What are *you* wearing today?

70 degrees My friends in the East should have flown to California last
week.
long sleeve green cotton tee
medium wash JAG jeans
Clark's green slides
gold Seiko watch and thin gold bracelet from Greece,
dangling earrings I bought in NY, aventurine at the bottom and small red
stones above them
black CH small hobo bag
Audrey

Today has been a very casual day spent mostly with family. My amazing
boyfriend (soon–to–be–fiance) is at the library right now stocking up
on movies for me and my sisters to keep us distracted when we get to
those low points; our beloved father passed away in the hospital
suddenly on Saturday after being sick with what we thought was a bad
flu. In some ways, I am relieved since he had so many health issues
throughout the years & I hated to see him suffer, but he was only 56.
In any event, I hope such a place exists where he can be at peace and
watch over us.
I have missed posting to this thread as it's very therapeutic, so maybe
I should keep up more often as a form of self–therapy so I don't go
crazy. To keep this on–topic, here's what I'm wearing around the
house:
– Mossimo chocolate brown velour zip–up hoodie
– Mossimo chocolate brown velour drawstring lounge pants with back
pockets with a snap closure

Mo...@poetic.com wrote:
My deepest sympathies on your loss.
Barbara

<Mo...@poetic.com> wrote in message
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I am so sorry to hear about your father. Please accept my deepest
sympathy. Congratulations though on your soon to be fiance; is he the
one you have been dating for quite some time?
Do post more often.
Audrey

CATCHING UP WITH STUFF TODAY: Up...@ 7:00. Went by the USPS and picked
up the mail that accumulated when I was in the hospital. Then, I made
a quick dash by work to pass along that I'd be out of commission a
while longer. Gassed the car... $2.239/gallon... I went a month
between fillups but then the car sat while I was in the hospital. Had
my doctor appointment, no surprise there... since she didn't treat me
in the hospital, I did a release so they could pass notes. Came home,
walked over to the Mexican place for beef fajitas. Got on the phone,
fixed up the loose ends for my medical leave. Then, made a trip to CVS
for a prescription and Target for a number of things. Came home and
sorted through the mail (lots of junk along with "they don't age well"
Wall Street Journal). For the day:
Blue polo shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Trainer Escape sneakers ("blueprint")
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/airtesc6.jpg
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Laura, just take your time to go through the grieving process. With
both my parents I had to get on with life immediately but it is
different for everyone. That is exciting news about your STBF.
Today the spring broke on my garage door so I was housebound till my son
came home from work to hold up the door while I drove the car out of the
garage. I could not open it manually. My errands were in three
different parts of town so I got home in a rush before work.
hand knit ahmward sweater...it is Italian yarn that stripes itself as
you knit in shades of green and blue. I love it so much one of today's
errands was to pick up the same type of yarn in hues of pink and
lavender.
black slacks
black socks with black Uggs
black leather jacket
earrings look like they are made by American Indians but are actually
made by an Israeli designer...turquoise, pink and lavender tiny beads,
gold watch and bracelet
black CH hobo bag
Audrey

HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE COMPUTER IN A BIT: I'm not working, I'm having
outpatient therapy 9:00 to 2:30 daily. I've not been quite right since
my father died but we're now applying talk therapy (part group, part
individual) along with the meds.
TUESDAY – Had my first day of therapy up in Houston. For the day:
Blue–gray T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Pegasus 2002 iD sneakers (blues/grays)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/pegasus6.jpg
WEDNESDAY – Second day of therapy up in Houston. Went out for Mexican
food afterwards. For the day:
White T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Pegasus 2002 iD sneakers (blues/grays)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/pegasus6.jpg
THURSDAY – Third day of therapy up in Houston. Got a phone call: the
hospital won't talk with the FMLA certification people until I sign a
release... standard post–HIPAA operating procedure. For the day:
Gray heather T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Kukini sneakers (black/gray)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/kukini0.jpg
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SUNDAY OF THE NBA ALL–STAR WEEKEND IN HOUSTON: Weather stinks by
Houston standards (37 and intermittently misting). Stayed in, just
showered. For the day:
TBD T–shirt
Blue shorts
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Jeans, watercolor print scarve for a belt, pea green vneck swearter
with faux side buttons.

