I came up with this colour combo by just holding the boots in front of my tops and blouses until one of them jumped out at me - literally![Rant] Above is a deliberate misuse of "literally" because the image of a blouse leaping out of my closet at me is funny. I am sick to death and am starting to get that "whuuuuuh" shiver whenever I hear "literally" being used incorrectly, which lately is often. This seems to be a "flavour of the month" word right now. Everyone please take note: "literally" means IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
"I literally picked up my jaw off the floor." I heard this on a TV show the other night. No, you did NOT just literally pick up your jaw off the floor. That would be gross and bloody and more along the lines of some sort of "House"-type of show. What the person meant is "I figuratively picked up my jaw off the floor."
What I'm seeing here (and you may remember I have a degree in Linguistics - I'm a major word nerd) is "literally" being used to mean an intensifier of feeling and as an indicator of outrageous consequence, as in, "I was so stunned that I felt like a cartoon character whose jaw has dropped to the floor."
However, this is wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. I want to be a descriptivist, and I do try to just bemusedly observe how language is used (*cough*mangled*cough*) and try not to cringe, but on this I must (figuratively, not literally) smack all word abusers upside the head and be a prescriptivist. My head might literally explode! Heh. See? That's funny. You can't break the rules until you know them, man.[/end rant]
Anyway! I liked this blouse (previously seen here) with the olive boots, but I wanted to have a bit more colour, and I do love olive and purple together, so I tossed on this drapey cardi (last worn here):
These boots are so unbelievably comfy that I walked to town and back in them for my meeting. This is my fourth wearing of them (last seen here, scroll past my vacation pics).I am excited for my Tuesday group! They have now lost over 50 pounds (there are 14 people) in 3 weeks - I am so proud of my superstars!
The stuff:
Sweet, sweet boot-y goodness! But what is that mass of sparkly happiness?I got a package in the mail the other day, from the lovely Tina at T Minus, T Plus. I had sent her a skirt that I'd thrifted (the twin of this one) and she sent me a thank you:
What a lovely card! There I am shopping on my scooter (that I don't have). But check out that killer necklace! Does she know my taste, or what? I love the hefty weight of it and the awesome rock and roll vibe. Thank you, Tina! You rock!Inigo helped me do my paperwork after the meeting:
He's hovering as it's a few hours before Food Time. He will continue to follow me around (I'm look after the front end, L looks after the back end) and his pathetic little meow will get more persistent as we get closer to Food. I ignore him.Cardigan (Bobeau), blouse (Nolita, thrifted), cami (InWear), pants (Kensie), boots (Pegabo), necklace (gift from Tina), earrings (don't remember).
