Fashion Quest--Part IV

Details, details.  *Sigh*  Details and I have a rather ambivalent relationship.  Things like spelling and punctuation in anything printed are important to me.  Other things, like whether the throw pillows match the sofa--not so much.  As long as they don't blatantly clash, it's all good.  I was thrilled when "lumpy" mashed potatoes became the rage.  I can't be bothered to make sure all the lumps are gone.  And when it comes to fashion, makeup is nice, and I feel like I look better with it, but it isn't a big deal to me, either.  Jewelry rises up the scale, mostly because it's details that are (usually) easy to put on.

So, the details of our wedding fashions.  I already mentioned, the pewter and blood-red stone necklace that my mother will wear with her grey, beaded top tomorrow.  It came with matching earrings, but, since the piercings in her ears have long since closed, she won't be wearing them.  She wants to wear them.  She even hinted at having her ears repierced.  At one point I said "Why would you want to draw attention to your big, droopy earlobes?"  Not one of my finer moments, I confess.

This isn't a very good photo of the
"disco" necklace, but you get the idea.

For the New Year's Eve wedding, I already had a necklace that I knew would be perfect with for my mom's jacket and shell set.  My daughter has been using it for several months, but I managed to get it back with a minimum of fuss.  She calls it the "disco" necklace.  (My daughter, not my mom.)  It is 24" long and is comprised of shiny silver squares.  I have   had this for years.  I remember wearing it at least back to '01.

As far as other jewelry for my mom, she has some rings that we may consider, if there is time.

For myself, between the studs on the cardigan and the fancy necklines on the shirts I'll wear under it, I don't think I'll need necklaces.  When I dress tomorrow, I'll see if the pink tank needs anything else.  I already have a grouping of pewter bangle bracelets that I'll wear both times.  I also have really nifty pewter spiral earrings--that are rather outre for me--that I planned to wear to both weddings.  But tomorrow the temperature is supposed to reach 82 degrees.  I thought maybe I'll wear a nice pair of dangle earrings my friend, T, made with pink crystals and ceramic beads.  They're a little more demure, but that could be good. Leave the spirals for the more splashy New Year's Eve fiesta.

A brief mention about socks.  A lot of people don't really think about socks, or stockings.  I needed to find a pair of navy dress socks for my mom.   Aka, trouser socks, I found all kinds of textures in black.  After four stores, I was getting perturbed.  Finally, at Catherine's of course, I found navy nylon dress socks.  They even had a couple of textures to choose from!  I didn't even care how much they cost at that point.  For my mom's, uh, bad feet, I got the ones with cotton soles.  Feet gotta breathe, ya know?  While I was checking out the knee-high stockings, I realize that I needed something.  My eye was drawn right to the off-black color.  With my black pants and pewter shoes, I think they'll be great.  Will anyone really notice our stockings?  I really hope not.  The point is for people to notice our pants and shoes (especially my spiffy part-ay shoes!).

I realized I needed a clutch bag.  Besides the usual driver's license, tissue and lip balm, I'm going to have to bring both my mom's and my evening medications.  So I didn't want anything too small.  A couple of weeks ago, a shoe catalog came in the mail.  I was sitting with my morning tea, waiting for my mother to finish her breakfast, when I saw the perfect bag!

From Urban Expressions, the studs match
the studs on my cardigan.  It's about 14" wide.
It just has a wrist strap, but it zippers completely,
so no worries of anything falling out.

By the time I found the clutch, it was less than two weeks to the wedding so I wanted to have it ship Express.  The shipping costs in the original catalog was almost as much as the bag itself!  So I got the great idea of Googling it.  Found it on another website with free shipping!  I had to pay a modest fee for the Express, but that was cheaper than the first site's regular shipping!

My mother has an appointment to get her hair set in the morning.  My hair is at just the right length and coloring.

These are "Demure."
They were the least
obtrusive I could find.

Last, but definitely not least, is the makeup.  I will put a light foundation on my mother's face.  Maybe a light stroke of eyeshadow.  Mostly, she just wants her age spots covered up.  For myself, I ordered my expensive, hard-to-find OcuLash mascara.  It is made for extremely sensitive eyes.  I have mineral foundation (because I have Rosacea it has to be organic) and my trusty eyebrow powder.  In another bold move, I bought false eyelashes.  In the last few years, I have noticed that the lashes on my left eye don't curve upward anymore.  The other day, when I was trying to curl them, the eyelash curler slipped.  Besides yanking on my eyelid and making it sore, it also pulled out a half dozen lashes.  Left with a fairly large gap in my straight lashes, I'm going to try falsies!  LOL

I think we're ready.  I can't remember the last time I spent so much time and energy on an outfit.  Oh wait, yeah, that would be when I worked in corporate America!  I would not have had this much fun or been able to expend so much energy on these outfits if I still worked outside the home.  Gotta love being a caretaker!