Royal

Not me...the color!  Turns out I'm a little obsessed with it right now.  This new skirt from last week. A new cardigan in the same color. Digging these shoes out of the closet...

My Look:  Tank by JCrew.  Skirt by Madewell.  Sweater by Lands End.  Shoes via Target.  Necklace via anthropologie.

Royal blue was my grandmother's favorite color.  Her entire house was royal blue - even the bathroom fixtures.  When I was growing up, anything in that shade was defined as "Granny Lou Blue."  She died two years ago, and I don't think I've worn the color very often since then.  Perhaps it was just too close to the core of the pain - isn't it funny what our hearts turn into memories?

She would love all my new blue stuff, I'm sure.  And I think she'd like this sweater too, with its graphic leaf print, because it would probably remind her of Hawaii.  I'm just happy to be wearing blue shoes - Granny Lou Blue shoes.