40 Year Old Cottagecore

 

dress-Anthropologie(more options here), sunnies-DIFF Eyewear, necklace-Benevolence LA, bag--Shiraleah, sandals-Born

I first became aware of Cottagecore earlier this summer and found it to be an aesthetic I can appreciate and find aspirational, but was not necessarily a style that aligned with my wheelhouse. Well as I've been growing my hair during covid quarantine and having picked up this dress as seen here, I felt that I was ready to tackle #cottagecore here on my 40th birthday!!! Yep, that's right today I turn 40 (but I don't look it). And while it's been a year like no other, I feel excited for my next year, decade, chapter of my life. I think it's fair to say I'm done having babies and ready to move on from the chaos of very little children to the chaos of big kids.  I no longer feel like I have something to proof in my work, writing, sense of self. I'm just going to enjoy and be grateful for the many blessings of family, friends, health, and for things like cottagecore, wallpaper girls, menocore, podcasts, literary journals, combat boots, and all of the details of life, style, and outfits. 

Cheers to 40!