Q & A and an OOTD!

I've shared some of my outfit misses in the past and this is another one to add to that archive. Just keeping it real! ;-) I snapped this picture before I dashed out the door to go teach my classes (that's my textbook in my hand). I didn't look at the picture until I got home so I didn't realize that my outfit wasn't really very flattering.

This dress always gives me trouble but I keep giving it another chance. It needs to be belted but I inadvertently created a maternity look by putting it higher than usual. And I'm not pregnant so that's a problem. This dress is a tad too long so I was trying to remedy that by tucking some of it under my belt to shorten it but the dress has an empire waist so that's why I belted it so high.

I think I'll get the dress hemmed to solve the length problem and only wear it with a belt at my natural waist over a cardigan. We're having a little heat wave today -- seriously it feels like July again! I had to dig out my sandals from the back of my closet.

Dress: LOFT
Belt: Anthro
Cardigan: LOFT
Sandals: Target
Bracelet: vintage

Now for the Q&A:
I randomly picked three more of the questions that I got from readers to answer today:

1. Mandy asked: if you could personify yourself as an animal, which animal would you choose and why?

The first thing that came to mind was a cat. I'm very independent and like to have a lot of alone time. I can also be warm and cuddly at times too. I think a cat best captures that duality of my personality.

2. Debbie Deb asked: is there a fashion trend that you used to wear growing up that makes you cringe when you think about it today? if not, is there a trend today that you'd like to see disappear?

I was a kid in the 80's so you can imagine some of the crazy things I wore back then. My sister was a teenager and I loved to copy her style. I remember wearing my jeans "tight-rolled" (some people called it "pegged"). I also had this outfit that I loved which consisted of black leggings with lace at the bottom with my sister's over-sized purple sweatshirt. I think I had a crazy-big bow that I wore with it too. Yeah, I thought I was stylish at the time. I'd cringe now if I found any pictures of those outfits! :-)

3. Tricia asked: What are you most afraid of?
I'm a big scaredy cat but at the top of the list of things I'm afraid of are:
--heights: mostly open-heights -- I had a scary experience at the top of a jungle gym as a kid
--spiders: eeeeeek!!
--getting in a car accident: If I could live somewhere that had good public transportation, I'd never drive again! I got into an accident about 8 years ago and totaled the car but somehow managed to walk away unhurt. I still have nightmares about my car spinning in slow motion across three lanes though.