Thursday, August 7, 2025
It’s the first day of school in my district today. I will try to avoid school traffic as best as I can! We have all kinds of road construction going on near me and I am afraid it’s going to be ugly out there.
I am happy to link up with Kellyann and Jill for Fashion Files. Let’s do this!
As a first year retired teacher, I can’t help but reflect on what I normally would be doing with my wardrobe right now…
I would have scoured the stores/online sites for the perfect cute/stylish/comfortable teachers shoes and I would have all my dresses lined up and ready for duty along with my summery printed pants to mix in. I spent a lot of time and money getting my “teacher wardrobe” ready.
I must admit that some of my clothes feel too teachery now. I am trying to find my new style. I want to get dressed each day in an actual outfit!
Saturday night I went out to dinner and I wanted to be cool and comfortable after my overheating blow dryer episode. See exhibit below:
I never blow dry my hair because I wash at night but I had been lazy the night before and found myself needing to wash my hair in the afternoon! Then, I blew dry my hair and got soooo hot. I wore my necklace fan to counteract.
I love this dress although it’s probably not the most flattering. I should have worn a heel but I felt weird from the blow dryer episode. It has pockets! The purse looks real stupid. I guess I can’t make the strap longer. Oh well. You win some and you lose some.
I loved this outfit. I have on my new fruit shirt with my orange gauzy shorts. Do I look fruity? Sorry I am always in my Hari Mari flip flops. I love them.
This needed a front tuck. I love the off white blouse with detail and tried it on with my light Halaras and my new Adidas.
Pool ‘fit:
She’s judging me in her Lilly Pulitzer coverup. Whatever.
My hair is not cooperating. I think I need a new conditioner.
I put this outfit on that I have worn before – gauzy blue Umgee pants and light, light blue consignment button up with my new Adidas.
New Adidas:
New wedding guest shoes. Still waiting for them to arrive – I chose the bottom pattern to go with a solid hot pink dress:
And, I got a wild hair and ordered two more pairs of shoes that I am waiting on and might return if they don’t work out:
I just loved the tan/black combo. I love that they are kinda retro.
In my defense, I have been looking for red espadrilles all summer. I found these on Zappos for less than the price shown here.
So, not a lot of outfits this week, but I sure did make up for it in shoes!
What have you been wearing?
Amy
Coffee and Cocktails at the Casa 
I’ve been wearing lots of sneakers this week too since I got a couple of blisters on my feet over the weekend and I’m trying to let my poor feet heal/rest. I only have 2 pairs of sneakers though so it’s been tricky!
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Oh I’m sorry! Does wearing socks help?
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Yes, I’ve been wearing ankle/no show socks to help. All the blisters are on the pads of my feet so the more cushioning the better.
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That sounds painful. Have you ever used moleskin? That can help cushion blisters.
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Your fruity shirt is so cute! Laughing over the mannequin judging you – ha!!
I can relate to your wardrobe predicament. When I left in person school 7 years ago and started working remotely I was in the same position. My clothes were too teachery and it took me quite some time to let those things go and replace them with how I really wanted to dress. It’s fun to be able to wear what you want, when you want with no concern about hall duty, lunch duty, concrete floors, or finicky a/c!
xo,
Kellyann
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Thank you! She looks very judgy, right?
I am excited to let go of the teacher wardrobe. I have already donated anything that said my school or that I kept for spirit days – lol. Now I need to get rid of the dresses that don’t fit quite right for this lifestyle. I want to wear more jeans I think – put put together jeans outfits.
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I can’t wait to see the shoes you’re waiting on. Time for me to start thinking about my teacher wardrobe. I will say I wear tons of dresses during the year and not so much in the summer, so I’m ready to feel a bit more put together. Hadley was thinking about her back to school outfit and joked that it’s like we have two first days with this block schedule…I guess I feel the same way now.
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Oh, that is true! If I were you I would do dresses and sneakers for both first days!
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I just might have to!
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Show us your ‘fits next week!
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I need to remember to snap pics
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Yes! Tell Hadley to do it with you and remind you!
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That’s a good idea too. I will probably be ready and out the door before she is lol
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Such pretty summer colors- that dress looks fab on you too!
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All cute looks! Dying over the wedding shoes. They are so pretty and I hope you share the look when you receive them.
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Thank you! They are so hard to walk in! I am debating if I will “practice” in them today and just suffer and take flip flops, too? Lol!
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I hope you wear the wedding shoes and post pics. I love the fruit top. It takes a minute to adjust your wardrobe from teacher clothes to other but eventually you get there. Have a great day!
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They are hard to walk in! I am going to try to share a pic! I might take flip flops to change into and suffer.
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I love all the outfits this week! I like the black slides you had on with the pool outfit. This week I had to wear the same school shirt two days in a row, so one day it was with black pants, and the next day I did the jeans that we have that are cropped. I wore a shorts romper yesterday, and I’m doing dresses for the next two days. I’d like to be wearing a pool outfit and may reach out to someone about swimming this weekend!
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Thank you! They were too slippery at a pool! Molly gave them to me because she said her big toe looked too big in them – lol. Great outfits for your week, I think. Girl, make the pool happen! Neighbors pool?
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I really hate how much I love Free People. Those red shoes are CUTE.
I have probably blow-dried my hair twice this summer. I never use heat between May-September because it just dries wavy and looks okay if I put a product in. I’m not loving my shampoo/conditioner combo either.
I do think that gold purse looks VERY cute.
I don’t know: being on the side of “not wearing real clothes every day”is kind of great lol.
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I wore the red espadrille Mary Janes for like 6 hours yesterday when they arrived. I love them! I just have to figure out what to wear with them.
I am thinking about trying Redken Soft? I don’t like to spend a ton of money on shampoo.
I think it just looks too short and weirdly under my chest. I got it for free so I love it!
It is but I feel more productive when I get dressed. I will find a rhythm and figure it out soon I hope!
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You’re being too critical =)! I do love the fruit shirt outfit but I also really like the dress! Those new adidas are really cute and I cannot wait for you to get your wedding heels!
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Probably so! I wore the fruit shirt again today with my new Free People espadrille Mary Janes! I did decide to keep them!
They are painful but I think I’m gonna just do it!
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