As we Head into the Weekend I BK Newsletter #6 | Dressing to Say Goodbye to Summer 2024!

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I am ready to say goodbye to summer 2024.

This is very common for me. After my mom and brother have their birthdays on the 12th and 16th of August, I internally think -- “Okay, parties over.”

It always feels over.

I don’t feel like extending the pleasantries really. 

I’m that person who throws a party and disappears if I get tired. “You guys have fun. I am going to bed.”

Either that, or I get reticent and irritable while hoping people will get the hint that I am about to fall asleep. 

It’s probably why I am a great and, at times terrible host. 

Did you know you can be both?

I can give you about seven good hours of attention, and then I retreat back into myself and want everyone to leave me alone. 

Weird or normal? Not sure. 

On trips, I can do one activity with a group and will need a few hours to myself until the next one. 

Group settings mean a lot of people, a lot of personalities, and a lot of needs. I cannot do it often or for long. 

Chalk that up to living alone for almost a decade. 

You get comfortable in your own groove and become even more sensitive around everyone’s own stuff. 

As a beach lover, you cannot ask me to swim past mid-August. 

I am not interested. 

I think it’s partially because I fully give myself to the season, and when she shifts, I can feel it. 

However, If I had felt like I hadn’t given myself fully to the summer months, I probably would have planned one last beach adventure. 

It depends on the year. 

As a young college student, I always had my October planned in August. It just felt right. 

When mid-August hits, my internal mood craves warmer clothes, crisp weather, and boots — I tend to have a harder time trying to dress myself.

As I have shared before, I am a moody dresser.

Meaning that if I feel off in what I am wearing, I will be in a weird mood. If I wear what I want to wear or feel good in what I am wearing, I feel much more myself. 

I may want to wear boots, but it may be hot until late September or early October. 

Truly, a mind-bending conversation to have with yourself.

But, with the shift in weather can also come dressing anxiety. 

I had so much fun dressing this summer that I had a moment of pause or panic (not sure) about what I would wear in the fall and winter. 

I will go into that in a later post. Perhaps.

Today, I will share some of my most fun, quirky, weird, and possibly awful outfits of late!

ICYMI - Over on Bella Kate 22

Best Canned Cocktails of Summer - Perfect for the long weekend!

Boots for Fall

Perfect Red Lip for Summer & Pre-Fall

No VC picks this week!

Have a happy long weekend.