Stormy Weather

NYC weather has been crazy lately. One day will be chilly, the next warm and summery, the next stormy and flooded.

For some reason I decided not to wear my Hunter rain boots and ended up getting caught in the rain four times that day. 

To be fair it was very, very hot that morning and throughout the day. Even through the rain.

...and this was not just normal prissy rain.

Noah's ark style downpours. 
(well not really, I can still see the ground)

I have a blister to prove how comfortable it is to wear Danish clogs while power walking flooded Manhattan streets for 3 hours.

TMI?

Yeah it was. Sorry!

shirt: nordstrom
jeggings: zara
shoes (not pictured): banana republic
necklace: j crew

Wind

I have a love/hate relationship with the wind. I have mostly fine strands in my hair, so if I encounter even a slight breeze, all of the hair on my head takes flight. Some days it's fun, others I just want to see where I'm going.

Manhattan's grid layout makes for easier understanding of maps, but it also causes wind-tunnels. So I can walk with ease down a street, but once I get the the corner...

...I struggle just to stand my ground instead of following the wind.

It's probably a good metaphor for life. Most things these days become decent metaphors for life. 

Life may try to blow you any which way, but you have to push through! 

No? 

No.

I'll just buy more hair bands.

leather jacket: french connection
sweater: club monaco (men's)
tank top: bdg 
jeans: zara
shoes: banana republic

Lessons Learned

I've learned through watching kids that dropping yourself on the ground does nothing to help you, and that tantrum won't get you what you want (unless you have wimpy parents).

You have to push through and do what you must do.

I don't know what that thing is that you must do.

I do know that getting up, brushing yourself off, and doing that thing will bring you closer to what you desire.

sweater: j crew

shorts: gap kids (who knew they made plus sizes for 12 yr olds!?)

shoes: converse

necklaces: j crew, forever 21

headband: ricky's