My Week in Looks

A few silly stories, a few outfits, and a few updates.

Greetings! I’m not feeling very inspired lately, but I don’t necessarily want to skip two weeks over here. So, I’ve got Gilmore Girls on in the background (it’s half annoying, half nostalgic), and I’m going to do a little life recap using some of my recent outfits as visual benchmarks.

It’s not fall, but it’s supposed to be!!! So, I wore this jean jacket as a shirt and went out…I can’t remember where. But hey, this was day four of my new bangs, I know that for sure. I went to get my hair cut at this place in Alexandria, and my hairdresser didn’t want to see a reference photo, and she told me my hair was weird and that it wouldn’t do well with layers, so she refused to cut layers even though that’s what I wanted. Anyway, she cut my bangs, turned around to look in the mirror, and laughed. So. I was feeling really confident.

My friend Sarah fixed the bangs two days later, and I’m forever indebted to her.

I went through, like, fifteen outfits before settling on this for a little picnic with my friends for my birthday. I was going to do a Canadian tuxedo look with jean shorts and a jean jacket, but I wasn’t sure if we’d be sitting at a table or on the ground. If ground, I wanted to be more comfortable, so I picked this dress instead. Me and four of my friends had the picnic at a winery in Virginia, and it was there that I saw a bumper sticker that said, “Napa is for car parts, Virginia is for wine” and I was forced to make this meme:

Anyway, I don’t know anything about wine.

On my birthday (September 22—and I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING: yes, that is also Bilbo AND Frodo Baggins’ birthdays), my husband Jake took me shopping. I have a few holes in my closet currently, including pants that I love. We decided to stop by Anthropologie, a place I’ve kind of avoided lately because their mirrors are deceptive and I almost always hate the item of clothing when I come back home and look at it in my normal mirror. But what if my mirror is deceptive? This is why I have body dysmorphia. I digress. I did end up buying these pants, and so far I have not regretted them!

I also found this perfect black dress while birthday shopping. I’ve been feeling this weird nostalgia (hence Gilmore Girls) for life pre-Covid, and I’m not sure where it came from. Remember how we just commuted to work every day? Saw people in grad school classes? There was always somewhere to be, someone to see, something to do, and the busy-ness felt worthwhile? I’m probably remembering through rose-colored glasses, but I kind of miss not knowing what could happen if we disrupt the grind.

Back in grad school, I used to do my hair like this all the time. Two braids on top of my head. They’re called Heidi braids, I believe. This is the first time I’ve done it since, and I’m going to pretend it means something.

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10 Things on My Mind This Week

1. This article about men who like women vs. men who don’t like women. Trust me.

2. The mouse that has taken up residence under my kitchen sink periodically.

3. My sister moving to the Portland, Oregon area. Anyone have recommendations for her?

4. How nice the Just Ingredients protein powder is, flavor-wise and digestion-wise.

5. Demon Copperhead. I’ve just started it, so no spoilers.

6. The thought of quitting everything and finding a job where I work with my hands.

7. The fact that both my oven and my dishwasher decided to break at the same time.

8. How whoever styled Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls did Alexis Bledel a disservice.

9. These rosemary shortbread bars that are so easy and so good.

10. The fact that I got an essay published! It’s forthcoming in Potomac Review.

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I’ll be back next Sunday with something more substantial if the writing gods decide to speak to me. I hope your week is full of delightful nonsense!

Hugs,

Abi