my girl the fashionista

the girl has developed her own sense of fashion in the last few months (year or so, really). my days of selecting pieces of clothing out of clothes i purchased for her to make outfits has long been over...and now i've lost sole purchasing privileges as well. my guess is that we will now shop together for her clothes until she's a....tween (gulp)...at which time i will retain veto power.

she's sportin her first belt here. see those colors? they hurt my eyes....but not hers! she digs her belt, her new jean skirt, and anything with lots of color. two different patterns of stripes + polka dots? you bet. lately she's been really into a dress, pants/leggings underneath, & a long sleeve shirt OVER the dress. I think to create that skirt/shirt/leggings illusion? i had no idea how much she had been coveting a skirt until a trip to Target...then it all sort of made sense...

oh. and she also only wears gus' socks. not a matching pair, but say one red, one green. we call that particular 'pair' our 'christmas socks'*. usually gus wears one pair (1 red, 1 green) and she wears the other.

and she lives for these boots. she wears them with pretty much everything. i'm often reminded of the stork from disney's robin hood...
really though i couldn't be prouder of her individualism & confidence. i'm taking it as a good sign! :)

*see those eggs up there on the fireplace? we also call those our 'christmas eggs'...