I am at the Anger stage of my vacation--"I don't want to go back to work! Why does this happen?"

I don't have much hope for teh bargaining stage, as vacation is only good when you're being paid for it, and to have that you have to have a job. Perhaps the Acceptance stage will kick in before I actually have to go back to work on Sunday.

Yay Boston!

Daphne Blunt Ready To Scalp For Fashion!!

I really LOVE what they're doing with blankets this season--it's such a bold move, especially in conjunction with colour blocking¹

¹ What are the nuances here? How is colour blocking different from grabbing a navy pants, yellow blouse, white bag, and black shoes (aka me while being pattern averse, getting ready for a day out that doesn't involve super hero shirts. But colour blocking...that sounds cool I want to know how to do that.

During lunch break, I took extra time to look at people who were wearing clothes, and which ones were wearing outfits. I wondered how many were like me--wearing that one thing they like and a bunch of other stuff that doesn't suck.

If my photo a day project (whoops! still haven't posted today) was about my clothes, this would be hella boring hella quick.

I think for color blocking you need to have more than one color in an article of clothing, but not in a print or pattern. Maybe a yellow blouse with a navy pocket?

But that is just what I have made up. I was trying to pay attention to contextual clues when I did so, but still.

During lunch break, I took extra time to look at people who were wearing clothes, and which ones were wearing outfits. I wondered how many were like me--wearing that one thing they like and a bunch of other stuff that doesn't suck.

I absolutely do this. Both the avid watching and the wanting to wearing x and then having the rest of my clothes basically solving for x.

Swim was short by kid barfing in lessons.

Past two days I have NOT wanted to go to the pool. Yesterday, the guy who opens the Y wasn't there, so I left 15 minutes in. Today, lifeguard wasn't there. If I had packed gym shoes I could have biked it, but instead I went and had coffee. WTF?

Yet, I am also really proud that I went. I feel like I did my part but the failure was on Y staff members so it "counts" as effort put forth by me. If someone were keeping a count.

I earwormed myself with "I Just Had Sex," Kat. Totally still counts.

Hey, you still have cookies I bought. Though if you consider me a really bad Girl Scout cookie buyer and eat them or something, I would understand. I need to come see you and get them before that happens. Plus, hey, see you! I could do an LA day or two.

I think for color blocking you need to have more than one color in an article of clothing, but not in a print or pattern.

That's my understanding. Especially if the boundary between colors is non-standard. I wouldn't call a dress with a blue top and black skirt color-blocked, for instance. But the dress I wore today is green down the center and black down the sides, so that's color-blocked.

I think for color blocking you need to have more than one color in an article of clothing, but not in a print or pattern. Maybe a yellow blouse with a navy pocket?

I know that in the last fashion blog where I read the term, they attributed the colour blocking to the bold (canary) choice of clutch, so it wasn't even much about clothing--I think her dress was one colour, shoes another bright colour, and the yellow clutch.

I have no confidence in them over you--I don't even remember what blog it was.

Here's the definition by a random (different) blog:

Sure, it seems simple. Just wear a solid color and pair it with different bright, solid or neutral colors. But, I’ve had trouble putting together a cute color blocking outfit, yet I’m determined to try this bright bold trend before it fades.

You can choose a dress or handbag that already does the color blocking for you

That's the kind of confusion I was having. From looking at her page, the lack of pattern and the palette of colours seem to be what makes it legit.

But that's just a page.

I'm so sorry, Burrell. Peace and comfort to you and your family.