Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Hats

This week’s Writer’s Post Blog Hop is brought to us by my dear friend Jenn at Wine-n-Chat.

      Some people look great in hats.  They wear them well and the hats look like they belong on their heads.  Then there are people like me that just don't feel comfortable wearing them.  I have never found a hat that I look good in, except the figurative ones.  G0d knows I wear enough of those.  When it is colder than a witch’s tit in the Klondike, I usually will wear a hat.  I will admit that I normally don a paper tiara at New Years, and if the occasion arose I would wear a Mickey Mouse ear hat any time, any place because they are so cool.






      My Dad’s head was mostly bald and he always wore a hat.  He had a vast collection of them with everything printed on them from the name of his local teamster union to a hat he picked up at a National Tractor Pull from years past.  In the warmer months he would wear the ball cap variety, then in the winter he would dig out his collection of stocking caps.  I always thought it was hilarious how he would perch a stocking cap on the tip top of his head instead of pulling it down so it covered his ears.  I never could figure out how he kept it on his head.  It looked like a bird’s nest.  You almost expected a bird to land there and lay eggs.  Still, it worked for him!  There was even a point in time when cowboy hats were all the rage that he went absolutely everywhere in one of those things.



      Remember when Prince William got married?  Everyone was wearing a hat and most of them rocked the look.  Unfortunately, Princess Beatrice looked like she was trying to contact another planet in her hat.  She looked utterly ridiculous!  If she wanted to be remembered, she certainly accomplished it.  I know she was trying to stand out, but hey she is a princess.  What are the odds that she wouldn’t be noticed simply for her status?  She didn’t need to wear something on her head that looked like it would bring in 50 channels.  On the most part, the people in the UK have got it going on with hats.  From their jeweled tiaras to their hats with feathery plumes, they have the coolest hats and know how to wear them!  One of the best parts about the royal wedding was checking out what hat everyone was wearing, how unusual they were, and how awesome they looked in them.  I wouldn’t mind wearing some of those stylish numbers but lets face it…I would get some looks walking out to the mailbox or making a run to the grocery store with some flying saucer shaped number sprouting feathers with my blue jeans and t-shirt.  Considering I like being mostly invisible, I would never handle wearing something that looks like a satellite dish on my head. Unfortunately, I never go anywhere that would warrant owning such a hat.  It is sad, but true.


       So for me, hats are strictly for warmth and only as a last resort when I know I am going to be outside in the blowing, snowing, and ice cold weather for any length of time.   When it comes down to freezing my head off for the sake of vanity or being snug as a bug and looking ridiculous, I will opt for looking ridiculous every single time.  What can I say?  I like to be warm.

16 comments:

  1. I don't know how I think about how I look in hats. For me they're always practical. I wear baseball hats on the weekend because I'm running errands an don't want to do my hair!

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    1. Katie, you know. That is a great idea!!!! Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  2. yeah, me too. Hats are for warmth. Or flattening my hair so I look like a pancake.

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    1. Sandra, I think you and I belong to the same club!! LOL Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  3. Those hats for William & Kate's wedding were just a tad over the top yes. And Princess Beatrice's was just gawd awful. I don't wear hats even for warmth, I'd rather have a hood. I get such bad hat hair after just a few seconds that I don't wear them ever. I used to wear a baseball cap a lot when I was in my teens.

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    1. JoJo, at this stage in life most of the time I will put on the stocking cap you see in the picture above because most of my vanity is kind of shot at this point. Thank you for stopping by to read and for your kind comments! ♥

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  4. I'm not much into hats but I definitely think they're worn to serve a purpose. Without that, hats are just superfluous. Maybe that's why those hats worn during Prince William's wedding looked just plain awful.

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    1. Anne, can you imagine how much some of those crazy hats cost?? The price tag would probably scare me worse than the hat! Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  5. I love hats! All kinds of hats. Living out west I loved the cowboy hats and some of those hats from the Royal wedding were just cool! Some were a little out there but I don't know, I guess I like all things "different" and I would to have loved to go to that wedding. :) - Great post and cute tiara pic. :)

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    1. Mimi, some of the hats from the Royal wedding were to die for! I would love to try out an honest to goodness tiara although I have heard they are heavy and hurt your head. I would have loved to have went to that wedding too. It would have been amazing! Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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  6. I've tried to wear hats for something other than warmth. I feel like I have an albatross on my head! Just doesn't work for me. I like the picture with the New Year's tiara. The Queen!

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    1. Rachel, I know just how you feel! Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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    1. Corinne, I am my worst critic! Thank you for the compliment and for stopping by to read and for your kind comments!! ♥

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  8. Loved your hat photos of the Royals. My dad always wore a hat too. Nice post.

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    1. Loy, I am so pleased you enjoyed my post. Thank you for stopping by and for your kind comments! ♥

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