Happy Friday Frump-No-Mores!
Today we are expanding on our
lesson from last week. Because here at the Nirvana, I aim to
beat a dead horse explore frump fighting to it’s fullest. Last week we discussed how a room full of dead people and a house full of monkeys inspired me to stalk George Clooney at Target. All right, that may not have been the best
summary, but I have a short attention span.
I started working on this post yesterday afternoon. Well, not actually THIS post because what I was working on was even worse then THIS so I dumped it. BUT in the middle of my
brilliant thought a very LOUD sound enveloped my house.
FIRE ALARM. Not just one, but all the smoke detectors were going off. I ran upstairs and grabbed my children and ran outside to designated meeting place in case of fire. No smoke. No fire. Very loud noise. I finally called the fire department’s NON-emergency number and explained what was happening. 4 minutes later sirens blaring the fire truck arrived with 5 firemen in full fire gear. 4 minutes later the ambulance was on the scene with 2 more men jumping out of emergency vehicle. So, in the course of 10 minutes I now had 7 of our city’s bravest searching my house (crap! my
closet) and reporting back to me. It was not George Clooney, but really…I was glad I wasn’t clothed in fuzzy robe and slippers.*
This week in Colorado another almost-George Clooney moment happened over at
Eat, Play, Love when fellow frump fighters holding a play date ended up on the evening news. It turned out great because they looked just adorable, but it makes you think…what would happen if news cameras found you at the park?
So how do you become
O.I.A.B.I.G.C.A.T. (Oh! I Accidentally Bumped Into George Clooney At Target) ready?
I will take my inspiration from one of the greatest films of all time. A cinematic masterpiece. A movie with few rivals: What About Bob? Yes, What About Bob! Bob is diagnosed crazy, but an excellent therapy student. He constantly reminds himself out loud and under his breath through just about any task, “Baby steps, baby steps to the….” Baby steps is what we need! Baby steps ensures that change happens slowly. Baby steps keeps wild swings in check. Baby steps helps keep clothing budgets under control.
Today’s baby step I am advocating is T-shirt replacement. One of the mommy staples is the plain T-shirt or the slogan T-shirt *shudder*. Bye, bye slogan T’s. Now let’s make a plan upgrade the plain ones…
I am shopping for plain t-shirt alternatives. I want to find things that just step-up the style without giving up comfort.
Consider exhibit A:
This is an eyelet shirt from Target (I think it was $17.99). Please excuse the wrinkles…I pulled it out of the laundry to photograph it. I doubt Martha Stewart has ever done that. Anyway, I have washed it multiple times. It washes really well, requires no ironing, is really comfortable and an upgrade from my usual T-shirt.
Consider exhibit B:
This is a polo shirt by Bitten. It retails for $7.99.
Karla introduced this line in one of the first Fight the Frump Fridays. I was very skeptical because I have a long torso and ANY shrinkage will cause an ordinary shirt to become a belly shirt on me. I have washed this several times and it still fits like it did the first time. I love the sleeves. They have a little gathering on the top to make it a bit more feminine.
Please join Fussy and friends for more fight the frump. Please look to upgrade your t-shirts. Please let me know if you run into George Clooney or a suitable replacement…
*The conclusion of that story was the the fire chief saying, “Hmmmm. We have never seen anything quite like that. You need to get an electrician out to see why the alarms are activated.” That isn’t good news. Thank God I looked cute.
Today we are expanding on our lesson from last week. Because here at the Nirvana, I aim to beat a dead horse explore frump fighting to it’s fullest. Last week we discussed how a room full of dead people and a house full of monkeys inspired me to stalk George Clooney at Target. All right, that may not have been the best summary, but I have a short attention span.
I started working on this post yesterday afternoon. Well, not actually THIS post because what I was working on was even worse then THIS so I dumped it. BUT in the middle of my brilliant thought a very LOUD sound enveloped my house. FIRE ALARM. Not just one, but all the smoke detectors were going off. I ran upstairs and grabbed my children and ran outside to designated meeting place in case of fire. No smoke. No fire. Very loud noise. I finally called the fire department’s NON-emergency number and explained what was happening. 4 minutes later sirens blaring the fire truck arrived with 5 firemen in full fire gear. 4 minutes later the ambulance was on the scene with 2 more men jumping out of emergency vehicle. So, in the course of 10 minutes I now had 7 of our city’s bravest searching my house (crap! my closet) and reporting back to me. It was not George Clooney, but really…I was glad I wasn’t clothed in fuzzy robe and slippers.*
This week in Colorado another almost-George Clooney moment happened over at Eat, Play, Love when fellow frump fighters holding a play date ended up on the evening news. It turned out great because they looked just adorable, but it makes you think…what would happen if news cameras found you at the park?
