MeMadeMay 2019 Day 2

“MeMadeMay (2019) day 2! This one is a two-fer, as you probably recognize both the white dress and hat from other photos! It’s freezing and miserable here in Chicago and my hair is in terrible need of washing, so it was a hat day for me, but I wouldn’t normally wear this hat and dress together otherwise.”

Because I didn’t bother to mention it originally, the dress is Simplicity 4105 from 1952, and the hat is Simplicity 9644 from 1971.

One of the benefits of MMMay is really sort of figuring out one’s personal style. Before I copied the caption over from IG, I was looking at the photos going “well, I’d never wear those things together now… but I guess that was fine.” Surprise, I didn’t really like it then, either.

Also! I didn’t start enforcing my rule that I have to put on a face every day until… I think 2021. Why is that a rule? Honestly, because I like my face better when I get to decide what it looks like. I really don’t care if anyone else wears makeup, doesn’t wear makeup, I don’t care what you do to your face, and honestly, I don’t care whether or not you like what I do to mine. But it is part of my canvas, and by extension, it’s part of my mask, and having a face on actually makes it substantially easier for me to interact with other people out in the world. I hadn’t figured that out yet though.

These photos were taken on… Wilson and Campbell, across from the Lutheran Church. I only remember that specifically because I think I shot almost all of my photos by myself the first year (Kenneth was still recovering from his first go-round with chronic illness, and so I was still doing most everything by myself) and I stuck my phone inside the Little Free Library that’s on that corner to take these.

If you’re new to the blog, or to MeMadeMay, you can read my overview here!