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1 July 2009 – Midweek Casual , originally uploaded by academichic.

Sources:

• Plaid button down – AE, thrifted 
• Red tank – ON, remixed 
• Navy bermudas – Old Navy 
• Flats – Palladium, remixed

Endnotes:

Today is just one of those days. I’m not feeling particularly motivated to put on a dress or accessories, I probably won’t leave the house (I’m doing loads of laundry after our trip and working on my dissertation proposal from home), and I just want to be comfortable. But as you’ve all noted before; it just feels so much better when you get dressed even on those kind of days. If you follow Heather Armstrong on Dooce, then you may have read her recent post on how she managed to shower, get dressed, AND put on mascara (she just gave birth a couple of weeks ago, so she is rather sleep deprived and preoccupied with her new baby). She mentions how this small act of self grooming made her feel like she “could crush solid granite with [her] hands”! 

Because I also subscribe to the school of “getting dressed even when you don’t feel like it”, I still put on non-pajama clothes even when I might not see anyone or leave the house all day. That’s when I reach for old-faithful – the comfy button down shirt - and a pair of pants or shorts. It helps to have a go-to outfit, something you know you’ll feel good in and can just throw on and be done. To me, it makes a huge psychological difference to get dressed and put on make-up even when I could spend the day in sweats and with unwashed hair. (I may not quite feel like I could crush granite but that may change once I add a baby to the mix).  S. 

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