yellow green Lauren heavy ribbed mixed wool sweater
dark denim jeans
white socks
Polo Sport navy tennis shoes
Anthropologie earrings...gold flowers with green stones, necklace of
tiny green beads and gold/green glass hearts from Murano, gold watch
Audrey

MONDAY: Last day of long drives to and from group therapy (9:00–2:30)
up in Houston, I've been discharged! For the day:
Gray–blue T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Pegasus 2002 iD sneakers (blues/grays)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/pegasus6.jpg
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<<< I am so sorry to hear about your father. Please accept my deepest
sympathy. Congratulations though on your soon to be fiance; is he the
one you have been dating for quite some time? >>>
Thank you so much, Audrey, I appreciate it. I met my soon–to–be fiance
while I was still with my ex–boyfriend. It was a back & forth kind of
rocky relationship and it ended for good around last March. My STBF
and I remained friends and we started talking on the phone every night,
spending a lot of time together, and we became inseparable. My dad
loved him and he even gets my mom's approval which is quite difficult!
I told my mom right at the beginning that I was going to marry him,
which is quite unusual for me, since I used to be very hesitant about
marriage. Anyway, he's the greatest man I've ever met and I'm glad my
dad got to meet him before he passed.
Today I decided to actually get dressed into real clothes since it's
been days and I am starting to feel a bit better and more at ease with
the whole situation. A bereavement minister came over this morning to
help us choose readings and songs for the funeral mass and my older
sister came over soon after to help put pictures on boards from the
funeral home. While my sister watched a few "Sopranos" episodes on DVD
with my mom, I went out for some coffee with my boyfriend. I haven't
really left the house, so it felt good to get out for a bit. I'm
wearing:
– White House | Black Market white long–sleeved crocheted floral cocoon
sweater
– Banana Republic powder blue nylon stretch V–neck camisole with
spaghetti straps
– Cambridge black tailored pants with a double–button front closure,
back welt pockets, and a slightly flared leg
– BCBGirls powder blue pointy mules with a 2" stiletto heel
Accessories: baby blue, baby pink, yellow, white, and forest green
"rock" necklace with the rocks of varying sizes, silver band with a
princess cut CZ stone and a double–row of round tiny CZs on either
side, and silver Claddagh ring. While I was out, I wore a Frenchi
camel lightweight wool coat with pink, pale aqua blue, mint green, and
yellow tweed bits.
Today is the best I've felt since I heard the news, but I know many
panic attacks await me and hope I make it through the week in one
piece. I felt guilty even going out for coffee today! What's keeping
me going is the fact that he would have suffered 100x more had he made
it home and I wanted nothing more than for him to be at peace. I doubt
he would have wanted to live a life where he would be at the hospital
2–3x a week.
Anyway, I know time will help. Tonight I will be picking up dinner for
my mom and myself, cleaning, writing my speech, and watching a movie
later on to help ease me into sleep.
––Laura

