Wet day.
I'm going out in a while to meet a friend in Newton for coffee and lunch, so took the time to wash the hair and cleanse the form.
Long Sun meeting yesterday afternoon on Zoom, planning five weeks' worth of poem columns. Got a new copy-editing assignment today, and am waiting for my fiction MFA student to send me her manuscript for a final read-through. But today I am going to go out and have a girls' lunch and kick up my heels a little.
Wearing today:
Miss Maggie (actually the name of a character in one of my short stories, so this makes me laugh) breaks into the next tier with a breathtaking SIXTH WEAR in April. Coming from behind, as my least-worn dress in March, to lead the field! Now that I think of it, all of this makes me laugh.
Anyway, today's weather is about the same as yesterday's, if not rainier: currently mid-50sF, with a projected high of 65F that probably won't feel like it, because (see rain, above). I wound up wearing the navy-blue counterpart of this thrifted linen-blend duster cardigan over yesterday's outfit --- it was about the right weight for the weather, so today I thought I'd pull out the beigey-champagney one. I really love these cardigans and am glad I have two of them. They're perfect for this transitional weather, and will be excellent even in the summer when I need a light top layer. They're breathable and have a lovely texture and sheen, so well done, J.Jill (not that I bought them directly from the company; both came via Poshmark resellers). I like the contrast of this paler color with my Marine-blue dress, and the tonal echo that it provides for my marbled bamboo leggings (also secondhand).
Birk Floridas because, again, I just got up and put them on. These shoes are about to fall apart, and I'm not sure they'll be worth repairing, since they're that Birki material, not real leather. Once they do fall comprehensively apart, I might consider just burning them in the firepit, rather than either trying to donate them, which will consign them to the landfill, or throwing them away, which ditto. But in the meantime I enjoy wearing them, early and often.
LATER:
Home after a lovely coffee date in a cozy spot on the courthouse square in Newton --- and I don't. want. to do. any. work. AT ALL. It's still raining. I just walked the dog in the rain, and now I don't want to do anything else for the rest of the day, except maybe binge-watch something. Writing? What is that? Editing? Multitasking? All for losers. I want none of it. I want to sit here in this chair and EXIST. (also I want the dog to stop barking at me).
Now that the dog has stopped barking at me (is currently sleeping behind me in my chair), maybe I'll just read.
EVEN LATER:
Raining, raining, raining. And not warm. Here's my tweaked outfit for the standing Thursday-night (not-in-Lent) pub date:
Still Maggie, but I traded out my lighter leggings for navy ones, and my Birks for Xero Cassie Mary Janes. Also traded my linen-blend duster for this thrifted cashmere cardigan, because it's dank and chilly, and honestly, I won't have that many more opportunities to wear actually warm sweaters this year.
Ensemble includes energetic rain hair, because I've been in and out with the dog. Now for my husband to get home . . .