Wardrobe Wednesday: Why?

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ME TO CHARLOTTE: Can you take a quick photo for Wardrobe Wednesday?

CHARLOTTE: What’s that?

ME: Oh, it’s just a bit of fun I do on the blog each week. I post up a photo of myself and other Mums do the same on their blogs.

CHARLOTTE: Why do parents do that? (With a tone of ‘parents are so weird sometimes’.)

ME THINKING: ‘She’s right. Why am I doing this?’

ME: It’s just a bit of fun.

CHARLOTTE: Oh, okay then. There. You look like a vampire.

ME: Thanks!!

ME THINKING: ‘Why am I do this? Listing of reasons in my head to compensate for the niggling knowing that this is a bit weird.

It’s fun; it’ll be cool to look back on what I’m wearing each week (Inner voice: ‘But who cares what you’re wearing! Do you care?’); I enjoy looking at what other people are wearing; I feel connected to other Mums; It’ll be fun to have photos of me, not just the children, to look back on in years to come; I’m not afraid to make a fool of myself (Inner voice: ‘But you didn’t ask Charlotte to take your photo until you’d brushed your hair and put on a little make-up.’)… and so it goes on: I THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT RUBBISH!

So, here I am!

Shoes from the Warehouse.
Jeans from somewhere I don’t remember and I have a sleeping baby on my lap so I’m not going to look at the label.
Pink top from Icebreaker (present from hubbie a couple of years ago).
Black top from Out there Clothing.

It’s 10am and I’m up in my bedroom with Alice asleep on my lap. The girls are welcoming in an old friend and her Dad, who’s just arrived at the door (Charlotte used to go to Kindi with Inde and then she moved to Oz just before she turned 5). I’ve told Charlotte and Sophie to offer Adam (Inde’s Dad) a coffee and I’m listening to see what they do – tee hee, it’s funny. Sophie said, ‘But we can’t make him a coffee.’ I said, ‘But you can tell him he’s welcome to help himself.’ Sophie then said, ‘Ah ha! He can make us a fluffy!’

Erm…

I better shift myself downstairs with sleeping Alice and be a good host.

We’re off to Empire cinema in Island Bay later to watch, ‘Despicable Me’ (well, the big girls are with Frances – bit much for Alice). We’re seeing ‘Zappo‘ the magician first.

Here’s the trailer if you’re interested – it’s all I’m going to see of it until it comes out of DVD (I can’t remember the last film I saw at the cinema!):

It’s raining out, so definitely a catch up with friends and movie day. Have a great day all! x

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14 thoughts on “Wardrobe Wednesday: Why?”

  1. Yeah it is all a bit weird isn’t it! But I’m having fun and I think everyone else is too! So better not too think about it too much!! Good luck for next week! xo

  2. thanks for your comment on my WW 🙂 it is weird, but i think it’s good for us mums to come out from hiding behind our gorgeous youthful babes sometimes.
    It’s been really good for me to be more conscious about taking time to make myself a little more ‘presentable’ each day! 🙂

  3. Haha, this made me laugh… your daughter is too funny! Yeah, we probably all analyse it like this… but it is fun. I thought my husband would think I was lame when I asked him to take my photo but I think he is pleased to see me have a reason to get out of my track pants and/or pjs!

  4. So true! But hey if we’re having fun why not? Your outfit today is something I would totally wear and quite often do…well something very similar anyway. Comfy and practical and a step up from track pants:)

  7. hehe, you totaly put my thoughts into words….its fun and weird and fun again – and I’m super self conscious so I reckon it good for me (???)…not being size 10,12 0r even 14, but what the heck, I’m here, creative, fun and big – deal with it I tell myself!…anyho, nice to ‘meet’ you and will stop by again soon…love the pink on you. bless you.

  9. Ha, ha, cheers Rhu! I think she was looking at my face on the camera viewer and said it looked really white – that’s why I looked like a vampire – plus there was some red eye action that I managed to fix! x

  12. Lol, funny thing is, whenever I do wardrobe wednesday on my blog, it always gets ALOT of views- so I reckon people like being a tad nosey, just like I am on everyone else’s posts!

  13. Ah yes! Each week I toss up between doing Wordless Wednesday and Wardrobe Wednesday (and I chicken out of Wardrobe Wednesday every time!). I’m so much more comfortable being behind the camera! Today’s outfit wasn’t bad but then I forgot and was in my PJ’s before I even remembered. Oh well maybe next week!

    And I have thought EXACTLY the same thoughts as you about getting involved so you’re not alone there!!!

  14. LOVE your tops 🙂

    didnt do wardrobe wednesday this week
    been busy gardening and so wearing sloppy get dirty clothes

    yes we mothers are sometimes a weird bunch
    but being normal is highly over rated 🙂

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