Day 4 and color me pink. I love the color pink… and have for quite a while. It just makes me feel happy, and I have it all over my world: pink hats, pink sheets, pink clothes, pink glasses, pink leashes and tote bags. Pink fountain pens and pink sandals.
So today was pretty much about pink. Woolamina seems to agree… and I am happy about that! Yep… she’s rocking the pink.
For those of you who still haven’t heard…I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool& — Same dress. 100 days. Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with the weekly travels.
Today’s goals:
- Pick an outfit that works for cold, drizzly beach weather.
- Read through Color Me Beautiful… and determine my “colors”
By the way.. this was about the only sunny moment of the day — and it lasted about 5 minutes!
What’s in store for today:
It’s a lovely winter day at the coast in Southern Washington. Mostly drizzly, with bursts of sunshine. Chilly — Just over freezing when I went out for these photos.
Today, I threw on a waffle knit t-shirt over Woolamina, and covered them both with a pink, fleece-lined vest, made by Berne .. I think I picked it up in a thrift store.
And the little sterling and turquoise rabbit pin came from a trip to Santa Barbara.
Coffee mug was a gift… but if you are interested, msg me and I will find out where it came from.
AND … my Christmas Cactus is FINALLY blooming!
Lots of Pink!!
So speaking of colors… I started into my book… Color Me Beautiful….. And you might imagine my dismay when I first thought I was an AUTUMN color palette — which doesn’t have a shred of PINK in it! ( I know… shocking!)
So I called my friend who recommended the book… and sent her some photos of things that you use to determine your color.
This is me… no makeup, natural lighting… warts and all. I’m trying to figure it all out! Color me pink??
And she knows a lot more about this sort of thing than I do… so she said that she couldn’t be certain — long-distance and all — but that I just might be a summer. And just because I adore certain colors (like pumpkin) does not mean they are the best on me. She said to think back to when I wore something and people complimented me — not what I was actually wearing… like Wow, your skin looks great, or I never realized your eyes had so much green.
So I thought about it… and really, I think AM a SUMMER!! I was just stuck with the thought that summers must all be blond and with blue eyes.
And Summer people can wear lots of pinks and turquoise and lavender…. and that means you can color me happy.
However, I still need to work on it some more to be sure — do a “drape test”. This has been a very insightful and interesting book. I am looking forward to using their method for purging my closet– make a second pass at decluttering.
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Thanks for stopping in.
– tracy
As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!
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