Random Saturday Musings

Can you believe it is already Saturday?

It has been a busy week Chez WMM - LOTS of yardwork and pruning and digging (yesterday I went womano-a-womano with Virginia Creeper and won the battle, but likely not the war!) and we have a busy weekend planned as well.  But it is Saturday and you know what that means: musings, musings, musings...

1) Linen.

I got all in a dither of happiness thinking about linen after our Miss Dani did a wonderful post about linen here.  Dani has such great taste.  However, I snorted when I read this quote: I love linen for summer but not the fancy sort.  Forget about trying to wear linen suits or trousers, you'll end up a rumpled mess.

I laughed because I was wearing fancy linen trousers at that very moment, recreating another of my style looks, so I rushed to the bathroom with my camera (really - WHO does this besides bloggers? - and took a picture as I was thinking "am I a rumpled mess?" )

Here was the original picture that had precipitated my outfit:

My eyesight is bad, and I suspect that Ines' pants are not linen.  But I had linen trousers and decided I should try a similar look:

These are old ivory linen trousers from JCrew from a couple of years ago.  I had to wear a cardigan because of how cool it was in the morning and I forgot to run and take a picture of myself  holding my market bag!  Took a close-up:

Yup - kind of rumpled.  Luckily for me, I am blithely impervious to the worry of looking rumply, because I kind of look rumply a lot!  Thought you might like a look at the little espadrilles from Franco Sarto that I found downtown this week for a song and which are soooo cute!

And how they appear on the zappos website:

comfy, comfy (there is a padded insole) and fun, fun, fun, with the animal print and cheeky sequins. You  can find yours here.

I have decided that a woman like myself can afford to be rumply, since it implies a certain je ne sais quoi!  But I could be delusional!  What do you think?

2) Iron Man 3

Oh I have a dreadful crush on Robert Downey Jr., speaking of cheeky.

I imagine sometime in the next couple of weeks, Barry and I will make our way to the local movie theatre and take part in the beginning of the summer blockbuster season.  I like the Iron Man series okay, though I must confess, I enjoyed The Avengers movie, with all of those lovely men together, a little more..No matter.  On Thursday evening, my daughter and I went to the mall so that i could order my new glasses.  The lineup for the midnight showing of Iron Man 3 was long and 95% comprised of young men under the age of 25.  It was like a midnight showing of Twilight, but in reverse.  One fellow was wearing a black cape (I wondered if he was confused and thought he was in a Harry Potter lineup?).  When I saw this fellow - hanging out with his friends - I had a thought: I know that bullying is terrible and pervasive.  But in 2013 where I live, you can wear a cape to a movie premiere and not get harassed.  If we went back to 1973 and where I grew up, that would not have been the case.  So I saluted this chap in my head and the others in the line and in the mall, who all seemed to think it was neat that he was wearing his cape.

3) What are YOU doing with YOUR life?

Sometimes, I read stories about what scientists are up to and I think: "Huh, Wendy you have got to get going!"  This week, scientists created the worlds smallest movie, manipulating atoms to tell a story.  You can see the movie here.  These particular scientists want to show how far the technology has come and show the capability that IBM has to store data.  I could tell you more, but honestly, the BBC article does a much better job than I would!

The funny thing was: I wasn't all that excited.  The film reminded me of the old Pac Man games and was a little dull.  We are getting so immune to the wonders of science; it is moving at a dizzying pace, but at the same time, we think that so many of the discoveries already exist anyway, because we watch movies like Iron Man 3!

Were you wowed by the movie?

4) Every time I think I'm out, the Crew pulls me back in...

I had checked the Crew site a couple of times this week for something very sedate and classic to pick up in the 30% off sale.  But then I saw these:

The Cafe Capris in silk foulard in the pattern Anastasia's Flowers.  Would any of you know what THAT name would refer to?  Anywho, they popped onto the site in my size on sale.  I said "no Wendy - where the hell would you where those? " and let them go.  And felt badly that I let them go.  And then, dammit, they popped back a couple of days later in my size again.  It is like Mickey was calling to me: "Wendy, I kept these pants aside just for you...."  And yes I ordered them.  I have comforted myself that they are not final sale and therefore can be returned.  What have we learned from this?

1) Wendy bad
2) Wendy should NOT visit the sale site, even if she is innocently looking for tshirts  (is there really any innocence involved in on-line shopping?)
3) Wendy is destined to live a life of cocktail parties, champagne, etc, because if not, why am I drawn to these pants, like a moth to a shiny, sparkly flame?

You know I will share when they arrive.  And no, the sale is no justification.  Sigh.  But they remind me of what Marie Antoinette would wear if she was running around today and made me think of the wonderful, visually stunning Sofia Coppola movie.

Yes, that will be me, world-weary in my fancy pants.  Tiffany Rose, come visit, ASAP!!!  I will need company!

So leopard print sequin espadrilles and Marie Antoinette-esque fancy pants.  I am starting to see a pattern.....

Have a wonderful Saturday!!!  Stay safe out there!