Truthful Tuesday

 

Okay... Well. It seems... that maybe someone who lives in my house and rides my horses has a wee something embarrassing to show you guys. (It's me, I'm the one who lives here and rides my horses.) 

Top to bottom: Romfh in Maple, TS in Saddle, TS in Canyon, Dover Wellesley in Sepia

I like nearly all variations of tan breeches (not you though Rust). So much so that I have this many pairs! My favorite is the second from the bottom though, the TS Canyon. So yeah. If anyone sees or hears me say anything about buying tan breeches that are not show pants, please stop me. Also, I don't need show tan either. Honestly, I don't need any breeches. DON'T LET ME BUY ANY BREECHES! 

Truthful Tuesday

If you follow me on social media, you already know this week's confession. So I'm just gonna show you:

LIME GREEN BREECHES! I saw these at the Ralph Lauren/Polo outlet months ago and at first I laughed at them. I pretty much always laugh when the fashion houses try to get people to dress like riders. It's silly, we don't walk around wearing football uniforms, why would people walk around in riding clothes if they're NOT RIDING?! But I digress...
Once I recovered from my internal laughter, I realized with mild shame that I HAD TO HAVE THE LIME GREEN BREECHES. But not for $120.00. Definitely no. So I left the limey goodness in the store and hoped that the rest of society agrees that riding attire should only be for riding.
A few weeks later I stopped back in to see if the breeches were still there and if so, had they gotten cheaper yet. They were there in all their glory! (In fact, I don't think they'd sold a single one!) They were also marked down, but still at $90.00. No can do self. Still too much money for lime green breeches. <<Sigh>>
Soooooo.... when my plans were canceled last Saturday and I was trying to decide what I wanted for dinner, I thought, hey! Maybe those pants are marked down more! So I headed over to Polo to check it out. I got a little worried when I saw the same breeches (but in different colors) hanging back up in the front of the store (read: not on sale.) But I was soon reassured when I found them on the clearance rack MARKED DOWN to 44.90. YES! On top of that, the sales lady gave me a coupon for an additional 20% off. WIN! And you'll never guess what was right next to my lime green riding pants on the rack... ELECTRIC BLUE ONES! For the same price! To top if off, they had 1 pair left in each color in my size. My lucky day!
So my friends, I'm confessing not only to owning lime green breeches, but also electric blues ones.
Here are the lime ones at work:

Do you have any shopping confessions you'd like to get off your back? Anything else you need to admit? Share them in the comments!

Thursday's Threads: Horse Show Edition

I warned you it may happen again.... and it did! Today I headed back to Saratoga for the second week of the Saratoga Classic. And thus, I'm wearing riding clothes again. Here it is:

Let's start at the top with my favorite polo shirt: Ariat

It's from Ariat and has cantering ponies ALL OVER IT! It's a little second grade, but whatever, I love it. I wish it came in green. I'd wear that too. (Please excuse the attached pug hair, it's a hazard of being a pug parent.)

The Belt: Uno Magnetic

This belt has magnets instead of a buckle. I was skeptical that it would be strong enough to actually hold up my pants and stay in place but it totally does. I had a 50% coupon around the holidays that I used to buy it. Good deal! It has a little race car that sticks to the front with a magnet also, but I was afraid I might lose it while riding so it stayed home.

Pants: Ariat

Seriously, these are the least flattering pants I own. Two years ago the style of riding breeches changed to these, and they are NOT for the large bottomed woman. What can you do? Sometimes you just gotta look chub.

Socks:

We talked about these last time. These have horses in a field all over them. Seeing all the runs in the photo though, it may be time to retire them!

The shoes are the same as last week too:

So that's it! I should be home next week so maybe I'll have a normal person outfit to share!
What are you wearing today?