There’s not a lot of TV I love, but I love Scandal and I have since it first aired.
I especially love Olivia Pope and her fantastic white wardrobe.
Last night she wore this white cape that was part nun, part super-hero, part origami, and part Grace Kelly.

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Yesterday I spent the day in my silver puffer, which is essentially a housecoat. In case you were wondering, my version was one part shmatte, one part dishrag, one part bib, and three parts Roseanne Barr.

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Those are actual grease stains in the shape of my hands that you are looking at. My pal R (who snapped the pic), wondered why someone as a slovenly as me would buy a housecoat (or anything, for that matter) in what she called “an unforgiving color.”
I will never wear a white coat. I can barely handle a white t-shirt for more than an hour without looking like I’m wearing a painter’s smock. I can’t even blame the kids because people who’ve known me forever will tell you that I have been this way forever.
I have a child who seems to have inherited this. Like I do, he can spend a day in a shirt that is inside out, backwards, and filthy, and have no idea. I secretly call him Pig Pen, but who am I to judge?

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I’m a hell of a lot closer to Pig Pen than I am to Olivia Pope.

Posted in parenting, television on Nov 14, 2014