Someone Stop Me

Do you ever see yourself doing something and know it's not going to turn out well for you, but you do it anyway? Like that time I was shoplifting with friends and I thought, "I don't even want this Odie doll... I'll give it to my sister. Then it's like a present! A stolen present, but still..." You can imagine how that ended (with a police phone call to my mother. Stupendously stupid decision.)

That was a long time ago. All through my 20's those ideas were usually, I can handle one more drink. Or, oh, happy hour at Lyle's is going to end in another half an hour - better get two more two for ones... I can walk home if I have to... in these three inch platform mary jane's and my thrift store miniskirt. Yeahh... (Or worse, he's not that ugly... if you squint and have another round of two for ones!)

Today, my life is much more tame. No more Herculean amounts of booze, no shoplifting... I'm a regular old boring, moderately responsible, married mom of a baby. Still, I like to think I've got a little bit of an edge. See my toenails? Electric blue Wet n Wild polish, baby! Oh, yeah! Rock n roll. Ring tone? AC/DC Back in Black - RAWR! Watch me rage.

Today I decided, while alone at Target that I would flex my fashion muscles. I'd step outside the box and buy something that says, "Does this chick know how to party or WHAT?" Or what, would definitely be the answer.

As I'm carrying the article of clothing in question through the store I'm thinking, "What are you doing? That thing is ridiculous! It looks ridiculous on the kids that are 14 and wearing those things. Just because it fits doesn't mean you should buy it!!" And still, I came home with this:

("What are you wearing, woman?")

It's a romper.

And just in case that blurry picture doesn't fully illustrate the idiocy of the outfit, let me try to give you a better one:



How about that? The scratchy poor quality of the fabric is hard to capture on film. But the unflattering length, cut and style are easily seen. Eat your heart out Violet Beauregard.

It does have pockets, though! So, I've got that going for me. Which is nice...