... What I Wore Apple Picking ...

Last week our family all went apple picking...as has become a Labor Day tradition for us.I wrote about hereexplaining why this years apple picking was so monumental to me...
learning as a mother about
holding on and letting go.
... what I wore apple picking ...

Being as it was such an important event to me...What I wore was also important to me...
but only because
I wanted to be completely present...not spending time uncomfortable
and
wishing I had chosen a different outfit...
and it was HOT...which ruled out the most obvious wardrobe choices for fall apple picking.
Now usually I have a personal rule to always know what I am going to wear before an important occasion...Sometimes I even take an outfit out 'for a test drive'... before an important occasion
just to make sure it feels right... and is fun to wear.
But this time...mainly because of the very hot weather...I did not...and I could feel panic starting to set in...with only an hour before we were all set to leave.
... what I wore apple picking ...

I so didn't want to mess up this day of having everybody together...by feeling completely at odds with what I was wearing.
So I began (in a dressing panic that I can still feel)
picking items I knew I wanted...
Boots being top on the list...
as picking is really out in the fields...
which meant my red sun hat would be perfect..
... now my long denim skirt will work...
adding in a denim tunic...
... what I wore apple picking ...

... finishing everything off with armfuls of my primitive bracelets and my carpenters bag.
I finally had an outfit that I was happy with...and it functioned perfectly...form apple picking... to lunch and some shopping.
A wardrobe crisis had been narrowly averted just in the knick of time :))
... what I wore apple picking ...