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Getting dressed for the life I have — school runs, grocery runs, and the occasional dinner out.

I get dressed for school runs, grocery runs and the occasional dinner out. Nine things do most of the work. This is what I wear, what finally fits, and what I stopped buying.t I stopped buying.

A wooden clothes rail with a few neutral everyday clothes in soft bedroom light
A folded oatmeal sweater, jeans, loafers and a gold necklace laid out on a linen bedspread
StyleJuly 15, 20264 min read

The five-piece uniform that saved my mornings

Jeans, a good tee, a cardigan that hides everything, loafers, one gold necklace. I wear versions of this almost every day and I have never felt more like myself.

A wooden clothes rail with a few neutral everyday clothes in soft bedroom light
StyleApril 6, 20264 min read

I finally bought jeans that fit the body I have

Not the body I had at 32, not the one I keep meaning to get back to. The one carrying the groceries in right now. It took me a whole afternoon and it changed my whole spring.

Neutral autumn clothes folded on a bed in soft natural light
StyleFebruary 3, 20263 min read

Everything I wear in September, honestly

A list, written in February while I am cold and dreaming of the good month. Nine items, most of them older than my youngest child.