Mom clothes

I have decided that this is the perfect mom outfit.  So perfect in fact that I wear it (or something similar) pretty much every day.  I get up in the morning and I put my workout clothes on.  And there they stay until I run AND shower, which didn't happen yesterday until after dinner.  This outfit is perfect because it gives me an excuse not to do a huge list of personal hygiene items (brush hair, shave legs, shower...) and props for working out (wow, she has two little kids and still manages to get a workout in, good for her.  I wish I could be more like her).  But I don't actually always get a run in.  Sometimes, I just don't have time/patience to listen to children whine to shower, dress, blow dry and style hair, apply make-up, so I just put workout clothes on instead.  I look like I've been productive; I smell like I've been productive; but really, I just didn't want to shower.  And I'm super comfortable all day.  It's amazing.  

To create this look: run fingers through hair only slightly.  Just enough to get hair into a tight ponytail--remember you want people to think that you've been working out.  I like to match my tighter fitting tank tops with my looser fitting shorts and my tighter shorts with my looser tank tops--this gives the I'm working out, not trying to attract unwanted attention vibe out.  Your tank and shorts don't necessarily have to match.  They can, it's an option, but again we're going for the I-really-don't-care-what-you-think-I-just-want-to-run-because-it-makes-me-feel-good style here not the matchy-matchy I-go-to-the-gym-to-pick-up-on-guys thing.  Match with a pair of well worn and tied athletic shoes and you're good to go.  This whole assemble really shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes to put together, depending on whether or not you feel like wearing deodorant and how whiny the children are and where Alice hide your favorite hair tie.