As you all know, I have an obsession with interest in the weather and all things apocalyptic. The snowstorm that is now raging towards us like a spider monkey on crack is not, I repeat is not the snowpocalypse. But you would think it was with the way people are behaving. I mean seriously, do we really believe the end of days is going to start with a snowstorm in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Um, no. I watched the news Friday night with amusement while they interviewed people in various stores stocking up on water, milk, bread and whatnot. I did not laugh when I arrived at Walmart for the weekly Saturday morning grocery run and had to park five miles away and take a shuttle back to the store. Okay, it wasn’t that bad, but still. There were aisles inside that I could not even go down with my shopping cart. One of them was the shampoo aisle….think about that for a moment. If the world really was ending, is it necessary for one’s survival to stock up on L’Oreal products?
After mumbling a plethora of cuss words under my breath and developing a stress knot in my neck, I finally got in line to check out; although line doesn’t do it justice. The gentleman in front of me took it upon himself to strike up a conversation with me using this as an opening line, “You really don’t have enough food in your cart. It should be heaping.” My response was, “Well, I’m pretty sure that even if we get the 11″ they’re predicting, the roads will be cleared and you’ll be able to leave your house by Tuesday. So I really don’t see the need to buy a bunch of extra food.” He gave me a smirk and in a patronizing tone of voice said, “Uh, ya. We’ll see about that.” Are you kidding me?! Did these people all just move to this area? There has never been a time in my life span that we were snowed in for months or even weeks for that matter. Should we stay off the roads Sunday and Monday? Yes. Will school be delayed or cancelled Monday. Yes. Do we need to squirrel away enough food and survival supplies in our basements to last until June? No. Craziness I tell ya.
I’ve been on somewhat of a hoodie kick lately for reasons I cannot explain. Recently I’ve been subbing them for cardigans and blazers for work. I realize that you can’t do that in a stricter business environment, but if you work somewhere with less restrictive rules I suggest you give it a try for a little somethin’ different. I decided this floral hoodie would give just enough print mixing interest to the striped maxi skirt and guess what? It did. I could have thrown a graphic tee under it to give it a bigger kick, but the need for warmth won out over the need to be the uber cool girl so I went with the black turtleneck. The long layered necklaces with the sparkly necklace added a little something more over the plain black. I used to have this weird aversion to wearing necklaces with turtlenecks, but now I’m really diggin’ it. I think the key is the length of the necklace; too short would be a bad thing, but longer works well.
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Hoodie: Walmart (In-store purchase); Skirt: JCPenney (Old); Turtleneck: Old Navy
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