While I contemplated the reality of wearing The Green Shirt yesterday, I looked in the mirror and thought to myself, "hmmmm....I wish I had a vest to wear with this. That would look good."
A VEST! Flashback to 1990.
I can't decide if I am happy or mortified that I am old enough that fashions from my youth are making their comebacks. Please, stop me if I ever contemplate perming my bangs again.
Somehow I don't think that look will ever come back though. I don't think it ever really left......because it was never really "in." But, oh- how I loved my ear to ear spiraled bangs.
Really? Truly? This is in fashion? This is not a Halloween costume?
I have been in denial. I happened to be driving by a high school at 3:00 last Wednesday. Inevitably, I was stuck behind a line of teenage drivers, racing to be the first to the intersection- because we all know how cool we felt when we did the same thing 'back in the day.' Of course, just to be cool, I rolled down the windows and blared the local pop station. Cuz, you know, that's what all the cool kids do. When I was in high school, my hot rod *a hem* only had the AM station, (not to mention it smelled like dead mice, leaked in the rain and made it's own random decisions to suddenly die), so I finally had the chance to experience car coolness. I am sure that all of the teens passing me thought that I was AWESOME with the windows down, radio blasting, 3-year-old picking her nose in the window, baby crying and 4-year-old yelling for a treat. SWEEEEEETTTT. I love it that I finally got my "cool" moment.
I digress.
The first girl I saw walking down the sidewalk, I thought, (honestly), "Too bad, those jeans are the worst! She probably doesn't have any money to go shopping."
Then, I noticed more and more...... I really thought the skinny jean trend was only in New York and CA, but sure enough, it is alive and well in Idaho.
How in the world to the tapered jean suddenly become so fantastic? And, why in the world do they call it the "skinny jean" when it really doesn't make very many people look all that skinny?
My lovely SIL, who is the epitome of coolness, Marissa and I are very desperate for your opinions. I know there are a lot of you that read, but don't comment. We want to hear from you!
Do you think they look good? On real people- not just models. Are they the same tapered pants we all wore in the 80's, but have made a comeback without the aide of over sized t-shirts, tied on the side?
While we are at it, check out this link. Your jaw will drop when you read it, it is inevitable. You will even try not to be astonished, but you will be. I can't even ruin the surprise by giving you the details. You have to read it for yourself!
Seriously? That's it. That is all I got on the subject. I am speechless. I am dumbfounded. I have thought about this story every time I nursed my baby today. I have been grossed out every time I nursed my baby today. Ice cream? Really?
Thanks Kritta for sharing.
Once again- all you non-commenters, please comment now. Since none of us can solve the $700 Billion financial crisis, we may as well boldly state our opinion on skinny jeans and breast milk. After all, don't we all put our pants on one leg at a time? And, with skinny jeans, that is one mighty hard pair of pants to put on. Do share.
