Analogue Chic

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Oh, pants* are great. They can be wonderful: sexy, elegant, blahdiblah.

But lately I've been feeling really uninspired by my pant repertoire– mostly because my arsenal of 2-legged garments has been whittled down to a couple of pairs of jeans, since I don't work in an office anymore.

I love jeans, believe me. It's just starting to feel like a cop out, and I think I can step up my style game if I reserve jeans for lazy days, and actual, you know, manual labor.

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Activities: Errands this morning, then a little work from home, and some housework.

Weather: low 50s, partly cloudy, breezy. In a word, lovely.

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Basically like the dress under the long jacket here.

Mine is more of a paisley, though, with little mirrors sewn into the chest area.

It's a thrifted Middle Eastern/Eastern European/South Asian dress that I've had for many years. It's super-comfortable as a sort of ethnic alternative to a bathrobe or sweats for a laidback Sunday…

Activities: once I actually showered and got dressed (around noon), laundry, dishes, computer stuff, tea drinking.

Weather: sunny, windy, low 50s.

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Definitely not a day for a full-frontal photo– I'm not so sure about this whole no-caffeine experiment I'm doing, I don't feel awake until about noon, and I can't manage to look awake at all, really.

Activities: working from home, grocery shopping, driving death match through Danbury.

Weather: cloudy, 50s.

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Realizing that April was probably the most challenging month I could have chose to … challenge myself with no pants. I'm finding that I have a good number of fall/winter appropriate skirts, and a decent amount of summer dresses. But not a lot of casual skirts or dresses that could go spring or fall. I have a bunch of skirts that are kind of fancy, definitely more office wear…

Clearly, this whole garment issue requires further analysis, and I will reserve my conclusions for the end of the month, to decide what goes and what stays, and what needs to be acquired…

Activities: working from home, errands

Weather: rain, low 50s? I don't know. It was definitely warmer this morning when I went to Zumba than when I ventured out this afternoon.

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Activities: office work, commuting

Weather: breezy, cloudy, low 50s

: little boy's leather jacket – thrifted

: black turtleneck sweater – ?? no idea, bought new, years ago

: pink & leopard print scarf – thrifted

: knit floral print, high-waisted skirt – thrifted

: pink lace thigh-highs – Marshalls/TJ Maxx?? years ago

: black knee-high pleather boots – Annie Sez, a couple of years ago

This was taken at the end of the day, hence the lack of enthusiasm.

Thanks to Hubs for photo assistance.

Ugh. Rough day today. Not feeling so stylish.

Had my first tension headache in … a long time … and really just wanted to wear sweatpants and drink hot tea in between naps all day.

Next best thing? A skirt made out of sweatshirt fleece.

Because, although I have now given up my caffeine fasting (it's a great cure for tension headaches),

I am not giving up on the No Pants Challenge.

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Activities: commuting, office work

Weather: partly cloudy, low 50s (fancy that!)

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Since it is now Sunday, which should be Day 10, and I am still in my PJs at 1:00 in the afternoon, I'm glad I had a costume-change yesterday and can now present you with 2 no-pants-outfits for Day 9.

Outfit #1

Activities: errands, housework, gardening (not in those shoes, obv.)

Weather: FINALLY. around 60F, and sunny! glorious.

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1. It is the warmest it has been outside in at least 6 months.

2. I got an acceptance letter from Parsons the New School, (the art school formerly known as Parsons School of Design).

Activities: working from home, doing the happy dance

Weather: awesome. OK, gray and icky this morning, but warm, and now quite sunny.

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