"If You Keep Something Long Enough..."

My mom use to tell me that if you kept something long enough it would be back in style.  I hoped she wasn't right, but like most things, she was.  But there are some things you hope you only have to live through once--like the 70s. Mom was right, though, and I had that proved to me again last weekend.

The Girl did some thrift store shopping with one of her roommates.  They were looking for "sister missionary" appropriate skirts.  The Girl came home over spring break with a black and cream rayon skirt with a small graphic design, and a pale purple pleated one that I swear might have been my grandmother's.

Both skirts needed new elastic.  She needed some guidance to get that replacement done.   And I did but only because she asked me to help her.

Purple polyester double-knit.  With an elastic waistband.  Could there be anything that screams "GRANDMA" louder or faster to the passer-by?!  I don't think so, unless that pleated purple polyester skirt also happens to come with a matching suit coat.  This one apparently did but The Girl didn't pick that up too. Lucky for me.

Can you see the texture of this fabric?!?  You can probably even imagine the feel of it.  Anyone who lived through the 70s can.  I told The Girl that if their dorm ever had a 70s Night party, this would be perfect to wear, as it is VINTAGE!

Maybe I should just be pleased that The Girl has so little concern for "fashion" as it were.  She is happy with something that fits and is modest--in design and cost.  Maybe with all the bargain shopping she has seen me do over her lifetime, I have created a monster!

New Favorite Outfit

Today I wore a new outfit for my PTA meeting.  And I felt a little guilty about it.  It is so comfortable, it is like wearing pajamas. 

I know this photo is not the easiest to see, but the pants are chocolate brown and made of jersey knit...feels like PJs.  They might as well be yoga pants.  Love them!

The shirt is cotton, long, crinkly and plaid.  It covers all the jiggly bits I have and still doesn't make me feel like I'm wearing an Omar-the-Tent-Maker original. This look completely breaks my normal "uniform" outfit which is typically solid color t-shirt of some sort and sleeve length and a pair of jeans.

It is nice to shake things up once in a while.  Even better when I find those things on the clearance racks!