Fantel Mantel for Spring – Decorating with Navy & Pink. 

 

Yesterday I ran errands.

 

Now I realize that statement sounds like running errands is a rare occurrence. When, in fact, it’s a daily event.

 

 

So it’s pretty fair to assume that today I will be running errands too. 🙂

 

 

Some days my errands are short and sweet. A quick hop to the grocery store or the CVS. Others it’s a pre-planned-and-mapped-out circuitous route. Carefully plotted for maximum time and mileage efficiency.

 

 

Now, admittedly, there’s not a lot of personal prep to goes into these errand outings.

 

And by personal prep I mean outfit picking and hair brushing and make up wearing.

 

 

When said errands include a trip to the gym, yoga pants and oversized tee’s and hoodies are often the outfit du jour.

 

Oh, who am I kidding. The yoga-pant-oversized-tee-hoodie-combo outfit does not always correspond with a trip to the gym. It’s my go-to regardless of whether or not a workout is involved. 😉

 

 

Yet, in my mind’s eye, this yoga-pants-oversized-tee-hoodie outfit is sporty. The make-up-less face is fresh. Clean and scrubbed.

 

So yesterday when I headed out for errands wearing jeans and ankle boots (and perhaps a dab of mascara and bronzer) my daughter wanted to know why I was all dressed up …

 

dressed up?

 

In jeans?

 

And ankle boots?

 

And it all came crashing down. Reality hit. And it hurt. My mind’s eye was playing a cruel trick on me …

 

… oh silly mind’s eye. How you mislead me! 

 

All these years I haven’t been sporty at all.

 

I’ve been sloppy.

 

Sigh.

 

Sometimes it takes the measured eye of a teenage girl to teach that misleading mind’s eye a lesson or two.

 

🙂 

 

And what does this fantel mantel for Spring have to do with my sloppy attire? Well, let’s just say sometimes it sports a “sporty” look too …

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