<<< I am so sorry to hear about your father. Please accept my deepest
sympathy. Congratulations though on your soon to be fiance; is he the
one you have been dating for quite some time? >>>
Thank you so much, Audrey, I appreciate it. I met my soon–to–be fiance
while I was still with my ex–boyfriend. It was a back & forth kind of
rocky relationship and it ended for good around last March. My STBF
and I remained friends and we started talking on the phone every night,
spending a lot of time together, and we became inseparable. My dad
loved him and he even gets my mom's approval which is quite difficult!
I told my mom right at the beginning that I was going to marry him,
which is quite unusual for me, since I used to be very hesitant about
marriage. Anyway, he's the greatest man I've ever met and I'm glad my
dad got to meet him before he passed.
Today I decided to actually get dressed into real clothes since it's
been days and I am starting to feel a bit better and more at ease with
the whole situation. A bereavement minister came over this morning to
help us choose readings and songs for the funeral mass and my older
sister came over soon after to help put pictures on boards from the
funeral home. While my sister watched a few "Sopranos" episodes on DVD
with my mom, I went out for some coffee with my boyfriend. I haven't
really left the house, so it felt good to get out for a bit. I'm
wearing:
– White House | Black Market white long–sleeved crocheted floral cocoon
sweater
– Banana Republic powder blue nylon stretch V–neck camisole with
spaghetti straps
– Cambridge black tailored pants with a double–button front closure,
back welt pockets, and a slightly flared leg
– BCBGirls powder blue pointy mules with a 2" stiletto heel
Accessories: baby blue, baby pink, yellow, white, and forest green
"rock" necklace with the rocks of varying sizes, silver band with a
princess cut CZ stone and a double–row of round tiny CZs on either
side, and silver Claddagh ring. While I was out, I wore a Frenchi
camel lightweight wool coat with pink, pale aqua blue, mint green, and
yellow tweed bits.
Today is the best I've felt since I heard the news, but I know many
panic attacks await me and hope I make it through the week in one
piece. I felt guilty even going out for coffee today! What's keeping
me going is the fact that he would have suffered 100x more had he made
it home and I wanted nothing more than for him to be at peace. I doubt
he would have wanted to live a life where he would be at the hospital
2–3x a week.
Anyway, I know time will help. Tonight I will be picking up dinner for
my mom and myself, cleaning, writing my speech, and watching a movie
later on to help ease me into sleep.
––Laura

"Charlie Perrin" <nikve...@sbcglobal.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
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It takes a long time to deal with the death of a parent. I hope the
therapy goes well for you.
Audrey

FRIDAY OF THE NBA ALL–STAR WEEKEND IN HOUSTON: Day #4 of what they
call "partial hospitalization" group therapy (9:00–2:30) up in
Houston. [IMHO, you get as much or more as you do as an inpatient.]
The hospital got FMLA certification release from me, now it's a matter
of waiting for everything to sync before I start getting disabilty
pay. Drizzled the whole way home, slowed down things about 20 minutes
although traffic was in a "Rita–style crawl" on the Gulf Freeway down
to the Hobby Airport exits; after that, traffic automagically returned
to full speed. For the day:
White T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Converse Pro Star sneakers (gray/dark blue)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/prostar8.jpg
PS: It gets bad when you can pair your fellow patients by their
sneakers. green Nikes, red Nikes, blue Nikes, orange and white
Reeboks, and a really sad girl in black low–top Chucks...

Snowy this morning, now sunny, very windy and freezing. Actually below
freezing outside. We got back from Florida last night and this is a
very rude awakening to winter. ;–) But it's OK as we had an
incredible time at Walt Disney World. I'd say the highlight was the
day we spent at Discovery Cove (www.discoverycove.com) where our
dolphin swim ended up being twice as long as scheduled and we ended up
with 3 dolphins in our group instead of one.
For dropping off the travel trailer at the storage place, errands, and
now sitting in front of a roaring fire watching NASCAR and being happy
to have a few more days off:
black nylon yoga pants (hot pink stitching)
lilac short–sleeve t–shirt
brown suede and shearling slippers

