A graphic tee, coral lace skirt and leopard skaters make a perfectly cute going out in the world outfit in my opinion. I’m just not super pumped about the photos though. I think it had more to do with my hormonally challenged mood than the outfit. I’m feeling tired and cranky and that showed up in the shots. So I guess what I’m saying is it’s more my attitude than the outfit that is the problem.
With that being said, even a good mood can’t fix a truly horrific get up. I don’t know if it’s because of the area I live in or if it’s prevalent everywhere, but it seems to me that more and more people (men and women alike) couldn’t give a crap about what they look like when they leave their homes. I’m not saying you have to be dressed up in your finest to run to the corner grocery store, but maybe at least throw on something that has been washed sometime during this millennium. Oh, and maybe run a brush across your teeth.
I was standing in line behind a girl in her 20’s at the mini mart the other day. She was wearing a dirty spaghetti strap leopard print sundress (bathing suit cover up?) with a formerly white, very dirty bra sticking a good two inches above the back of the dress with only one of the four hooks hooked. Yes. I could see the hooks above the dress. Um, wow. So I look away because I’m fighting the overwhelming urge to tell her I’m the new host of “What Not To Wear: Backwoods Edition” and then whisk her away to dress her appropriately. I turn my head and look directly at this dude who’s old enough to be my grandpa (yes, being a hot mess is ageless) wearing the most God-awful filthy white tee and sweatpants I’ve ever seen. It was one of those times I wished I hadn’t shrunk my “Why” tank top in the dryer because that’s all I could think…why?!
Please don’t anyone take this wrong and think that I am in some way ridiculing the less fortunate. I grew up poor….reaalllly poor….and I never ever left the house in anything but clean clothes that looked presentable. I just don’t get it; is it a self-esteem thing, is it general apathy, or is there some hot mess virus that some of us are immune to?
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