The Super Comfy Party Girl.

Black knitted tube scarf, "Yin", and black pants with double side pockets, Monki. Striped tank top, Weekday. Beige cardigan, Forever 21. Black patent boots, Vagabond.

(Photos by me.)

After reading my post about the perfect haircut, lots of you were kind enough to tell me about the clip-on fringe (or "winge", as they call it) that is sold at Asos - someone even suggested the model might be wearing one in the photos. I really don't think she is, since I've seen tons of photos of her and her bangs look way too natural to be clip-ons - and the reason I know this, is that I own one myself. I bought it from Asos a year ago, to help me decide if I should cut mine or not. I fell in love with it (even though it does not look real), went to the hairdresser's and told them to cut my bangs "just like these fake ones!" - and was thoroughly disappointed. Turns out my hair simply can't look that good. Well, I can still wear my clip-on fringe - and in these photos, I am. (So, just to be clear: I did not get a haircut. The bangs are fake.)

I wear these pants far too often, though usually only around the house, since they're basically... sweatpants. (Which obviously makes them insanely comfortable.) But last night, I was tired and couldn't muster up the energy to get dressed up, and I thought "come on, I'm just going to our friends' house for dinner, it will be Ronnie and his best friend Peter, Peter's girlfriend and myself - who am I trying to impress?". So, I got in the car, I drove to Stockholm and rang the doorbell - in my sweatpants - only to be greeted by a ton of people I'd never met before. Turns out there was quite the party going on in there! "Ooops, did we forget to tell you?" Oh well. There's no law against wearing sweatpants to a party, sure, and I was definitely the most comfy guest there. But still... In hindsight, I wish I'd at least put on a skirt. I mean, I dress up more than this when I'm going to sit all alone in my office all day!

But you know what? I realized just now that this is very much like me. Back at University, the people in our class thought my best friend Fanny and I were nuts - we would get all dolled up for school, in dresses and high heels and make up, and then go out at night (hey, we were students, we always went out) wearing jeans, t-shirts and Converse sneakers. We figured it was nothing but logical: we loved fashion and saw school as a great opportunity to dress up, but when we went out to clubs or concerts, we wanted to dance dance dance! Then we needed to be as comfortable as possible, because seriously, how do people dance in high heels?! I'm no Beyoncé, that's for sure - I need my flats if I'm going to jump up and down for three hours straight.

I didn't wear the fake bangs to the dinner/party, but my usual side-swept bangs - and I must say, I felt prettier that way than in these photos! So maybe I can live without cutting them, after all. Though... I love the red shade my hair got when I edited the photos, maybe that's what I should be doing to get a little bit of change? Go to the hair salon and ask for a bit of a chestnut color?

Okay, I should go to sleep now. I want to be all fresh and sharp for my first day in London tomorrow! I can't believe I haven't been there since I lived over at Hyde Park Corner back in 2003. Can't wait!