Anyone you ask who knows me well could probably tell you I’m
a jeans and t-shirt girl. There’s not
much to my fashion beyond that and when I went to SPU for my freshman year (a
year ago now) I often felt like a total scrub in comparison to some of the
other girls there. I’ve never been one
to really care about what others thought of me fashion wise and I paraded
through the year in my jeans and my t-shirts and my sweatshirts and sweatpants.
I even wore a pair of plaid pajama pants to class one
morning and then to lunch and I got a ton of compliments from different guys
about how cool they were. I’m pretty
sure the girls thought I was out of my mind though and after that I didn’t wear
them out in public anymore.
I didn’t realize how into fashion Seattle is in general and
after a certain amount of time I got to the point when I decided I kind of
wanted to look really cute some days too.
Sure, I dressed up really nicely if I ever went on a date with Will or
out somewhere special with friends, but otherwise I didn’t really bother very
much. At least in my mind I hardly
tried.
When spring in Seattle hit it was as if the clouds were
producing sundresses instead of raindrops since they seemed adorn every girl on
campus. The few sundresses I owned had
been left at home since I had no idea that 70 degrees in Seattle was basically
considered sundress weather, or summer for that matter.
Let’s just say I finally decided it was time to add some
clothing improvements to my closet. This
summer I bought a new pair of boots, some new jeans, new cardigans, scarfs, and
lots of different things that could be layered.
I even bought some new dresses!
My mom spent a lot of time shopping with me this morning and she helped
me pick new things out. I had a lot of
fun spending some time with her before I head off to school and even she bought
a new sweater for the fall.
I feel like I’m ready to return to Seattle in style. Sure, I’m going to have a lot of days when I
dress like my casual self and forget what the word makeup means but at least I
know I’ll have options if I ever feel like looking cute. (It seems like people hardly recognize me
when I really try, which makes me laugh a little.)
One more day of packing tomorrow and then I’m returning to
my college home!
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