#32: Wear black with blue – jeans don’t count.

Date Completed:  5/16/2010

Most of my friends know I have no fashion sense. Well, that's not true - I suppose I have style when I'm led to style...like a horse to water...I just have no *inherent* sense of fashion. I would be perfectly content wearing my Lululemon Astro Crop pants with a tank top every day between April and October. November through March, my preference would be my White House Black Market Blanc bootcut jeans (they fit amazingly well for women with some curves and they simply change their pocket style each year so you're guaranteed they'll always fit) and anything Under Armour to stay warm. See? Done. I'm easy when it comes to what I'd *like* to wear. Unfortunately, I need an entirely different wardrobe for work - mostly suits - and then there's the night life/social mix that is best described as flirty casual. Thankfully Minnesota and Arizona have a lot in common in that you can go anywhere in the summer in flip flops and a tank top during the day and then just switch to heels in the evening. Piece of cake.

There are just a couple of areas where I'm a stickler for fashion. I totally look past white before Memorial Day. However, I have a tough time with black and blue (as in, together). Baby blue and turquoise don't count, nor do jeans - those colors are easy to pair with black. I'm talking dark/navy blues. I'm not sure what it is about this, but it's like nails to the chalkboard with me. I used to give my trainer so much trouble about this when he wore a navy t-shirt and black exercise pants that it got to be a little game for us where he'd do it just to get a rise out of me. Seriously, I'm cringing even as I type. I knew I needed to get past this or at least embrace it once, so I added it to THE LIST. Well, thankfully the Get Your Rear in Gear run (#50 on THE LIST) offered technical shirts in a dark blue color this year and the race occurred before I bought my grey Astro Crops so my only choice was black leggings. And there you have it. List item complete with a photo as proof. Enjoy it because you'll probably never see it again!