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17 May 2012

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Can you dig deep into the archives of your razor sharp memory and remember my unfortunate culotte purchase?

I know you can.

After finally folding the Kilimanjaro of all Kilimanjaros of cold laundry this morning, I found and remembered it too. I carried the kids downstairs, turned a blind eye as they played with forbidden treasures (toilet water and toilet paper) and transformed the wannabe skort into a skirt.
And then I put it on slightly crooked and took a photo with the sun hitting the front seam just right so that you can't exactly see it screaming, "I used to be ginormous shorts!!!"

And then I valiantly rescued Sebastian from Julia who was so smartly using a cup to very efficiently transfer the water over onto his unamused and nearly drowned face.

17 comments:

  1. Grace, I just want to say "thank you" from the bottom of my heart for your blog posts. I am the first-time mommy to a 2 month old little boy, and if it weren't for your rants, confessions, and hilarious descriptions, I would feel like I am the only one who has moments of insanity. (Moments? I meant whole mornings.) You sound like a wonderful mother and thank you for your honesty!

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  2. Cute! You're so good at that. I wish I had the patience, and a sewing machine, and a giant pair of culottes to transform as well. Btw, gave you a shout out on the blog today...:)

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  3. thank you for checking off "belly laugh" on my list of things to-do today. what an unfortunate situation turned into brilliance.

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  4. Please teach me how to sew! You're amazing at it and I'm jealous!

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  5. Loooove. Perfect for summer. And seriously you cannot see the center seam at. all. Great job.

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  6. What the frack?! How did you make those things so cute?! Damn people with sewing skills!

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  7. i WANT that skirt. it looks so comfy and perfect for any and every event.

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  8. Yay! SUPER cute! All of your alterations make me totally inspired to raid my local thrift joints and "sew crazy" :)

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  9. I love it! Also, you are very funny.

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  10. Amazing! You are so talented :)

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  11. You are awesome - and I had to click back to the O.G. post just to re-live the big "reveal"...and I'm still dying of laughter!!!!! :)

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  12. I have a love/hate with your before and afters. I love because it looks great, obv. I hate because you always look great... even in the before... even in the culottes... to the point that I think your before is the after, and I become confused. I should be humiliated, and maybe I am.

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  13. You are amazing! Seriously, you should start a show transforming ugliness into awesomeness.

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  14. Is it pathetic that I've been thinking about this ever since you posted the culottes pic, and have wondering whether and hoping you would turn them into a skirt and then post about it? And that I'm now all a-flutter because it looks even better than I imagined? Or, if not simply pathetic, is that stalker-scary? Or...awesome?

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  15. Wow! You did a great job - I need some of your sewing skills. ;)

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  16. You have a lovely sense of style and a beautiful blog! Please check out mine, maybe we can follow each other?:)

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  17. I tried to bathe Ellen in the shower this morning and almost drowned her. Oops.

    Also, I love the skirt, but, for the record, you totally rocked those hammer shorts.

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