The End of Summer

On Me: Sunglasses (Marc by Marc Jacobs) | earrings, scarf, dress (all Forever21) | booties (Bass)

On Her: Sunglasses (Oliver Peoples) | denim jacket (JCrew Factory) | doggie-print dress (Anthropologie) | booties (Elizabeth & James)

Is summer almost coming to an end? I actually have no idea because living in SF, I tend to lose track of seasons. As Mark Twain famously said, "The coldest winter I've ever spend was a summer in San Francisco." What he didn't know (or at least didn't mention) was that SF is interchangeably cold, rainy, windy, mild, and even at times hot all year round. Hence, all seasons sort of blend together.

I still determine my seasons based on the school year calendar though, so mid-August to me means that I am near the end of summer. This usually means a huge increase in daily ice cream intake. Mint chocolate chip is the flavor of choice on most days. 

The Genesis of My #WIWT Posts

The daily #wiwt photos began as a way to remember. My best friend at work (that's her on the right) had put in her notice, and we suddenly realized that the amount of time we shared together as coworkers would be quickly coming to an end. We thought about taking snapshots of our daily campus life, doing those fun and small quirky things that can only be found at this crazy amazing place where we call work. But because we did still have a full time job to work and because we weren't exactly good at doing those fun, quirky things, the daily photo quickly evolved into a stand, pose, smile #wiwt shot.

And then it started to really make sense that we took these because it also helped us keep track of what we wore the day, the week, the month before. With age, those types of memories will also quickly fail you. So we kept it going day after day.

I never thought that we would be able to keep it up for more than a week, but somehow we did. And even though we no longer see each other every day, #wiwt still manages to live on thanks to my amazing friends/coworkers who work behind the scene to take these daily photos (sometimes taking a gazillion until we can find one that works) and the new fashionistas/fashionmisters who stand by my side.