What Would YOU Wear?? - The Chronicles of Home

I’ve been working like crazy the past few days getting the house cleaned for the big photo shoot next week. I have a way to go still but it feels great to really have things clean. The rooms I’ve done have had furniture moved, every corner vacuumed, mopped, windows scrubbed inside and out. I even sustained my first ever cleaning injury that borderline could have needed stitches:

http://distilleryimage3.s3.amazonaws.com/ce1b738ae80a11e2a4fb22000a1f97ec_7.jpg

Don’t I look happy? And put together? Like a boxer after a rough match? :) This was at the end of a full day cleaning, in the heat. We have tilt-in windows and I was cleaning the very last one in the living room and had tilted it in to clean the outside when the air conditioner that was in the window slipped a little and I scrambled to catch it, allowing the heavy window to crash down on my face, knock me backwards, tilt the air conditioner inside and dump dirty water all over the floor I had just cleaned. Probably would have made a pretty funny video…

It was pretty deep, but closed itself up quickly so I avoided a trip to the ER and stitches, thank goodness.

So, when I haven’t been cleaning or splitting my face open, I have been digging through my closet trying to come up with some options for what to wear for this photo shoot.

It’s been harder than you might think! Here are some of the things that have been running through my head at different points:

I should look casual, not too dressed up.
I’m going to be in a magazine, for goodness sake, I want to look fancy!
Should I wear all solid colors?
Wow, I have a lot of colored skinny jeans.
How many colors are too many colors for one outfit??
My wardrobe consists very largely of navy blue, emerald green, raspberry pink, and white.
Can I wear a casual dress and boots?
No, that looks clunky.
Good heavens, it is a million degrees in this bedroom, I need to stop trying on jeans!

I ultimately tried to come up with outfits I might wear to a casual dinner party. Something I could actually be wearing at home, in a casual setting, but a bit nicer than my yoga pants!

Contender #1

Dark pink skinny jeans, white t-shirt, striped knit blazer, yellow flats. Maybe paired with this necklace (somehow missed it in the shot):

Contender #2

Green silk blouse, yellow necklace, dark blue skinny jeans, leopard flats.

Contender #3

Navy silk ruffled collar blouse, white cardigan, pearls, dark pink skinny jeans, yellow flats.

Contender #4

Green patterned blouse, long gold necklace, dark blue skinny jeans, coral perforated flats.

Contender #5

Denim skirt, yellow belt, cobalt bubble necklace, emerald skinny jeans, coral flats.

It’s entirely possible the stylist won’t be into any of these ideas and I could end up wearing something totally different, but I’d still love to hear what you like! Weigh in…would you choose contender 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5??