So often I just want to rock my jeans and a sweatshirt with a great pair of skate shoes. How often do you want that? For me, that is exactly what I grew up wearing...I even wore my skate shoes to Prom and Homecoming! I just loved big sweatshirts. OF course I am wearing one in every single yearbook pic from jr. high thru high school.
Then I made a great friend who was completely the opposite of me. She dressed so cute! She always wore a knit top or a cute peasant top and jackets with cute jeans or skirt, and cute girlie shoes. She always had her nails painted and styled her hair different often. It was so funny that we got along so well even when we were complete opposites. But that didn't last all that long. Slowly she converted me to the way of the girlie dressed girl. So she took me shopping a lot and picked out all my clothes. I bought my first pair of sandals, purse, and dresses. Ha! I don't even think I owned a dress before I met her.
Good thing I started dressing cuter, because then I met my husband! He never was able to see me as a tomboy. He probably wouldn't have been too interested in me if he knew that side of me. So here I am dressing girlie...I still wear jeans because I LOVE them, but I have added some really cute summer dresses with boots, jackets, colorful tops, and cute shoes. I don't want to dress like everyone else, I want my own style, but even though my clothes are girlie, I still add the tomboy side to each outfit. I just can't get away from it.
The other day I was dying to just throw on a big sweatshirt and an old pair of skate shoes. I was having one of "those days." But I have been trying so hard to make myself not wear sweatshirts, so I settled with a cute knit sweater. I think that when you are having "one of those days," there are some tricks that you can use to feel comfortable and still look nice. I know I know, sometimes it doesn't matter what you do, you still feel the same way, so why not just throw on that sweatshirt? If you want to, go ahead, but you could also try what I did. I wore a light gray sweater and put a jacket on over top. I felt just as comfortable as if I had a sweatshirt on and it looked cute. So next time you demand your sweatshirt, try this and let me know if you enjoyed it or not.
Check out this new sweatshirt from Lucky Brand Jeans. This is a beautiful sweatshirt! Ha! I didn't even know those two words could go together. You can find it at Macy's and it's a little pricey, but it's super cute.
