the time I pretended to be a fashion blogger.

So, remember how I mentioned that I spent an entire day (well, almost) by myself last Sunday? It's a good thing, because the next 7 days were pretty much the worst ever. But more on that later. Instead, let's focus on the awesome part: the no-husband-no-kid-leisurely-lunch-hours-in-fitting-rooms-and-blasting-whatever-I-wanted-on-the-car-stereo part.

In fact, I'm feeling so good about that whole day that I'm going to show you all the silly pictures of myself I took in those fitting rooms, trying on clothes I knew I wouldn't buy (remember this?) and therefore not caring too much how they looked. I only regretted ordering the milkshake and the fries with my lunch a few times.

Going left to right, top to bottom, the first pic is me in my own clothes, Anthropologie in shots 2-9, Loft shots 10-11, Gap shot 12, and H&M the final three. If I were spending money on clothes right now, I would have bought the tops/sweaters in 2, 3, 5, and 15 in a heartbeat. It's fun to pretend.

In order to help ease the pain of leaving without any bags of clothes, I did buy myself a mug from a set of dishes at Anthro that I've been eyeing for a while now. I showed it in a picture last week, and it's been my constant companion since it arrived at home. $12 of pure happiness right there.

Seriously, though, I do not know how fashion bloggers manage to ever take any decent pictures of themselves. I guess you need a tripod and a remote, but when you're in a fitting room that doesn't work - they must just be a lot more talented than I am at posing gracefully while holding the camera. Don't you love my "artsy" over-the-shoulder shot? Classy.

Once I got tired of trying on clothes, I tried on shoes. I'm sparing you all the details of that adventure, but I do really like these. (I used to wear heels every single day - guess I'm finally resigning myself to being the "cute flats" girl mom.) And that, my friends, was the best afternoon I've had in longer than I care to remember.