So, it’s been cold these last several weeks, and mostly we’ve been sitting around the house in our jammies. As enjoyable as that can be, eventually the time comes to get out of the jammies and into some real clothes. We Whims were sitting around, thinking about this, feeling a little guilty about being so lazy, but at the same time, not really completely convinced we felt ready yet for real clothes. So we came to a sort of compromise.
Yes, we got out of the jammies, but decided that at this point, we were only willing to go one step beyond that, maintaining a very large margin of Comfort. In a word: Footie Pants! (Well, actually, I think that’s two words, isn’t it?) We knew we had a few pairs of footie pants in our Wardrobe, so we decided to challenge each other with the task of creating the most comfortable and stylish outfit involving footie pants. Because sometimes it’s not enough to simply wear clothes, you want to make it a fun game, a challenge! So that’s what we did.
The criteria: the outfit had to have Footie Pants. And then we decided since it’s still the middle of Winter, another criteria should be long sleeves. Okay, got it? Arms and feet…covered! That’s it! We each hurried off to a different part of the Wardrobe, looking for the elements that would win the Challenge.
It wasn’t until we were all done that we stopped to compare notes, and when we finally did…we all just took one look at each other and burst out laughing! You know how they say “Great minds think alike”? Well, they must have been talking about us Whimsies, because we all ended up with a multitude of similar elements in our outfits that were never even required by the Challenge.
Let’s start by taking a closer look first at Miss Tillie. It’s worth noting that Tillie is dressed mainly in pink. Yes, I know, we usually see Trixie in her traditional favorite color, but for this Challenge, Trixie was willing to step outside her comfort zone (more on that in just a moment…), and when she left the pink items behind, Tillie jumped right on them! Here she wears pink polka dot footie pants, whtih a plain pink top. All that pink is definitely the right way to go to brighten up a dreary Winter day when you’d rather be sitting around in your jammies all day watching old movies on TV.
Tillie takes her outfit one step further by topping it off with an oversized stretchy woolen hat. As if all of Trixie’s long beautiful hair was not enough to keep her head warm! But this hat keeps her even warmer, while at the same time being quite stylish.
Now, let’s look at Trixie, who is clothed almost completely in warm Winter colors of browns, blacks and some orange. Trixie later revealed that she went against the pink when she found these adorable footie pants with little frog faces on the feet. At least she thinks they must be frogs. Of course, I have to wonder why in the world anyone would want frogs on their feet. It’s not really for me, but then our Trixie is nothing if not a Free Spirit, always seeking out the most outrageous “against the grain” looks. Her woolen cap, with stripes of orange, black and gray, make her look like a skateboarding chick! Of course, the frogs totally destroy any thought that those feet might engage in any kind of sport, but there you have it. Trixie, our original mismatched rebel.
And how about me? I’m going for a different look entirely. You’ll notice first of all that I too am wearing stripes, not only in my woolen cap, but also up and down the whole length of my stretchy footie pants! My colors are light and bright, almost Spring-like. So totally different that what Trixie has chosen, and also different than Tillie’s outfit.
That’s the wonderful thing about our Wardrobe: it’s so extensive and varied, that even when all three of us go in there at the same time looking for outfits, we can put together so many different combinations. In a way, you might even say that we are only limited by our imaginations.
And yet, even having said all this, at the same time, isn’t it ironic how our great Whimsie minds landed on many similar elements? How many? Well, let’s count them:
- Footie Pants (required by the Fashion Challenge)
- Long Sleeves (also required, or at least strongly suggested)
- Hat. Nobody said we had to wear hats, yet we each chose one.
- Stripes. And each of our hats is striped!
- Solid colored, snap-front tops. We could have chosen other tops, but somehow we each chose solid colored tops with snaps up the front.
Now, to be fair, I guess I should mention that Tillie and Trixie’s tops have a small decorative front pocket, and my top does not. But other than that…Oh, my goodness! We are SO alike!
So who won the Footie Pants Fashion Challenge? Well, I’d have to say, we ALL won. Because you’ll notice one more similar element to all our looks: all three of us are wearing the most important Fashion accessory of all…great big smiles on our faces! Because we know that even though we have finally gotten out of our jammies, we are in no way sacrificing the all-important element of comfort!
