Those of you who know me in person know that I am not a high-class dresser. I wear jeans, joke T-shirt, hoodie, and sneakers or flip flops 95% of the time. The other 5% is spent awkwardly (and probably unsuccessfully) trying to look sharp with my old and mostly out-of-style wardrobe. It’s not exactly that I think I look bad in my standard garb, but I definitely don’t look nice or grown up either. So, I’ve been contemplating some kind of makeover of late, but it’s hard to make myself over when I don’t really have any sense of style or taste. Plus, after looking like a college student constantly for years, I feel strange if I all of sudden try wearing a skirt to playgroup. People will wonder why I’m all dressed up, and then I feel silly. The makeover I want is to start wearing lots more skirts and dresses, but I think it’s hard to not be too dressy with that look. Plus, I have San Francisco weather to deal with. It’s not exactly warm here, so I have to figure out tights and boots and jackets. PLUS, I’m a full-time mom, which means sitting on the floor and going to playgrounds and such.

Maybe I need to start small and get a couple outfits inspired by how I want to look every day but just wear them when I have somewhere to go, like a party. That would ease me in. When I start to have a decent supply of non-T-shirts, then I could dabble in wearing a skirt instead of jeans to playgroup. This will definitely involve some shopping. Maybe even thumbing through fashion magazines or catalogs. This sounds a lot like spending time and money on myself, which I haven’t done much of in a couple of years. Maybe it will help me to remember that I’m still Andi and not just Mommy!