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30 Days of Dresses: Color Clashing
While Mr. Owl was taking these pictures of me at the park, a lady with a dog came up and said “want a dog in your pictures? She’s real photogenic!” at which moment… the dog started to take a dump in the grass. It was lovely. And then the lady stood there and watched us for a few minutes. It was the first instance where we’ve had someone just stand there and stare while we were taking pictures. So awkward. So very, very awkward. Especially with the dog in the background… doing its business without a care as to who was watching. Oh, dogs. I have discovered that I love…
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In which the title has nothing to do with the post.
You know, fashion blogging is a lot harder than people make it look. First, there’s the getting dressed. This outfit is the last of approximately ten things I tried on today, and at one point while I was sitting there half-dressed, I groaned and said to my closet “why is getting dressed so hard?” Getting dressed is hard. And part of me is joking, because most days I don’t really think about it. But I always try my hardest to show you outfits I actually wear for the entire day. It has to be warm (because this is Washington and it’s winter), comfortable (I confess, most days I don’t wear…
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Crazy Owl Lady
Sometimes, the only way to make a picture look interesting is star effects. It’s still rainy. I didn’t want to go outside. My room’s lighting is crap. But stars make everything better, right? Right. It’s day two of my resolution to write every day for a year. Look over there —> at my fancy widget! (okay, maybe a bit higher. Right below the “Mara Writes” button) I set the goal at 182,500 words because 500 words a day seems pretty easy. I know that some days, like today so far, I may not get to 500 words a day… but I also know that other days, I will exceed that…