplicates of something you already own

Luckily #2 and #3 haven't happened... yet?

#1 threw me for a loop recently. This scarf I'm wearing in today's post is one that I thought I reached for often... but apparently not because I looked everywhere before realizing it's in my "dry clean" pile. I'm embarrassed to admit that pile has grown to a small molehill since I haven't made a trip in months. No excuses here; it's pure laziness on my part. I think I just needed the push from the warmer weather recently.