lacking lookbook

I've been getting a lot of disappointed emails and several questions about it on formspring so I thought I would just address it in a post.

Why you don't see my damn mug as often as before (and other musings): <-- not really, I just thought it sounded better like that

• I can't remember the last time I shopped. I'm not a big shopper to begin with - I'll buy a crap load of things in one sitting and then take a long hiatus. I wish I had a disposable wardrobe like a lot of style bloggers, BUT I DON'T. Plus, I don't shop anymore because:  1) I rather spend my money on other things like home improvement, weekend getaways, and photography equipment and 2) I now work from home...


• ...which means I rarely get "dressed". My work uniform now consists of yoga pants and a tee/tank/hoody. Yup, sexy. And when I go out, it's because I have to run errands and my running errands outfit is jeans, Converse, tee/tank/hoody (yeah, I basically swap out the yoga pants for jeans). I wish I could tell you that I prance around in 3" heels and my latest slutty fashionable outfit to go to the bank or buy dog food, but I'm almost 31...I don't have the patience and the last time I pranced, my age was in the single digits.


• I don't have paparazzi aka bf/husband/brother/sister/lover/dog trailing me with a camera snapping my every move. Mister works...he works a lot. And when I interrupt him in the middle of a conference call to "take outfit pictures", he looks at me like I've gone ape shit lost it.


• And when Mister does take photos of me, we inevitably fight. Not argue, fight. And I'll be damned if my blog is the demise of our relationship. "How many pics do you need...I just want to make sure I have a few good ones...I'm hungry...No, don't get too close and don't cut off my head or feet...Can we go now...Did you get detailed shots...WTF are detailed shots?..."


• Mister sucks at taking pictures.


• I can use a tripod and go that route, but there's nowhere to shoot at our place. We're constantly doing work, adding furniture, moving furniture, so it's a nightmare trying to find a good spot. And my old backdrop? It got completely annihilated in the storms we've had this winter. Ok, just kidding. It fell and we ended up moving it.


• I hate taking photos. HAAAATE. I thought after doing all those lookbook posts, I'd be able to smile into the lens as if it were an old friend. Uh..no. I admire the bloggers who can pose and smirk and vogue a la duck face to rival Snookie, but it's just not in me. I feel awkward, nervous, and plain stupid. Like a butcher at a vegetarian summit. Like, who the f*ck invited you?

Anyway, I'm extremely flattered that many of my readers actually like my outfit posts and have been missing them.  I'm not saying there won't be anymore lookbook posts. I'm just giving you my excuses reasons as to why they disappeared like Lindsay Lohan's career.

You'll see outfit posts here 1-2 times a week...And if I can teach Bruno how to take photos, perhaps more. Also, if you want to see more lifestyle posts (I know, like, wtf is a lifestyle post? But it's what the kids are doing these days, I guess.) shoot me an email or leave a comment here with your suggestion. So far, I made a note to do a desk/work space post and a closet post (<-- Seriously, do you really want to see my collection of yoga pants?). If there's any other part of my life you think might be remotely interesting, let me know!*

*Not guaranteed I'll post about it cuz well, shit, it's my blog and I decide.

And because everybody loves a post with pictures, here's the token photo:

 

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