You guys know by now (well, those of you who’ve been around awhile) that I often make up words; both for my own amusement and to describe something that just doesn’t have a suitable descriptor in the English vernacular. My latest? Instasniper. What’s an Instasniper you might ask?
An Instasniper is a perplexing creature that I’ve recently encountered on my Instagram feed. It’s someone who doesn’t follow you, but randomly decides to spew negativity on your feed. I’ve been blogging now for over two years and been on Instagram for a year and a half and have been fortunate in that I’ve not received any nasty comments. I have received a few super skeevy comments, but that’s a story for another day…
Last week on two different posts, two different individuals left decidedly negative comments. Did it bother me on a personal level? I can tell you quite honestly, no it didn’t. I recently eliminated a couple of people from my life permanently due to their unfounded negative opinions about me, and they were blood relatives for crying out loud. Fortunately for me, I’ve been on this earth too long and experienced too much cruelty in my world to really give two craps about what people think of me. If you love me, great, I’ll love ya right back. If you don’t? That’s cool, feel free to move along. So two random strangers certainly hold no weight in regard to how I feel about myself.
What did bother me? The blatant rudeness. Rudeness is one of my hugest pet peeves and I really don’t get why someone would even bother to waste their own time commenting on something they didn’t like when they don’t even follow me. That means they encountered my post in some random hashtag feed they were perusing, and chose to lose minutes of their life to stop on my photo and publicly out themselves as a mean-spirited person. If I see an outfit I don’t particularly care for, um, I just don’t comment. Why waste the time? Time wasting aside, the better question is why be mean? If someone is digging the outfit they put together that day enough to post it, then good for them. Who am I to make them feel less because of their choices? And like I said in my reply to one of them, “The beauty of fashion is everyone has a unique style and unique tastes…that’s what makes it fun. There are a lot of things I don’t get either, but I can still appreciate them for the expressions of individuality that they are.” Ironically, the woman who left the comment deleted it after that reply. Hey, if you can’t take the heat baby, stay away from the fire.
So, are you loving this white vest? I know that I am. Last year I bought a similar black vest at Target and didn’t order the white one. After obsessing over the white vest for a week or so, I went back online to order it and it was sold out. Don’t you hate when that happens? Fortunately for me, they had a similar one this summer so I snapped it up pronto. And yes, I refer to it as a vest not a sleeveless blazer. Why? Because to me the definition of a sleeveless blazer would be, well, a vest. The booties are of course the second pair from the best sale score ever. While I do really like the subtlety of this outfit, looking at the pictures I’m thinking it needs something more if I wear it again. A leopard print belt perhaps? I was going to wear a belt, but I figured the drapiness of the top would hide it. In hindsight, I should have tucked the top a bit more and added the belt. Live and learn my friends.
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Vest: Target; Booties: JCPenney (Similar); Tank Top: Sears (Available in gray)
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