I can’t tell you how many times one of my kids or one of my students has whined, “It’s not fair!”…
THE STORY
…And my standard response is something along the lines of, “Life’s not fair. Get used to it.” Harsh? Maybe. Accurate? In most cases, definitely. Case in point; did you know if someone jacks your debit card information and makes an illegal purchase with your numbers their anonymity is protected and therefore you can’t press charges? Now I’m not talking about some super hacker in some far off land who hacks into gazillions of accounts. In that case pressing charges would be next to impossible. No, I’m talking about some dufus at a local business not five miles from your home who took your card out of your site to swipe it through the card reader and while he was at perhaps snapped a shot of your numbers on his phone. And then decides to use it to download games to his freakin’ Playstation. That’s what I’m talking about. Through process of elimination and some sleuthing my husband and I are 98% certain that’s what went down. But how do you prove that?
While talking to the woman in charge of fraudulent charges at our bank I asked her if when it’s all said and done, I would be able to know if that was indeed what had happened so that I could contact the local police. She told me that unfortunately, the law protects the thief’s rights and therefore I wouldn’t be allowed access to that information. Um, wait…what? His rights? What about our rights? And what about the nightmare of a mess I’ve had to go through closing the debit card and changing my information with everyone that I use that card to pay bills with? In other words, I had to go to the bank, fill out pages and pages of paperwork and prove the charge is fraudulent while Mr. Gameboy gets a free game with no repercussions. Nice.
THE OUTFIT
This suede moto jacket I recently received c/o Shein has got to be my hands down favorite piece from them so far. Okay…the lace trimmed sweater is running a tight second…but anyways, I do really love this jacket. It’s super lightweight so it works in place of a blazer now while the weather is cold, but it’s also the perfect weight for a cool evening once spring and summer roll back around. And can we talk about the color for a second? It’s a delicious shade of copper/rust that works so well with a plethora of other colors; not to mention it works pretty well with my hair color too. I normally go with a medium or large in jackets depending upon what I plan on wearing them with. I ordered this in a large and the fit was perfect. I paired it with boyfriend jeans because my skinnies have been gettin’ a lot of love lately and the boyfriends were getting jealous. Then I echoed the color of the jacket with the boots and floral print of the scarf to tie it all together.
THE TIP
If you want a monochrome look, but don’t want to go full on monochrome (let’s call it…monochrome lite) then simply add in touches of the primary color you want to use. What I did with this outfit is an example. The color of the jacket was the main color I wanted to feature so I added boots in a similar shade and the print in the scarf also has a rust/copper in it as well. The sweater, while not actually rust, is in the same color family. There you have it; monochrome lite.
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Jacket: c/o Shein; Jeans: GAP via Poshmark (Similar); Boots: Aldo (Similar); Sweater: Target (Similar)
Disclosure: Jacket provided c/o Shein. All opinions are absolutely 100% my own.
