CHIC GIRL HITS THE NET!!!: PEOPLE WATCHING & THE GAME

Sorry. I just couldn't help myself.

Once a week I get out of my cozy bed, pull on my faux Uggs, and schlep over to my neighborhood Starbucks for coffee, people watching, and of course to write this blog. Now in sitting here, I realize that in my faux Uggs and an outfit that is barely an upgrade from pjs, I still look better than almost every single person that walks in here! The really bad thing is that most of these people are in the midst of their work day! Which means they deliberately left their houses looking like a hot mess. I'm sorry but I'm appalled. But I'm also glad for the fodder it provides me with to play my favorite game, Makeover in My Head. As Sophia on the Golden Girls would say, "Picture it", a plus size woman in her approx. mid 30's just walked in wearing washed out black cargo pants, a turquoise cotton tank w/ lace trim peeking out from underneath a horribly ugly black and white flowered tunic that unfortunately is too short and too tight. To top it all off... Barney purple Birkenstocks. 3 words. WRONG, WRONG , AND WRONG. The outfit not my Golden Girls reference.

Anyway I digress, this is such an easy makeover I have to restrain myself from running over to share it with her. First I would switch out her once black cargos ( they rarely a good look for anyone) for a pair of jet black jeans or leggings. Both would elongate her. Second, a lightweight hip- length tunic (looks good on everyone) in a pattern or jewel tone. Third, a jacket or vest to add some texture to. Finish her with a funky accessory (like the earrings below), an ankle boot and a big fabulous bag. See the pieces I picked below that scream "FASHION IS FOR EVERYONE"!

So that's the Makeover in My Head game ("we need to find a better name for it"). It's fun and everybody wins. She gets a new look and I once again get to defy the odds and transform the fashion clueless... at least in my head.