{"id":1561,"date":"2012-10-23T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T05:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2012-11-19T19:25:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T01:25:59","slug":"what-was-i-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=1561","title":{"rendered":"What Was I Thinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographing my fashion adventures is giving me a thicker skin and letting me laugh at myself a little (or a lot).\u00a0 It’s a fun experience, and I thought I’d share this HUGE styling disaster with you, just for laughs.<\/p>\n

While Ryan was grocery shopping with the boys Sunday evening, I attempted a photo shoot in the last bit of sunlight that was left.\u00a0 Normally, Ryan helps me set up our make-shift tripod and then graciously leaves the room so I can pose freely with our camera’s remote and timer.\u00a0 But this time, I felt confident enough that I could do it all by myself, so I sent him on his way.\u00a0 Big mistake!\u00a0 I had to resort to boxes of Kleenex to prop up the camera to the right height, and once that was precariously set up, I quickly changed into the outfit I wanted to photograph.<\/p>\n

The light was fading, I was running back and forth between the shots and the “tripod” a lot, and I realized that the pieces, which worked together so effortlessly in my mind, totally looked like a costume in front of the camera.\u00a0 Not to mention that my angle was completely off.<\/p>\n

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(Are you dizzy yet?)<\/p><\/div>\n

I paired a gray skirt<\/a> and blouse<\/a>, both from Garnet Hill, with my new gray pumps<\/a> from Ruche (seen here in burgundy), and for fun, I also put on a pair of fuschia tights.\u00a0 To be fair, I love the colored tights trend, and I thought a bit of pink on my legs would brighten things up.\u00a0 Instead, I just look like a muppet.\u00a0 While I love the skirt and blouse separately and they would work well together with some simple flats, this look is a total failure.\u00a0 And so are the pictures and the lighting.<\/p>\n

But that comes with the territory, and in the interest of blog realness (notice I’m not using the ubiquitous A-word<\/a>), I don’t feel embarrassed showing you.\u00a0 Well, not much.\u00a0 Because it gets worse.<\/p>\n

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(Seriously, what the heck?)<\/p><\/div>\n

And here are the shoes, which are incredibly cute and incredibly uncomfortable, and will not work with those tights at all.\u00a0 Never ever.<\/p>\n

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(Just focus on the shoes.)<\/p><\/div>\n

I, Catherine, do solemnly swear, from here on out, only to wear gray and black tights with these shoes.\u00a0 I also know now that those cute lacy socks<\/a> from Victorian Trading Company will look ridiculous on me, too.\u00a0 I am a grown woman and I should dress in a respectable manner.\u00a0 What the heck was I thinking?<\/p>\n

But my hair looks really good in those photos, I think, and that definitely counts for something!<\/p>\n

Linking up the The Glamorous Housewife<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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