"jjjjjuliep" <jjjjju...@aol.com> wrote in message
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So you say it is freezing, but you are wearing a short sleeve tee. The
pilot light broke on my heater and I had to wear a black ON fleece under
my truly heavy Stanford sweatshirt. I had a fire on in the fireplace
but the rest of the house was so frosty. I am so happy it is now
repaired.
This weekend we might get snow; yes, it is supposed to snow in central
CA and has been snowing in the foothills. For morning errands on a
crisp sunny day
French blue oxford shirt
olive green wool sweater...the first ahmward creation almost big enough
for my husband but warm enough for me today
blue dark denim jeans
blue and red argyle socks
burgundy Bass loafers, traditional tassles and all
black CH hobo bag
For dinner out with DH and the girls
teal BR shirt square neckline big cuffs with covered buttons
black wool slacks
black Delman flats
black and gray Isabella Fiore handbag, Asian print on the front with
black and white beads
gold hoops and gold braid bracelet
black leather jacket unless it rains
Audrey

SATURDAY OF THE NBA ALL–STAR WEEKEND IN HOUSTON: Weather stinks by
Houston standards (42 and misting). Did get out to the Mexican place
for carne guisada... not to be confused with hospital food. The day
has been spent with either the local NPR station on the radio or the
Olympics on the TV. For the day:
White T–shirt
Gray heather Champion sweatpants
[when out]
Nike Air Deschütz sport sandals (black/blue/yellow)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/desch6.jpg
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ahmward wrote:
Trust me, the short sleeves were only for in front of the fire. ;–)
When I was outside I had a coat, scarf, and gloves and there's also
always a sweater handy for the house out here for cold days. :–) I'm
glad your heater is repaired––the furnace in my building went out in
December during a cold snap (nights in the 20s) and it was a cold week
until it was replaced.
Cold and sunny today, and as it's our last day of vacation, we'll spend
it doing nothing but sitting in front of another roaring fire and
watching the Daytona 500.
black cotton yoga pants
dark green short sleeve tee–shirt
brown suede and shearling slippers
grey varsity themed sweatshirt (with my favorite driver's old number),
as needed

NBA ALL–STAR WEEKEND OVER IN HOUSTON: Day #5 of what they call
"partial hospitalization" group therapy (9:00–2:30) up in Houston.
Also had some lab work done. Gassed the car on the way home ($2.189
per gallon) and went grocery shopping at Wal–Mart. Called The Farm;
Mom said "you don't sound like you have a cold" but all the talking
started making my head act up. Went out for two bowls of tortilla soup
and lots of iced tea, excellent to steam out my stuffed–up head.
Probably the fastest drive I had but it was President's Day. All the
freeway driving over the last tank of gas resulted in 28.1 MPG (EPA
mileage for a Scion tC automatic is 23 city/30 highway; the Corolla
was supposedly 30 MPG city but I got about 23 MPG) vs 22.1 MPG driving
around here. I put 1000 miles on the car as of earlier today. For the
day:
White T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Air Jordan 9 Retro sneakers (white/black/red)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/aj09–902.jpg
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hanging out at home, weather in the 60's which is actually cool in our
So.Cal. city:
A "vintage" Newport News ribbed cotton turtleneck in a deep purple..
Levi's lowrise flare jeans, faded blue..
NSS "Limey" shoes in grey/blue (still seeking them in black w/ no luck!)
Appropriate undergarments :–)
Tiny silver w/purple stone stud earrings and of course my wedding band.
I tend to be kind of frumpy lately, maybe "reporting in" here will encourage
me to clean up a bit! (just donated a bag of frumpy clothes to Am–Vets this
morning)

The traditional black/gold/white Hermes scarf Dies et Hore, with black
Banana Republic long sleeve polo under a black Barney's poly/wool
ribbed v–neck, charcoal grey gabardine trousers, J. Fenestrier black
suede loafers, Hermes "Rocabar" the scent.
LOTD/SOTD at http://hometown.aol.com/ascotsilk/myhomepage/profile.html
John Leslie, D/FW Texas

<ascots...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Welcome back John.
Audrey

