Necklace: gift from parents
Cami: Old Navy
Dress: Target
Belt: Target
Tights: We Love Colors
Semiflats: Payless
I had just climbed into the car yesterday when my phone began blasting Kelly Clarkson, which can only mean one thing--my best friend from college, E., was calling me. You may remember E. from this post from the very early days of Animated Cardigan. We haven't talked since seeing each other in Virginia in February, and she wanted to call to tell me two things. One was that she loved a painting I made (she's a big art fan so sometimes I show her what I paint). The other was that she spent one night fooling around on the internet and had read all my 30 for 30 posts and everything since then, and she loved it.
Thus begins the post in every blogger's life where one wonders how to reconcile blogging with real life. I was thrilled to hear that E. had read my blog and loved it because it's a real boost to my confidence--though E. might be one of my biggest cheerleaders anyway!--and it's exciting when my friends say they're belting their cardigans and liking it because of me. And you know by now that some of my coworkers read and discuss this blog, & my parents know about it.
However, I do wonder exactly where one draws the line--I would never tell my patrons about my blog, or the head of the library system where I work, and I'm quite careful, as many other bloggers are, about mentioning where I live and work. I'd probably never admit to most of my family that I'm a style blogger (how would one even begin to explain fashion blogging to one's grandmother?), but I'm willing to show my blog to my friends. Striking the balance is much like a scale of justice, but I believe if others--the ladies of Acadmichic, Monkeyface and Tania--can toe the line, so can I.
P.S. I got soooooooo many compliments on my tights today! I thought gold would be a bad idea but news flash: mustard goes with everything.
