apple butter
OUTFIT
Top: GAP - $6
Cami: GAP - $5
Jeans: GAP - $40
Shoes: Nine West - $20
Bag: GAP - $20
WORN
to study at home, to jar apple butter
ON
November 14, 2010
I’m back, you guys. For serious.
And now I’ll tell you the reason I’ve been so scattered and my posts have been, um, sporadic at best. I just took a huge board exam this weekend which seriously stressed me out, and I’ve basically been holed up in my house studying up until this point. I had to temporarily stop having any sort of life in order to prepare for the test. Now it’s behind me, I’m hoping I passed, and I feel like I’ve got my life back. (I’m nothing if not dramatic.) Sooo…look for me to return to a more regular posting schedule!
Last Sunday, my husband’s extended family all came together to make apple butter, as is their annual tradition. We cook the apple butter outdoors in a HUGE copper kettle that’s been in his family for like 4 generations. This is seriously an all day event (they started cooking around 6am this year!), so I wasn’t able to fully participate this time since I was chained to my study material. However, I knew I’d get tired of studying at some point, and there’s so much work involved that I wanted to help at least a little bit so I did ask my husband to call me when they were ready to jar the apple butter. Around 36 quarts of apple butter later, we should all be set for the year.
Anyway, this is what I wore to do all that. You will notice that my accessories were minimal…no sense in getting anything sticky and covered in apple butter! This outfit was all about comfort and utility. Until I started to write, I didn’t realize I was wearing pretty much all Gap stuff, but if it works, it works, and there’s really not a better place for basics, is there?
Do you guys have any annual family traditions like this?
