Tuesday, 21 April 2009

A Pile Of Fallen Leaves

Vest - Americam Apparel, Raglan Sweater - American Apparel, Shorts - Rodeo Show, Clogs - Funkis

If I had dived into one of those, carefully swept and heaped by the Council's cleaners, on the side of the road today, I would blend in and disappear. I think I'd also fit right in with Robin Hood and his gang in Sherwood Forest.

These are the colours I like wearing when it gets cold. There is comfort food and then there are comforting colours - the brown of chocolate and hot gravy, the green of sage, the blinding white of a steaming bowl of rice, the beige of fluffy buttery mashed potatoes and the golden crumbs of cakes and biscuits.

Ironically, Autumn is also when I pull out all my shorts. The boyfriend laughs at the shorts-and-tights combo everytime. He says it makes me look like a "superhero dumpling". But with the onset of ugly spider veins, it's the only way that I can still wear some of the cute hotpants from my vein-free beach bunny days.

I also like to do the German tourist thing sometimes - woolly socks with sandals.

It's good to be able to wear some old Summer favourites in the yucky months.

5 comments:

A dreamer said...

excuse my german here...your outfit is serhh gud.
what is ur bf talking about? tights and shorts are the bestest combination ever!

chou said...

I agree--comfort colors, comfort food. Lovely.

The Likkle Girl Who Wurves Pwetty Things said...

Dreamer -
Wahahahahaha! What's that?!

He's a boy and what do boys know, right? x


Chou -
Hey! I knew you'd get it! Do you have comfort colours too? x

E(ileen) said...

My comfort colours are pink, grey, black, red. Purple possibly and navy blue. When it's gloomy I often reach for red as if I can scare the gloom away. How Chinese of me.

I am on the lookout for bobby socks or long grey knitted socks. Any idea?

The Likkle Girl Who Wurves Pwetty Things said...

Both Myers and David Jones have a pretty alright selection of socks, of all make and lengths.