FRANZISKA OUT AND ABOUT

This was my second January 2018 outing. It feels like a long time ago. I still own and happily wear this wonderful gray wool coat. Its length is such that I should cover the hem of your dress or skirt but leaves sufficient room to show off your legs. I find this very sexy. In this case, I wore a short dark brown skirt, a shiny white satin shirt, and brown ankle boots. Portrait of the evening At the department store Trying for a new LBD At a seafood bar with prosecco… … and oysters, … … followed by a glass of Shiraz at a wonderful wine bar. How good can life be?

Haha, this post title not only refers to the posting itself, which will be a very short one, but also to the underlying outing, which was just four hours long. It was in 2018, while I temporarily lived in another city during the week, where I was able to make use of weeknights for shorter, typically three-to-four-hour long outings.   The challenge with these short outings, was to get as much as possible prepared the evening before, to leave work on time, and to be out the door en femme by 7:00 p.m. “The way Franzi does it!” (#7)   Preparing for a short outing means the following for the evening before Entire outfit selected, checked, prepared Wig brushed and styled Handbag packed Make-up ready Curves ready Eyebrows groomed and styled Toenails polished For the outing itself it means No fake lashes (unless you are very fast at applying these properly) No polished fingernails (unless you use press-on nails that match your toenails) Applying these rules, it takes me just a little over one