family fashion?

because sometimes i like to talk about style.

i'm not really cool anymore. of course that would first imply that i used to be cool.  which is up for negotiation.  so i'll just go with i'm not trendy cool in a fashion kind of way.  this first occurred to me after skinny jeans came out.  and i hated them.  but now, several years later, i'm finally giving in to their painfully tight, circulation cutting ankle lengths and going with it.  my sister said i should and i half believed her. 

interjection :: i do remember the days when i enjoyed the current styles but that was back in high school.  and those days brought more zits than one human should have to handle along with mean girls and ugly school uniforms. i'll take sanity over coolness any day of the week.  

who needs pinterest when i can take fashion tips from my twelve year old sister?!?  someone please tell me if i start to look like the disney channel. and in that case i demand you call for an intervention. until then, i want to borrow her clothes and by some odd miracle, i can fit into them.  

ladies, the cowl neck scarf has finally hit the south, so my sister says. of course, she has it before i do.

there is something so pretty about her plaid shirt, too. i used to resent plaid and thought it was only for farmers. my Hunter seems to think plaid is reserved for pajamas because i went to wear plaid and he wondered why i was getting dressed for the day in my pj's.  good thing i don't take style tips from a two year old.

she must let me borrow her plaid.  her scarf just doesn't quite have the same effect with my target thermal.

and stripes.  oh stripes.  in the recent past, i was scared of stripes.  someone once said they make you look wider and who really wants to look wider? no.one. i see them everywhere and think, i've got to get over my fears.  i did take a few risks and with an old navy gift card i am now the proud owner of some striped camisoles that i prefer to wear under everything (remember FPFG's #1 style rule: always layer and layer some more).  i also plan on borrowing my sister's shirt straight from old navy's spring line. striped coral and navy?  bring it.

oh mustard.  i'm loving it. i've confessed this before in my rantings of an aqua plus mustard affair.

sister girl is also teaching me about not matching.  i'm trying to let go of the matchyness, afterall, i am a self-proclaimed bohemian and i don't really think boho's care about that all too much.  i would not normally pair a mustard purse with these colors.  but i'm kind of digging in a big way.

for so long i have neglected my wardrobe for the sake of paying our bills.  good decision, huh?!  no worries anymore, though.  sister friend is here.  : )

what kind of fashions are you loving these days?  fill me in before i go selena gomez on ya.

ps. speaking of style... if you haven't yet, be sure to enter the Art by Erin Leigh giveaway for a chance to win a $50 etsy shop credit for some gorgeous, stylish mixed media prints. giveaway ends tomorrow night (thursday, 1/19 at 9:00 pm EST) and winner will be announced this friday.