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pax_athenaHello from Shiphol. Yes, an airport again. I may be functioning on less than three hours of sleep. It was kind of my fault - I knew there is something that needs to be done by today 4 PM (actually by today 10 AM but in a different time zone) and that I did not want to risk finishing the work on the plane, i.e, count on WiFi being available. And well, instead of doing the work I went on an extended shopping tour.
But then - if you pack for an important trip and realize you hate all your non-jeans pants at the moment, what else are you to do? Well, not true about hating all of them, but none of them felt like one of the two pairs of pants (the other being the dark jeans) I wanted to pack. I knew this was long coming - my non-jeans pants tend to be wider, the kind of wider classic trousers, very conservative side of business casual, whatever. And everyone in freaking Netherlands seems to be wearing the skinny version and yes, I am not immune to being constantly confronted with a certain look that I also like. But I was hoping to avoid this; I do have enough pants and sometimes this kind of urges just go away once I waited a few months. This one clearly did not.
Anyway, now I am a proud owner of skinny business-like trousers that are almost ankle length - short enough to look fun with both sneakers and oxfords and even afford some glimpses of red socks (packed two pairs), but not short enough to give me the feeling that my legs would freeze. I am very particular about feet not being too cold or too warm.
I want to wear them all the time now. (I haven't worn them a single one yet. Let's hope that the decision to buy and take them with me will not turn out to be a wrong one.)
I also looked around for good red ballet flat. No chance - not unexpectedly, I've been on lookout for some for a while now and could not find a pair I liked, not even online. Both C&A have cheap pairs though (both with a bow - a no-go for me - and both terribly uncomfortable) so I have hopes that I may have more luck this summer. I really, really need a pair, I have a thousand outfits that only work with red ballet flat. I miss my old ones :( (but they were falling apart).
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I still love clothes as a creative outlet. But man, do I understand the appeal of just having a uniform or a tiny capsule wardrobe. I would be unhappy with one but sometimes I just wish ...
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I'm also kind of missing the outfit posts from last year. I enjoyed them. Actually, I tried to keep making them but in winter there is absolutely no natural light in my apartment in the mornings - or in the evenings, by the time I come home. And it just does not work with the lamplight in my bedroom.
There is plenty of it even at 7 AM right now. But do I want to add another five minutes to my morning routine? Outfit photos vs. five more minutes of sleep or a glimpse into Internet in the morning? Hmmm.
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We'll see. And in the meantime I hope I can get some sleep on the plane. Maybe staying awake for so long was not a bad idea and will help me shift to east coast time sooner. Also i have dinner today with people whom I haven't seen for a few month now and have dearly missed. I want to board sooner and then be done with the flight and the airport security and the looong taxi ride to where I need to go.
(At least I used the long night yesterday for two useful things besides the actual work that needed to be finished: a) to do my nails which are b) re-activate my US-phone so I can continue playing pokemon go, partly with my friends there.)
But then - if you pack for an important trip and realize you hate all your non-jeans pants at the moment, what else are you to do? Well, not true about hating all of them, but none of them felt like one of the two pairs of pants (the other being the dark jeans) I wanted to pack. I knew this was long coming - my non-jeans pants tend to be wider, the kind of wider classic trousers, very conservative side of business casual, whatever. And everyone in freaking Netherlands seems to be wearing the skinny version and yes, I am not immune to being constantly confronted with a certain look that I also like. But I was hoping to avoid this; I do have enough pants and sometimes this kind of urges just go away once I waited a few months. This one clearly did not.
Anyway, now I am a proud owner of skinny business-like trousers that are almost ankle length - short enough to look fun with both sneakers and oxfords and even afford some glimpses of red socks (packed two pairs), but not short enough to give me the feeling that my legs would freeze. I am very particular about feet not being too cold or too warm.
I want to wear them all the time now. (I haven't worn them a single one yet. Let's hope that the decision to buy and take them with me will not turn out to be a wrong one.)
I also looked around for good red ballet flat. No chance - not unexpectedly, I've been on lookout for some for a while now and could not find a pair I liked, not even online. Both C&A have cheap pairs though (both with a bow - a no-go for me - and both terribly uncomfortable) so I have hopes that I may have more luck this summer. I really, really need a pair, I have a thousand outfits that only work with red ballet flat. I miss my old ones :( (but they were falling apart).
*****
I still love clothes as a creative outlet. But man, do I understand the appeal of just having a uniform or a tiny capsule wardrobe. I would be unhappy with one but sometimes I just wish ...
*****
I'm also kind of missing the outfit posts from last year. I enjoyed them. Actually, I tried to keep making them but in winter there is absolutely no natural light in my apartment in the mornings - or in the evenings, by the time I come home. And it just does not work with the lamplight in my bedroom.
There is plenty of it even at 7 AM right now. But do I want to add another five minutes to my morning routine? Outfit photos vs. five more minutes of sleep or a glimpse into Internet in the morning? Hmmm.
*****
We'll see. And in the meantime I hope I can get some sleep on the plane. Maybe staying awake for so long was not a bad idea and will help me shift to east coast time sooner. Also i have dinner today with people whom I haven't seen for a few month now and have dearly missed. I want to board sooner and then be done with the flight and the airport security and the looong taxi ride to where I need to go.
(At least I used the long night yesterday for two useful things besides the actual work that needed to be finished: a) to do my nails which are b) re-activate my US-phone so I can continue playing pokemon go, partly with my friends there.)
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