FOGGY IN HOUSTON JUST ABOUT ALL DAY: Day #6 of what they call "partial
hospitalization" group therapy (9:00–2:30) up in Houston. It was foggy
all the way up and I didn't get there until about 9:20. Still dealing
with a cold. It was somewhat foggy south of Beltway 8 in the
afternoon, but enough that they lifted the dense fog advisory (with
the caveat it's going to return Wednesday AM). For the day:
Gray heather T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Pegasus 2002 iD sneakers (blues/grays)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/pegasus6.jpg
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Moderately snowing right now. I have my performance review with my
boss today (no surprises––she gave me the written evaluation yesterday
to review and it's even better than last year's) so I am a bit more
dressed up than I would normally be in this weather:
ankle length black skirt
white v–neck t–shirt
dark brown jersey cardigan; same color satin ties at bust; same color
beaded and embroidered ribbon trim on placket
black pointed toe flats with patent insert on toecap
bezel set diamond earrings (white gold setting)
diamond heart necklace (round cut diamonds, raised yellow gold setting)
antique sapphire and diamond dinner ring
new emerald and diamond ring
black leather cuff watch, silver face with crocodile embossing on cuff
for outside: 3/4 length black all weather coat, single breasted, faux
fur collar; black and white houndstooth extra long muffler; black
leather gloves; ankle length black 'patent' zip front boots

Audrey, thanks for the greeting :)
Still cold and rainy in North Texas...48 F at 945 am
Navy side–button mock neck wool RL Polo sweater
Beretta olive flannel trousers, pleated and cuffed
John Varvatos olive side–gore loafers
Hermes 90 cm sq scarf "Le Tarot" in navy and taupe
Scent is Fubu "Plush" (a sample of the scent)
SOTD/LOTD at http://hometown.aol.com/ascotsilk/myhomepage/profile.html
John Leslie – Arlington, TX

WEDNESDAY: Day #7 of what they call "partial hospitalization" group
therapy (9:00–2:30) up in Houston. Didn't make it all day because of a
bad cold. For the day:
Dark green T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Trainer Escape sneakers ("blueprint")
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/airtesc6.jpg
Afterwards, for some household tasks:
White T–shirt
Blue shorts
[when out]
Nike Air Deschütz sport sandals (black/blue/yellow)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/desch6.jpg
THURSDAY: Day #8 of what they call "partial hospitalization" group
therapy (9:00–2:30) up in Houston (the 10:00–1:00 version is called
"intensive outpatient"). Made it all day. Cloudy up, clear enough that
I had to close the moonroof shade on the way back. For the day:
Gray heather T–shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Pegasus 2002 iD sneakers (blues/grays)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/pegasus6.jpg
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FIRST TGIF OF MARCH 2006: Up...@ 6:45 after having the cold remnants
wake me up during the night. Got to work... no badge; when I went to
receptionist for a temporary she said something like "it fell off in
the building and was turned in last night. No temporary badge for
you!" Spent the morning doing a code review; mostly typos but I did
find two technical problems. All–hands meeting in the afternoon along
with going through about 60 pages of a document my manager sent out
while I was out. I also sent a "Why doesn't PowerPoint do revision
marking? We're going nuts doing them by hand!" to my Microsoftie
nephew Brian. All in all, it felt like I had the first normal workday
since my return. For the day:
Blue polo shirt
Blue denim chinos
Nike Air Pegasus 2002 iD sneakers (blues/grays)
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/pegasus6.jpg
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http://sneakers.pair.com/

"Charlie Perrin" <nikve...@sbcglobal.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
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Glad to know you are feeling better.
Audrey

"Charlie Perrin" <nikve...@sbcglobal.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
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Hey, Charlie,
Hope your return to work as normal also signifies that life is getting more
comfortable.
Smokey

what I wore to the Oscar suites on Friday
black roper boots
oligo tissew jeans (I forget which style) in dark wash and some orange
contrast stitching
a gorge fuschia silk cami with violet straps (from my tailor thank
you!)
a rose colored cardie with rose sequins and the deconstructed chiffon
cuffs
raspberry tourmaline layered necklaces
silver chandelier earrings with pearl drops
Stevie
ps.. bunch of stuff on the blogs