neck scarf strangulation 101

The second picture most accurately represents the colour of this skirt. I totally LOVE this outfit. In fact, I had a love affair all day with it. Starting in the morning and continuing, to well, now. One day we will have to part (today actually, bed time to be specific), but until then the romance continues. I suppose if I really loved this outfit I would sleep in it. But uh, I might kick my husband with the shoes. And that wouldn't be nice. And there's always the unlikely, but disastrous, possibility of strangulation by neck scarf.

And nobody wants to be strangled by a neck scarf. Or a robe belt. I actually have quite the paranoia about this. It's my mom's fault really. She would always ask when she "tucked me in": "Is your robe belt still attached?". And I would either say: "No" or have to take the belt of my robe off (for some strange reason I slept with my robe on as a teenager...and yes, my mother "tucked me in" until I left home at 18).

Anyway, in retrospect it is really quite hilarious. I mean, what did my mother think?-that the belt of my robe was going to sneak its way out of the belt holes and slither up from under the covers and wrap itself around my neck and then tighten? Like some sort of robe belt boa constrictor? What kind of possessed bathrobe did she think I was wearing?

Though I admit, I, to this day, can't sleep with anything long and belt-like in the bed. Just the other night there was a scarf of mine on the FOOT of the bed. And I couldn't sleep until I evicted it and shut it securely in a dresser drawer. I mean, if a robe belt can kill you, just think what a neck scarf could do! After all, the neck is its natural habitat. Which is the real reason I tie those suckers in bows all the time...

outfit details:

vintage skirt, v.v.: $3
thrifted scarf, anne klein: $2
thrifted t shirt, roxy: $2
thrifted shoes, aldo: $5
tights: from a friend
glasses, kate spade via clearlycontacts.ca: $68

Heart: Kimberellie