Let's face it, I have absolutely zero fashion sense. Generally this doesn't bother me too much, but recently as I celebrated my 27th birthday I came to realize that I am tired of people thinking I'm in the age range of 18 - 21. I know I look young, but the fact that I am sometimes placed nearly a decade behind where I am in life is just plain sad. This is partially my fault, I don't dress nice, or do my hair or really put much effort into my daily appearance. Afterall, I work in non-profit, and sit behind a computer most of my days. Sure occasionally, I'll have a meeting I wear slacks for, but really, I'm in jeans everyday possible at work. And then there's the whole thing with my hair. It's in a pony tail about 95% of the time. I have my reasons for this - number one being that I already wake up at 5:15 every morning, I'm not about to wake up at 4:45 just so I can style my hair. My hair has to be styled if it's down, it's all wavy and frizzy when I wake up, not cute at all. I've never even learned how to use a curling iron, and the one time I tried I think I burned my hair. So basically I either straighten my hair or pull in back in a bun or pony tail, I almost always choose the latter. Plus I wash my hair everyday, because I really try to do some sort of physical exercise everyday, except Sunday, that makes me sweat, so if i do my hair, knowing it won't last more than 12 hours, seems just a waste of time.
This is getting off track of my original inspiration behind this blog though. So in an effort to look more my age, and be more fashionable, I recently bought a pair of boots that I thought were cute in the store and when I looked down at them. Alas, when I got home and tried to wear them in the latest trend of tucking my jeans into them, I looked at myself and just laughed. I couldn't do it, I couldn't bring myself to go out of the house looking like that. It was simply silly, I can't pull this kind of thing off. The same thing goes for many fashion trends, I have no idea how to accessorize properly. I have a couple scarfs, and when I put them on I just see a massive amount of material engulfing my upper half. And again, I laugh, nope, not doing that one either. Cute little vests - not so cute when they're on me. Jewelry, nope, I don't wear it well, and when I do try to put something on, it comes off by mid-day because it starts to get in my way. Oh and skinny jeans! HAHAHAHA, let's just say my body is not made for those.
Part of my problem may be that I don't buy nice clothes, I shop pretty much only at Ross and Marshalls, or some little Forever 21 type store. Spending more than $30 on a pair of jeans is out of the question for me, so I have to make do with whatever they have on the racks at Ross, flattering or not, I generally end up with the oh so fashionable Paris Blues brand. As for shoes, the only expensive shoes I buy are my running shoes, because I need to take care of my feet while exercising, so I splurge and spend $60 on those, all my other shoes come from payless, during their Bogo sales, so I end up paying about $12 a pair.
I think I just have to accept I'll always be in jeans, a plain shirt and some pair of flip-flops or sandals with a pony tail. But I really would like to look a little closer to my age, so if you have any advice, please don't hesitate to offer it up.
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Today at work, someone told me I look "sophisticated" when I wear my glasses. Maybe sophisticated = old... So, if you want to look older, try wearing some sweet spectacles.
You're adorable, my dear.
Hahah I was laughing pretty hard at this post! I also am not "trendy", and especially after having a baby I feel like I have no time to get ready. I've always thought you were beautiful and looked great, so I don't think you need to change one thing about yourself! And if for the rest of your life you're mistaken to be nearly ten years younger than you are... that is not a bad thing!
Plaid is pretty in right now and you pull that of nicely.
PS- Monica loves Marshalls and Ross and one more. . . T-T-T-T-T-T-TJMAXX!!! There's no Marshalls in Utah, so if you guys want to go next Friday I'm sure she'd be glad to join you.
Yeah, sorry, ho help from me... I went shopping with my sisters over the summer and every time I attempted to pick out anything that was a little risky (not boring), they immediately made loud noises and started laughing. Poor us. Maybe we'll get rich one day and be able to afford fashion advisors! And as Britney said, you look great the way you are, even if it's casual. I think the casual look fits Southern California, anyway... wish I were there!
ha ha ha oh Whitney you made yourself sound so frumpy and that is pretty much the COMPLETE OPPOSITE! You are absolutely beautiful and have such adorable style, I can think of countless times I thought wow I really love what Whitney is wearing, so this post was all wrong!
And on a comment with the skinny jeans, I cant even attempt them its like they accentuate the most unattractive parts of my body! So I have settled for straight leg, they fit real nice into boots and they give off that skinny appeal without being REAL skinny jeans!
miss you :)
Ok so I TOTALLY feel your pain. I posted a blog recently actually making a committment to stop wearing sweatpants to work! Lol. I looked online to see how to wear scarves right, and I do bootcut jeans with a good pair of nude or black heels lately to "play dress up," even with a plain tank top. I bought boots but Im still working on that one- boots are difficult to pull off. As far as hair: I wear mine up almost every day but I've found that those newer elastic headbands that look like a giant hairband are pretty awesome with a bun.
Lets play soon and we can go get our makeup done someplace and pretend that we know what we're doing!! Call me next week!
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