Everybody, Everywear: Mixed prints

I wear this outfit a lot. I mean, why not? Shorts = good. V-neck = good. Crazy mixed patterns = good. I might have even worn this last Tuesday, which wouldn't be a big deal except that Kev and I went to the same ice cream shop that we went to last Tuesday... which means the ice cream people are going to think that 1) I'm obsessed with ice cream, and 2) I don't change my clothes.

For this month's Everybody, Everywear challenge I wish I had taken some time to put together a new crazy mixed pattern outfit, but I didn't feel like it. Aspen and I spent the afternoon in the kiddie pool and I needed to change quickly so I could fill her tummy with watermelon afterward.



So we'll settle for stripes and plaids and call it good.

How great would this look under a cardigan?

via Madewell

You gotta do what you gotta do.

I just devoured Girl in Translation yesterday. I mean that literally. I picked it up from the library around 2, and by midnight I'd finished it. I read while Aspen napped, and then got really serious after she went to bed.

Jean Kwok used a lot of her own life experiences to write this novel, and I'm just amazed at what immigrants go through in order to make a life for themselves in America. Although I sometimes daydream about up and leaving my city, I never think about relocating to a new country where everything is foreign to me.

An element of the book I liked a lot was the use of Chinese phrases- like, the literal translations of what would have been said between Kimberly and her family/friends/coworkers. It's so hilarious how things come across the cultural barrier.

For easy summer reading, definitely read this book.

Everybody, Everywear: Yellow

It rained in the morning, making these strappy flats the perfect shoe for running errands. But when the sun came out and warmed things up, I was dying. I needed me some flip flops!

Aaaaand after dinner Aspen burped and then puked on me (she was REALLY full) so I changed my shirt... Needless to say, this is the only proof you'll have that I wore yellow today for Everybody, Everywear's challenge.

How'd you do?

A mere coincidence

Today is, in fact, the day to wear yellow for Everybody, Everywear. I am not, however, wearing these shoes for my pop of color.



Why is that? Well, because this pair of shoes, dubbed "Picnic Ready" by Shabby Apple, is NINETY-EIGHT DOLLARS. I don't spend that kind of money on shoes. Or even clothes. Or anything, really.

Despite the price, I do love them.