YASSS I’m Striped

We’re back with a little bonus post for today! I feel like Donna and the Dynamos yelling “do you want another one?!” Anyone get that reference? Ok, it’s from Mamma Mia if that went right over your head. I was completely overjoyed when that movie came out, as our Mom loved to jam out to some Abba while we’re we’re cleaning on the weekends.

Anyone else have good memories from things you might not have necessarily enjoyed otherwise? Most aren’t enamored by the idea of chores. Pair it with some house-filling loud music, and we’re in business. I’m grateful my husband has adopted this into our home now. Nothing makes the time pass quicker on chores than jamming out and enjoying yourself.

Also, isn’t it funny the things we remember and choose to carry forward into our adult lives? So many times Caitlin or Nick will share a distinct memory from childhood, and I have no recollection of it. Sometimes it will sound vaguely familiar, but not something that I remember experiencing. We all assign our own meanings to experiences. If someone has a different reaction than you do, it doesn’t necessarily make it wrong or right. It’s simply their perception.

As tall women, we might have the same “experience” as someone else, but people might single us out because we’re different. Especially with other friends who might never have experienced pointed attention in the same way we do. So even if they’re besides us, while the experience was occurring, it might mean something completely different to them. While you might feel resentful, that you’re being singled out based on physical appearance, your regular sized friend might be resentful of you because she/he never gets to feel “special.”

See how easily perspective can shift on our realities? I’m not making the point that we as tall women should be grateful to be singled out as “special.” More a commentary on how people’s life experiences can be the same, but result in completely different feelings. There is your deep thought for the day, ponder away!

All of that aside, to show you this outfit. It came together ridiculously easy, as they usually do with black and white. I’ve always found it helps me feel like I have a cohesive look, when I add black and/or white into the mix. Caitlin was super excited about her jumper/overalls look, which we posted here yesterday if you missed it! We know y’all seem to like when we’re doing looks together, so I grabbed this on my way out the door to meet her for pictures.

This midi skirt is from Gap, and it is a tall. I got it on major sale, and completely love it y’all. It’s the perfect length, and the diagonal stripes are so fun but still professional. I found that I tend to avoid prints on top, for no discernable reason. It ends up meaning that I have a bunch of fun prints/colors for my skirt collection. This skirt was from the fall, so it’s no longer in stock. I did link a bunch of other tall midi skirts currently on sale at Gap.

We all can stop for a moment and laugh about this t-shirt. When I saw cute tall graphic t-shirt on asos, I fell in love immediately. Luckily, I received it as a birthday gift. The first time I wore it, was under a flannel. Maybe it’s obvious to some of you right away, but I was clueless until I got to work and realized the unfortunate..erm… sizing or spacing of the letters. To me, I was proudly displaying yasss, while to everyone else, I was proudly proclaiming ass! BAHAHAHA… oops.

If you caught our picture on instagram the other day, again I was heedlessly pulling my ponytail over my shoulder. Cute to show off my ribbon from H&M, not so cute (but still hilarious) to wear a (cr)ass t-shirt. As they say, no ragrets not even one letter (The Millers reference).  

Are you into graphic t-shirts? Have you ever experienced a funny mishap of it seemingly saying something else? Caitlin got a cute one for her birthday and due to poor spacing, it looked like one word but ended up realizing it was two.

Jenilee’s Outfit

Caitlin’s Outfit