Wednesday, January 23, 2013

House Dress vs. House Coat

The past few days have been spent in a leisurely fashion.  This means that my time has been spent in my comfy house dresses (or so I have been calling them).


While visiting with my mother the other day, she informed me that my grandmother used to call what I call house dresses, house coats.  I was curious if there was a difference, so I did what any normal person would do, I googled it.  I had no idea there was a difference.  What I learned is that a house dress is a dress that is made of more durable fabric and is structured in a way so that house work and chores can be done in a proper fashion.  A house coat is more like a glorified apron.  It resembles a dress, but has snaps or a zipper down the front making it useful to put over a dress already being worn or just over your "unders".  Glad that I could learn the difference and I will be more clear in my description of my dress choices.

I wore the above house dress on Monday.  I ended up having to run to Logan, so I paired it with some boats, leggings, and a sweater.  I also thrifted this dress.  I realize that it's a little bright and the print is a little juvenile, but in this inversion a little bright is a good thing.

Tuesday, I spent the day tending my adorable niece, Flora, while my brother and his wife attended the Sundance Film Festival.  It was kind of an all day endeavor, so I have no pics for that day.  I wore another house dress, my yellow and brown plaid one.  It was a great day.


Today I mostly hung around the house, so comfy was in order.  I dug out a skirt I bought a few years back in Denver.  It's soft and easy to wear.  It was fun to throw on my Eagles t-shirt.  It helped me achieve that "peaceful, easy feeling".  I was home enough today that I was able to whip up a pot of my mom's clam chowder....yum!

*I'll put the recipe, if you are interested, on my other blog.  Check it out.

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