Party Skirt

Day 2.

Not gonna lie. I felt a little overdressed for the grocery store this morning. I love all the pieces of this outfit and was a little surprised when I realized I’d never worn them all together. Which I guess is one of the things this 30 for 30 thing is good for. Breaking out of ensemble ruts or whatever.

I’d planned on taking photos in the yard this morning while Amelia napped but then I remembered we got irrigation last night and the yard would be a muddy mess. Oh well.

True story: the first time I encountered residential flood irrigation, I thought some poor guy’s pipes had burst and flooded his yard. Then David told me what was actually going on. And then I felt dumb. But then I thought for a minute and said, man, people must have a ton of mosquitoes around here because of the irrigation. And David said, not really. But he was wrong. Because I’m pretty sure we have heaps more mosquitoes than people who don’t get irrigation.

All of which is to say that there has been one GIANT mosquito buzzing around the house for a couple days and I haven’t for the life of me been able to squash it and it’s driving me INSANE.

By the way, this skirt is too big for me. I make it fit by pinning it with this beauty. I don’t think we have a single safety pin in this house, but we’ve got a lovely collection of assorted military and political pins. And by “we” I mean David, on account of the only pins I own are from The Brobecks and Smokey the Bear. Maybe tomorrow I’ll remind people to prevent forest fires. Today, though, the communists are getting free advertising on my left hip. You’re welcome comrades.

cardigan: Target / tank: Target / skirt: Banana Republic / shoes: Payless