Frock Fridays: Dress Yourself

One cold morning last week, as I was messing around on my laptop at the kitchen island while Jon read the paper and Charlie twitched with dreams at our feet, I pulled up this blog.  "Jon," said I, "remember that Frock Fridays I posted the other week - the one for our date night while you're here?"

"Um."  Jon replied.  "Yes.  There was a dress?"

(God, I love this boy.)

Long story short, I asked Jon what he'd want me to wear for our date if he could choose my outfit.  This could be dangerous, sure, but after reading Jenni's post on dressing for your man and its 125 comments - as well as the caustic inspiration from Raven - I thought I was in safe enough territory.  After all, guys love it when girls play up their most womanly assets, and how much more feminine can you get than a curvy red frock and pumps with smokey eyes?

Well.  It turns out that Jon, although ever diplomatic, would prefer to see me in something a bit more casual and classic.  "How about jeans?" he asked.  "Like the ones you're wearing now.  And a white shirt.  Kind of ruffly, maybe?"  By this point I was clicking through Polyvore.  "No, not like that," he said, rejecting a top.  "Less... frumpy."  (Ah, Jenni was right!)  Apparently he thinks it's sexy when girls tuck their jeans into boots, so we added a pair from Nine West and I chose a purse - the only direction he gave was "brown and practical. Why do women always carry such big bags?"  After picking out some simple silver jewelry, he sat back, satisfied.  "Yes," he mused.  "You could wear that."

[ jeans / top / boots (sold out) / blazer / necklace / earrings / bag ]

In the end, I wore a charcoal dress from H&M with black tights and gold flats - we met up with a friend for drinks before having a delicious dinner at Circa and then heading to my high school's annual young alum reunion at a bar, which all seemed to call for just a little more glitz - but I've got an outfit for next time!  Jeans and a white top... who knew that boys like the basics?

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