Sometimes you feel like a hat, sometimes you don't

I'm counting down to Saturday. That's the day of the summer picnic wedding.

And, no, I have not exactly figured out what to wear.

But, I'm getting close-er.

My first challenge was to decide if I was going to wear a hat. And that all depended on whether or not I could find one to fit my head.

With a rather large head to start with, my thick hair only complicates matters. So much so, that I can rarely find a hat that fits.

I've searched everywhere. If I find a hat that I like and it fits, I will usually buy it. Most of these hats turn out to be of the knitted variety (not exactly a fashion statement for a wedding). I am reluctant to order a hat online without trying it on because I feel like there is a special feeling you should have when you wear a hat and I can't get that feeling through the computer.

A friend suggested that I try Bloomingdales. So Saturday we took the train to the city and I searched through all the hats at Bloomys. They didn't really have all that many and I was not particularly impressed with the ones I saw. Most of the hats were too small for my head (they sat on top of my head like toys) and the few that I liked were over my budget (for me, $300 is too much to spend for a hat to wear to someone else's wedding).

As is usual for me, I ended up back at Nordstrom (where I had searched only a fews days prior) however miraculously, there were 4 hats that fit and one of which I actually liked. It was only $74. Happy day! I didn't buy it on Saturday because it will not go with my outfit but I do plan to buy it to add to my hat collection (I've already located it online). It has many bright colors and I think it will be a perfect addition.

I ended up coming back home and having my boyfriend move my wardrobe unit away from the wall so that I could get to the items I had stored behind it. I have 4 hats that I bought last year in Barbados (where they obviously appreciate women with larger heads). I had NO problem finding hats there!

So far I'm thinking that my planned outfit will be some version of navy, white and yellow.

This navy/white striped hat should work out just fine.

And the price was definitely right!