Inspiration.

Inspired by a POTTED PLANT, Thriftanista in the City rocked a floral/stripe combo today that looked absolutely lovely, especially on this bright, sunny day.  Always extra

careful about patterns, and especially mixing them, I figured I would just worship it from afar.  But I got up and dressed for church, and through an  inconvenient series of events, ended up just staying home.  I wore red, which I rarely do, and NEVER red lipstick.  It does complement my skin, but for some reason, red makes me feel so CONSPICUOUS.  I think I may have turned that corner:

With the extra time on my hands, I decided to make myself a bowl of shrimp and grits.  It was delish!

 Now what to do?  I decided to do a little potted plant perusing of my own. 

I found this pretty begonia by the garage which I potted a month or so ago. Turquoise and red doesn't get any better than this and is always the perfect one-two punch.  BUT, I've already done that one:

This is SO last year!

 You really can find inspiration in the strangest places!  It was no surprise that one would find color inspiration in the garden, but fashion inspiration?  I don't think my fashion mind is quite that creative, but having absolutely no shame when it comes to the sincerest form of flattery, I totally stole IMITATED this fashionista's fashion forward pattern mix.

Not the hit that my red dress was, my photographer/daughter was truly appalled at this getup.  In her defense---what you can't see because I cropped it out, are the ethnic pattern pants and floral pumps.  Nope, couldn't take it that far.  Please stay aware of your limitations.  There's plenty out there for all of us to rock.  I have on multi-colored beaded earrings, but you can't see them very well.  If you could, then the light blue and pink bracelets would make more sense.  The yellow is to complete the bumblebee effect, which is exactly what I was going for...:)  This tunic is actually long enough to wear as a dress, but then I'd have to show my knees and that's not going to happen.  As I said, there's plenty out there for all of us.  Regardless of how narrow or wide your lane may be, try to stay in it.  You'll thank me for this advice someday.

And now, back to World Cup action. We're going into at least 30 minutes of extra time. I miss my soccer watching buddy but he's on a two-week vacay with his dad.  My daughter is eating her way through Chicago at The Taste.  It's just me and Gizmo who's not very good company since he sleeps most of the time.  You know what happens when I have time on my hands.  I'm either going to make something or tear something down.

Or try on more clothes.