Sunday 24 July 2011

14% Green

I’m branching out!

Anyone who’s known me for any length of time quickly realises that I like green. A lot.

I am frequently dubbed “green lady” or “green faerie”. Because, for the past ten years or so, I’ve worn exclusively clothes that are green.

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All my clothes are green – everything, right down to my bras and knickers. Well, I shouldn’t exaggerate; I don’t wear *only* green, I also wear Forest and Hunter and Sage and Emerald and Kelly green. Asparagus, Fern, Jungle, Moss, Pine, Shamrock, Bottle green, and occasionally Lime and Khaki.

My closet is a pleasing assortment of greens, it makes me happy to see all the shades, and feel like I’m in a lush forest.

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People frequently give me green things; just because they’re green. Or they assume some random lost object they’ve found *must* me mine, because it’s green.

So when I went around the village on the weekend sporting a new pair of brightly-striped rainbow socks, it caused quite a stir! I love my new socks, and they are, in fact, only 14.28% green!

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This could be the start of a revolution!

17 comments:

  1. Why the green?? Apart from the loveliness of the various shades ;-)

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  2. Why?? um... I think I just started out by waking up every morning and choosing what I felt like wearing, and it was always green.
    I didn't go all-green overnight, it was a slow process over about two years... but now I just don't feel right wearing anything else.

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  3. Love the socks! Totally hot. :)

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  4. Glad you approve, Beth. They are cute, and not grey in the slightest ;)

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  5. Jeeej for that! I am more the rainbow kind, got some brown, white en black things in my closet and contemplating if I should get rid of it.
    Choosing a favourite colour makes it so much easier to choose in de morning or to buy in a shop.
    People also get me colourful things, they always know great gifts for my birthday.
    Nice green colours you have got there :) <3

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  6. You are looking beautiful as ever, with or without your rainbow socks ;)

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  7. Yay your socks are here, they are gorgeous as is your beaming smile in that photo xo

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  8. Love green also......so scrumptious!
    And the socks! They are so very HAPPY!!
    happy socks, happy toes!!
    Life is good!!
    You go girl!!

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  9. Love the rainbow socks. A perfect way to branch out.

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  10. Green is my favourite colour, then brown, purple & black. I've always though all your greens were lovely.

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  11. Love, love, love the rainbow socks! You are rockin' that outfit, mama! Blessings.

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  12. I love that you calculated the percentage of green.
    (and that you like Kermit)

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  13. What can I say; I enjoy mathematics and I have a rockin style sense :)

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Thanks for your lovely words, witty banter and entertaining discussion :)