outfits worn by a gal trying her best in public
worn while participating in society. would rather be making ice cream.
Another week in the life! I have been having so much fun with these posts and I hope you’re enjoying them, too.
They’re a weird exercise in reflecting on the week—while you’re in it, everything feels absolutely insane, but from a zoomed-out lens, it turns into laughter and “did that really happen?”
It’s no surprise I have a lot to say, and I hope that these posts inspire you fashionably but also remind you that life isn’t that serious. We are all out here messing up, trying our best, terrified our kids and loved ones may need extensive therapy when they’re done with us, but ya know what? We show up anyway and we prepare to do it all again the next week.
Let these posts always serve as a reminder for you that while maybe the “looks” project as “put together,” no one really is. We’re all out here fighting for our lives, blissfully of course.
I hope you enjoy my week of cringe, clarinets squeaking, repeat songs, my need for ice-cream-anonymous, and more.
KEEP DOING THE BEST YOU CAN OUT THERE!
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MONDAY
You know I love a good hyperfixation. The Four-Shirted-Husband™1 absolutely crushed the Mother’s Day game (thank god for his sake). I got a Ninja Creami. I tried to fight it for so long, but as they said in the iconic movie Coyote Ugly, “can’t fight the moonlight.” I succumbed.
I am literally obsessed. I’ve made homemade chocolate, vanilla bean, Dole Whip, cookie butter, and don’t even get me started on the mix-ins. Next on the agenda: frappuccinos, mocktails, sorbet. THE LIMIT DOES NOT EXIST.
There are some awesome Substacks like Everything Creami that drop really fun recipes like these!
🏅Unsung Hero: Ninja Creami
For all reasons listed above. She’s everything I hoped for and more.
TUESDAY
I feel like at some point someone is going to be like, “Why is this chick at the doctor every week?” Just know I’m very okay — just a bit of a medical mystery.
But here is, yet again, another doctor’s office fit. Also peep the new shades — another Mother’s Day gift picked out by our favorite Four-Shirted-Husband™.
🏅Unsung Hero: New Lip Balm
My sister gave this to me for Mother’s Day and said a co-worker swears by it. Not gonna lie, I REALLY love it. AQUAPHOR: YOU ARE STILL MY #1.
WEDNESDAY
I promised Sarah | Fewer & Better that I would do my best to stop saying MaYcEmBeR multiple times per day. And although she has granted me permission to keep using the cringe phrase (it gets the same groan as saying “6-7,” which is apparently SO lame now), I am fully living and breathing Maycember.
We had my son’s 5th grade concert. Have you ever been to an elementary school music concert? Just wow. A few key observations:
Shoutout to all the music teachers out there. I played the clarinet for 100 years, and I still want to collapse every time I hear that thing squeak.
The kids did a lovely job.
My head hurt. It was really hot.
I think at least one song in every set should be a millennial bop. Imagine if, out of nowhere, they started playing Destiny’s Child’s Survivor? The place would go wild.
🏅Unsung Hero: The Puerto Rico Song
Maybe it’s auditory stimming, maybe it’s because I love Puerto Rico, or maybe it’s because the song is a straight-up bop.
THURSDAY
The fun continued as we ran one kid to a softball game and the other was out biking in the wild. I was getting ready to do my nightly turn-down when I shared with my son that I didn’t think we’d make the art show. His audible despair was enough for me to literally turn off the shower, throw all my clothing back on, and go view their masterpieces.
But, as you would expect, it was so worth it. Their art looked fantastic! I still cannot get over my daughter’s “Space Snake.” HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE!
🏅Unsung Hero: Cream Blush (Color: Petal)
Cream products scare me. I can’t stop using this gifted blush after a week of trial. Also sorry to report that wearing Ariana Grande’s makeup line will not, in fact, unlock your ability to sing Defying Gravity like she does. WOMP WOMP.
FRIDAY
At work we were talking about how to get dressed in this weird NY weather. I shared with my co-workers that I look at the temperature on my weather app and add about 5 degrees. The building is always hot, and the PM is always warmer than expected. Someone called my strategy “brilliant.” Perhaps I have a budding career as a meteorologist in my second life. Or perhaps they were just being nice.
The students were big fans, and before I even started the lesson, I was told, “Mrs. L, I like your fit today!” Name a better feel-good moment…I’ll wait.
🏅Unsung Hero: New Sunglasses!
Love these new sunglasses. They’re small enough to give “cool-girl vibes,” but wide enough to satisfy my oversized-sunglasses-loving millennial heart.
Last Week on Rambling In Style
That’s it. Another week of functioning(ish) in society. We shall regroup and do it again next week. Love ya, mean it!
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If you're new around here, The Four-Shirted-Husband™ is my husband. He has four shirts and a lot of opinions.
The four shirted husband did well!! ❤️
Omg the Madewell woven bag 😩 I need her, but she’s a bit out of my range. Excuse me while I go research some dupes. 💗