A Pleasant Surprise

Article Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2011 at 1:05 pm

On Saturday I was in the grocery when I walked by this adorable, quirky-looking (I always mean ‘quirky’ as a compliment!) girl about my age  in the organic aisle who had vintage magazines sticking out of her bag. I couldn’t resist. I stopped to ask her where she’d gotten them, and she couldn’t have been nicer! Her name was Samantha and she offered me one. At first I said no, but she was so sweet I, again, couldn’t resist! So I came home with this *Beautiful* copy of Ladies’ Home Journal from June of 1960, and I’m pretty sure the cover will be framed and hung on the wall once we redo my home office. Isn’t it just lovely?

One of my *favorite* things so far has been this article on an issue that is near and dear to my heart: “When is Casual Too Casual?” I must admit that while I love my skinny jeans, I am sort of a stickler for always trying to be the best version of yourself. You can buy nice clothes anywhere and at any price point, but the key is taking pride enough in yourself to not look sloppy. Anywho, here are a few examples from the magazine.

Oh, if only we had the problems in 2011 that they had in 1960!  One trip to our local WalMart, and I’m pretty sure the writer of this article would spontaneously combust. Enough ranting for today. I’m not the only one who feels this way, right?