Temptation, Take Two

Twelve photos today. I got carried away, but I am not apologizing for it. Some days the outfit is right, the light is right, and you just keep going until you are tired of yourself. Today was one of those days.

I always say I do not dress up for anyone, and I still mean it. But I like knowing someone is going to see it. I like the small ceremony of making myself into something pretty on purpose.

There is a kind of power in that. Not the showy kind. The quiet kind where you look at yourself in the mirror and think, yes, this is the version of me I want today. Then you go out into the world, or just into your living room, and you carry it.

Serving looks. Serving a little trouble. Both, probably.