There was some miscommunication at my school as to whether or not advisors of ninth grade students were supposed to attend an event for parents tonight. I am an advisor of ninth-graders, so I was planning to stay after work for many hours and dazzle my advisees' parents with both my sartorial splendor and my mad contacts-wearing skillz. However, in the end, we were discouraged from attending, so I wrote my advisees' parents a polite e-mail and left work at the normal time (4 PM). Still wearing my fancy new dress and my contacts. So I ended up just dazzling my own students, my husband, and my cat:
Muddy dress: Liz Lange for Target
Red wedges: CL by Laundry, by way of DSW, remixed
This dress is the other maternity item I bought at Target on Saturday, apart from yesterday's bright red shirt. I'm not enamored of that taupe, grey-brown color (grown?), but I do like that it's a blank slate for bright red shoes and a bright red pendant. I think it'll come in handy for all sorts of weather, too. I do have some gripes with it: the hem is uneven and I consider it a tad short for a maternity garment (bending over was pretty dicey today). That said, for under $30, I'm a happy camper.
And you know what? It felt good to dress up today, even if the event for which I fancied up didn't end up happening. I've been feeling a little bit blah recently - my hair is growing out and it's awkward and my skin is going out of control as I've severely limited my usual acne-fighting arsenal since becoming pregnant - most of all, I just feel as if I've lost control over a lot of my body. So it was nice to dress up and feel pretty.
And if that's not a good reason - if not the best - to dress up, for one's own damn self, I don't know what is.
Muddy dress: Liz Lange for Target
Red wedges: CL by Laundry, by way of DSW, remixed