Outfits Of The Yesterdays (Trastevere, Leopard, Stripes, and Shady Love)

 

 

 

And last but not least, I had to watch my nephew play b-ball on Saturday (+ run errands) so I decided to give props to those burly referees by wearing a striped blouse. It is entertaining, by the way, how I married into an extremely sports-centric family. I am personally about as non-athletic as it gets. In fact, unless the Olympic Committee ever gets around to answering my letters requesting that things like  “Dancing To The Scissor Sisters While Vacuuming” or “Gracefully Getting Hit In The Back Of The Head With A Flying Ball Whenever I Walk Across A Gymnasium” or “Bug Punching Those Stupid Bugs In The Summer” be made into bona fide Olympic activities, I will never have a competitive bone in my body. (It is harder than it looks, okay? Coordination! And being short. I’m talking about the flying balls.) Anyway. The Polly Popover from J Crew was the only thing from the spring new arrivals that I felt would really make a good fit in my closet; sometimes those polka-dots, floral prints, and leopard spots get a ‘tude and need some non-fussy stripes to straighten them back out, you know?

 

This popover runs huuuuge, though. I have been wearing a 2 petite in blouses lately at J Crew; this is a regular size 0. I could probably have sized down to a 00, but…sometimes I’m lazy. I like it! It works: