Changing at lunch?

How very Diana Ross of you.

I did it! Well, kinda. My social circle is def. much smaller than what it was, but it's still a good one. It is harder, but do-able.

I did too. After grad school. It took a while to build up a new group of friends (which ended up including 2 very old friends) but, jesus, 10 years along I'm doing pretty well for myself social circle-wise.

but I didn't have something like the kinging which has a built-in social network complete with fun events. Even if the first people you meet don't end up being long-term friends it will go a long way to helping you create a circle that you like, I bet.

so I naturally assume that people do the same to me and by extension, Em.

This is so me and this is why I don't like it when Ellie looks like she is wearing some random clothes. Normally, she picks the shirt and I pick the pants. I also exert veto power over stuff that's way too hot or not warm enough for daycare. Today, though, I tried to sneak an outfit on her while she was sleepy and when she woke up, she caught me.

Lillian lives in dresses, for the most part. She's a walking Hanna Andersson ad.

She'll demand particular colors depending on mood. Only really gets fussy about which shoes she puts on.

Sadly, the kinging scene in Seattle seems to be pretty nil. I know there are a few ex-DC kings there, now, though I wasn't ever really friends with them per se (just friendly acquaintances). Apparently the burlesque scene is more the thing there.

DC is something of an anomaly for having quite such the king scene it does. Most places have a much much smaller one, or a more scattered/fractious one (though DC's is falling apart into that, now...)

She's a walking Hanna Andersson ad.

I love her polka-dot playdress so much. I have really wanted it for Ellie, but Ellie already has three in other colors and I just couldn't justify buying a full-priced new one. It makes me happy, though, to see it on Lillian.

Thanks to the outlet, Lillian's wasn't full price.

I almost got her a second, but I don't know how long she'll be in 80s, and they didn't have a lot of 90s around last time I was there.

I only buy clothes for Em in outfits. Sometimes mix and match-able, but generally this shirt goes with these bottoms or HELLFIRE AND BAD ACCESSORIES WILL RAIN DOWN UPON THE EARTH.

These outfits are out away together, in stacks of "types" of bottoms. ie, shorts outfits, pants outfits, skirts outfits, and yes - gauchos outfits.

She has very few "seprates" and what she does have are mostly jeans and t-shirts.

Thanks to the outlet, Lillian's wasn't full price.

I must move to the PNW before Ellie gets too big! (Actually this is the plan.)

Sometimes mix and match-able, but generally this shirt goes with these bottoms

I can get so neurotic about Ellie's clothes from Gymboree for this exact reason. Yes, the shirt with the seahorse might look just fine with tan shorts, but WHAT ABOUT THE SEAHORSE SHORTS???

(Can you tell that I care about 1000 times more what Ellie wears than what I wear?)

My knit gauchos were my painting pants all weekend. They are hereby ruined and will never be seen by the general public again.

One down, two to go.