take a turn with me, Miss Dashwood.
in Thoughts and Feelings
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Today I just might have been right in the middle of a scene out of Sense and Sensibility. I say this because a gentlemanly sort of man offered me his arm while we were right about to cross the street in Manhattan.
It actually took me by surprise. He was a young handsome guy, wearing a nice coat and the kind of hat that Christian Bale might have worn in Newsies. Not a bad choice, really. He pointedly looked at me and then offered me the crook of his elbow.
“Oh, no thank you,” I said, smiling.
“Girl, you hurt my feelings,” he replied.
Now, I didn’t want to hurt his feelings, but, come on. If that is the worst thing that happens to him, then he is doing just fine.
“I don’t get rejected often,” he went on.”And I don’t offer often, either.” he finished, still looking at me.
By now we had started crossing the street, so while we were walking together, I told him that I just didn’t want to walk arm in arm with him.
And then he complimented me, told me that he would like to walk arm in arm with me, and I thanked him and went on my way.
“Why wouldn’t you walk arm in arm with a cute guy, Jess?!” Jenna asked incredulously, after I related what happened to her. “That’s just not really my style, I guess,” I said weakly.
But maybe it should be.
The crazy thing is that I totally can walk arm in arm with a guy in a Newsies hat in New York City. Like, technically, there’s nothing wrong with it.
Except for the whole stranger danger part.
And the fact that physical proximity with someone you don’t know is kind of awkward.
But still, I give the guy props for being pretty proper about the whole thing.
fashion.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as blog, brother jason, buds, Christian Bale, clothing, crazy outfits, day, fashion, foot, foot apparel, labor day, newsies, oliver, oliver twist, reflection, skin, skin tone, sneakers, tee, way
Okay, so yesterday I was getting ready for church. I pulled out a turquoise dress to wear over a cream colored little tee with faded branches and cherry buds throughout. I also wore my oliver twist boots that have replaced my favorite sneakers (until I find them, for find them, I will) as my most often worn foot apparel.
And then I put on some earrings.
But suddenly, I just got this feeling–and I think I might have even said it out loud while I looked at my reflection. “Too much,” I proclaimed before removing the earrings and going on my way.
However, the dress and boots and shirt were not too much, not at all. And it’s funny, I get people telling me–just yesterday, in fact–that I wear “crazy outfits” that they could just “never wear.” I don’t quite know how to take that, but I say thank you anyway because I am generally happy with what I am wearing; I picked it out, after all.
And just now I read in a blog that it is “time to say good-bye to your white clothing.” And I was like, hmmmm, nope. Truth be told, I don’t have a lot of white clothing anyway, but if I feel like wearing white, then I will wear white. After Labor Day and all.
But it’s funny, these rules that I have:
(and I’m gonna throw in some bullets here, since Lindsay and I were discussing how that is one sure fire way to keep my brother Jason interested.)
- don’t ever wear two different pieces of the same color.
- don’t ever wear white jeans (before or after labor day, doesn’t matter for me).
- do mix and match colors and textures and patterns.
- do pair dresses with sneakers.
- do wear the kinds of boots that make you look like you should be starring in the movie Newsies right alongside Christian Bale.
- and apparently, sometimes earrings are just “too much.”
- and wait, one more–I don’t really believe in not being able to wear a certain color because of skin tone or whatever. Perhaps this is because I never have found out what kind of skin tone I have, but I think that if you like it, then wear it.
So, these are my rules that I could think of. It’s not like they are unbending or anything, or even consciously put into effect; but thinking about it, those are my basic guidelines. And I was wondering, do you have any rules? Or do you not even think about it at all? I think our idiosyncrasies are part of what make life interesting, so please, feel free to share.
Oh, and fashion aside, Shane shared one of our songs that we recently recorded on his blog. So go on and listen to it!
jo march and me.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Thoughts and Feelings
as Christian Bale, Friedrich, hair, home, ink stains, jrr tolkien, life, lovely girls, March, proper spelling, purple shadows, Santa Fe, something
Today I wore my hair in two braids. Okay, so I could honestly say that sentence every day since Wednesday of this week. It’s just that I’ve not been able to braid my hair for so long now, that it was quite exciting once I realized I’ve achieved braiding length. Exciting enough to last five [...]
