CINGRIA

I’ve had a version of this post in my head for awhile, but I think it’s best just to keep it short and sweet.

Cingria has run it’s course. Mostly because I think I’ve accomplished my goal: buying better quality clothes (even if I don’t have the budget for true investment pieces yet), wearing “outfits” instead of just clothes thrown together, and spending some time looking at color, composition and trends vs. style. I discovered my personal style, got rid of old clothes, found some amazing fashion bloggers that I plan on continuing to read.

But it terms of blogging my clothes? I’m done with that. I’d need a closet about three times the size of what I have to be a viable “fashion blogger”, and it’s not something I set out to do anyway. At some point I’m sure I’ll be working on some other blog, I need a writing outlet at the very least.

And so I suppose this is goodbye! Thanks for reading, for feedback, for your comments over coffee, your recommendations and links.

I really like the name “Cingria”, so I’m surely going to keep it around, don’t you even worry.

I’m not the most graceful person in the world. I’m not a klutz, but you would never be able to tell that I was a dancer for fourteen years…if you consider the word dancer pretty broadly (one class a week, a few competitions here and there, but that’s about it).

I don’t dress “gracefully” either. I wear either neutrals or bold colors, pastels really aren’t my thing (my mom wasn’t happy when I showed up with boots to wear with my Easter outfit last year). Not to mention the t-shirts I love so much.

Sidenote 1: One way to get rid of your Mets t-shirts is by having the Mets trade away your favorite players. Or by having those players get suspended for punching people in the face. Or by having those players get injured and never return. It’s an efficient way to clean out your closet.

At any rate, I noticed that a lot of the spring and summer trends for this year were more on the delicate side. Yes, there are bright skinny jeans, but there is also a bunch of lace. There are in-your-face colors like tangerine, but also softer hues like mint. Summer dresses in stores are soft chiffon, rather than cotton. And crazily enough, I found myself liking said delicate things! Me! Delicate! The girl who has the mouth of a sailor when she’s watching her hockey team screw up their shot at winning a game in regulation. The girl that hates romcoms and anything else with Katherine Heigl.

Sidenote 2: I’m aware that disliking Katherine Heigl as an actor, or person, is common and not mutually exclusive of delicate. Sorry, Katherine.

So my March purchases are a bit on the delicate side (with one exception, of course, because I’m full of surprises). And the best part? Since I needed to return something I got for my birthday, and had a giftcard from Christmas (I love stocking up on those damn giftcards), my total out of pocket cost so far this month? Fifty bucks. Boom.

I haven’t received one of the items yet, since HauteLook takes a million years to process shipments (that’s fine, their stuff is a steal), but I did get a fair amount of shopping done at H&M: