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Before we go any further, I need to show you all what I'm wearing today.
Cotton blend Cherokee brand shorts, from Target, bought I don't know how many years ago; they are too big in the hips and too small in the waist and covered with paint from seven years of DIY projects in our former house. Polo from Old Navy, by way of the dirty laundry basket. Not visible in the photo: green Berne Meve mules, worn with white ankle socks, and a baseball cap with the logo of my brother's software design firm on it, worn over my unwashed hair.
I have gone to a pee wee soccer game, the grocery, the park, and the ice cream store in this outfit. I didn't mean to stay in those clothes all day, but one thing lead to another and now it's so close to bedtime that there is no point in changing.
A week ago, I wouldn't have shared that photo with the Internet; in fact, last weekend, despite the fact that I am participating in --nay, administrating! -- a pool where participants are posting photos of what they wear to work every single day, I went out of my way NOT to post any pictures. Because god forbid anyone see me looking like that. Anyone other than all those other parents at the soccer game, and the folks at SuperTarget, and the moms at the park, and . . .
We're all slobs some of the time; it's the truth. And this week, Secret Agent Josephine is inviting the slobs to come out of the closet and show us what they're wearing. SAJ has started a Flickr pool, I dress like a slob every day.
Back to my horrible outfit. As you can see, this is totally normal for me. I dress like this every day. It is sad and pathetic and I am not proud of it. But life has got me in it’s grip right now so I might as well have a little fun with it, right? I decided to make my own flickr pool called “I dress like a slob every day”. You know, in parody of the ever fashionable and trim-as-a-whip Ms. Susan Wagner of Friday Playdate? Maybe you are familiar with her Working Closet pool? I’ve been following it for quite a while, wishing I could play. But sadly, I don’t own any fancy clothes like that. And if I did I’d probably hide them because Baby Bug would smear greasy goldfish cracker oil on them and ruin them.
I am flattered by the parody, and it got me thinking: is it so bad to be a slob sometimes? I am someone who doesn't function well without a shower in the morning, which means that I am also someone who tends to get dressed every day. But when my kids were babies, or when I'm swamped with work, or on the weekends, I look forward to skipping the work (as minimal as it is) of getting myself pulled together. I crave some slobbiness.
Not sure if you're enough of a slob for the Flickr pool? Froglette offers the top 10 ways to detect your inner slob:
1. You have worn the same pair of jeans for three or more days in a row.
2. You haven’t taken your slippers off in days.
3. Your toddler spilled juice on you at 9am and you are still wearing the same shirt at 9pm.
4. You have an unidentifyable stain that matches your toddler’s stain somewhere else on your body.
5. You can’t remember whether you washed your hair yesterday or the day before that or…uhhh nevermind.
6. You decide that the smudged eyes look is in and go with yesterday’s makeup, today.
7. You promise yourself that you will get dressed before 3 pm, and then miss your timeline.
8. You can name the label on every item of your kid’s clothes, but can’t remember the last time you bought something for yourself at a store that only sells clothing.
9. You’ve taken the track-pant look to the gym, your kid’s school, and the grocery store without thinking twice.
10. Your normal hairstyle can be defined as “Ponytail Chic.”
Froglette's list is a good reminder that while slobbiness is not limited to women with children, moms -- particularly moms of very small