So how do you become O.I.A.B.I.G.C.A.T. (Oh! I Accidentally Bumped Into George Clooney At Target) ready?
I will take my inspiration from one of the greatest films of all time. A cinematic masterpiece. A movie with few rivals: What About Bob? Yes, What About Bob! Bob is diagnosed crazy, but an excellent therapy student. He constantly reminds himself out loud and under his breath through just about any task, “Baby steps, baby steps to the….” Baby steps is what we need! Baby steps ensures that change happens slowly. Baby steps keeps wild swings in check. Baby steps helps keep clothing budgets under control.
Today’s baby step I am advocating is T-shirt replacement. One of the mommy staples is the plain T-shirt or the slogan T-shirt *shudder*. Bye, bye slogan T’s. Now let’s make a plan upgrade the plain ones…
I am shopping for plain t-shirt alternatives. I want to find things that just step-up the style without giving up comfort.
Consider exhibit A:
This is an eyelet shirt from Target (I think it was $17.99). Please excuse the wrinkles…I pulled it out of the laundry to photograph it. I doubt Martha Stewart has ever done that. Anyway, I have washed it multiple times. It washes really well, requires no ironing, is really comfortable and an upgrade from my usual T-shirt.
Consider exhibit B:
This is a polo shirt by Bitten. It retails for $7.99. Karla introduced this line in one of the first Fight the Frump Fridays. I was very skeptical because I have a long torso and ANY shrinkage will cause an ordinary shirt to become a belly shirt on me. I have washed this several times and it still fits like it did the first time. I love the sleeves. They have a little gathering on the top to make it a bit more feminine.
Please join Fussy and friends for more fight the frump. Please look to upgrade your t-shirts. Please let me know if you run into George Clooney or a suitable replacement…
*The conclusion of that story was the the fire chief saying, “Hmmmm. We have never seen anything quite like that. You need to get an electrician out to see why the alarms are activated.” That isn’t good news. Thank God I looked cute.
You are so over my head sometimes…..I have A LOT of catching up to do on your blog. I am so for the T-shirt upgrade though….
Trust me, lesson learned, even after hiking with some friends. Thank goodness for big sunglasses!
Love those polo shirts with a special touch.
yesterday i was not frumpy, today, unfortunately for those around me, i am quite frumpy. i just won’t venture out to target. 🙂
Love the upgrade idea! Does it count if I wore a fitted gray tshirt but threw on a kicky pink cord short jacket with it today? I mean, we tourd the Texas Motor Speedway, so I couldn’t go ALL Klassy-with-a-capital-K 🙂 Hehehee!
Always such good ideas. And I must check out Bitten. Such cute things I see from your blog!!
LOL @ AFF.
I think George will completely appreciate all your non-frumpy non-Tshirts when you see him at the Tar-jay!
I wish I could remember whose blog I was reading that said they had the fire Dept come out and had their undies all over the place – I would totally have to move!
Cute post – Thanks!
Fussy herself told me I was frumpy. I’m just going to stop fighting. I think I enjoy frumpy. But, more power to you, Holly.
i;m super short but have the same shrinkage/short shirt problem. jeez.
I totally agree – no more “Hanes” for me. I bought a BUNCH of long sleeved shirts (infact I have a brown one on today – it’s been snowing here – long sleeves necessary) that FELT like t-shirts but didn’t wrinkle or LOOK like t-shirts this last winter. I just picked up a few for this spring but i need to get some more.
I love that brown one – it looks comfy too.
I’m lucky if I’ve even showered, much less dressed in something cute. I need to try much, much harder. And, are we to take it there was no fire, thank goodness?
Thank goodness you didn’t look frumpy. I am trying to get the t-shirts out of the laundry and only keeping them for cleaning.