I'm All Jacked Up On Mountain Dew, Chip!

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooood morning, Snarkers! The title of this post has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm about to snark about. Hubby and I watched Talledega Nights the other day (one of my all time favorite movies) and I'm amped on sugar from homemade cinnamon rolls and two cups of iced coffee. It's Tuesday so let's go!

I have discussed this with a friend of mine on several occasions and for some reason it got back into my head last night and this morning. I wish we could do a throwback to the 50s, minus the whole segregation thing of course (although, apparently if you live in Florida you live in an apartheid state... Easy jab, easy jab, sorry). While I love that I can wear my running shorts and scrubby tshirts all day long as I clean the house and take care of my kiddo, I rarely go out in these clothes unless I'm actually exercising, going to the pool or beach. Or it's laundry day and I'm seriously behind on laundry. Other than that, I'm in proper pants and a decent top (most days). I think once you're out of college, rolling around in your jammies and flip flops and a cami is completely unacceptable. And I'm probably going to get some heat on this but I don't care, if you are a legal adult and married (ie 18 year olds who marry privates in the army fresh out of high school), it too is unacceptable for you to roll outta bed in your jammie bottoms and a cami and such -- especially if taking your child to a doctor's appointment. I cannot tell you how many times I have taken B to the pediatrician, it's 745am and I'm managed to be dressed in real clothes, hair pulled into something presentable, and B is in something other than jammies if it's a well kid checkup (jammies for little kiddos who are sick are totally acceptable and I get it, so no slamming there but I definitely commend the parents who even with a sick kid make sure they're dressed decently). It's seriously not that hard. Plus, we live on post and to the shock of some, there is a dress code that applies to civilian family members at well. Maybe if the DoD sent decency police around to ticket people who violate these codes of decency they could eventually ticket repeat offenders and get some money. No one likes to see someone's booty hanging out of their two sizes too small, cut off jean shorts at the grocery; or guys' crusty boxers because their pants are sagging (side note, a town over from me passed an ordinance where they can actually fine guys who walk around with sagging pants -- I love it!).

So going back to the whole throw back to the 50s thing, fashion was much more modest for women and I love that guys wore chinos and collared shirts when off work and suit and ties to work. People seemed to take pride in their appearance, no matter their socioeconomic status. Even though I hate pantyhose, maybe they weren't such a bad thing, like sweater sets and proper length skirts. Even if we didn't do total 50s fashion throw back, just look across the pond at Kate Middleton. Yes, ok she comes from a well off family and is married to a real life Prince but she always looks so well put together. If more women would emulate her fashion and make it more acceptable to rock outfits like Kate as opposed to Kim K, perhaps the world would be better. Or at the very least maybe it would help portray a message to younger women to dress modestly and take pride in looking feminine and not like some trashy, sex obsessed famewhore (and yes that is what I think of Kim K, she's famous because she was peed on in a sex tape by some two bit musician). Maybe I'm getting old, maybe it's because I had a mother who made sure that I never left the house looking scandalous (and I will fully admit that yes I did pack another set of clothes to change into at a friend's house when I was in high school and looking back I wonder what I was thinking, and yes in college I did the slutty Halloween thing), but maybe it's time for a change that would help promote what I feel would be benefiting a healthier body image and self esteem (seriously, when did self esteem become so important?) of younger girls. Let's lead the fashion revolution and start dressing like classy women of the glamorous Hollywood era and less like Miley, Kim K and other supposed liberated, forward thinking stars. Less isn't more, and men find women more desirable when dressed more modestly than stripped down to nothing. There was a study, and I'll look for it this afternoon and link it in to tomorrow's snark. But for now, it's off to get ready to take B to story time, guess I better get out of my jammies. Have a great Tuesday, Snarkers!


PS -- you know, it wouldn't hurt to bring back cocktail hour for grown ups too, just a suggestion! And happy hour so is not cocktail hour so don't even try to convince me that it still exists.