It’s Thoughtful Third Thursday (T3) again! This is our first month with a theme: Favorite Childhood Read.
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion is one of the first books I ever “read”. My mom read it to me so many times that I had it completely memorized!
Harry hated baths and loved to get dirty. One day he got especially dirty.
In fact, he changed from a white dog with black spots to a black dog with white spots.
When I first thought about this book, I pictured this Dorothy Perkins dress:
Isn’t it perfect? Of course, I don’t actually own this dress, or anything with black and white polka dots, so I’m substituting stripes!
If you’ve never read this book, why not have Betty White read it to you?
All right, it’s your turn to link up:
A BIBLIOPHILE'S STYLE 
Again, you astonish me with the very creative ways you shop your closet to interpret a very literal look. I also like how you give alternatives – that D.P. dress is super cute! Oh, you clever, clever girl! ;p
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Thank you! 🙂 How could I not go literal with a graphic B&W cover like that?
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I promise I’m going to do mine! I just need to wait until someone comes home to take a picture of me. I don’t have a big enough mirror and my phone’s camera quality isn’t very good. Also, that Dorothy Perkins dress is ADORABLE! As is the skirt you’re wearing. 🙂
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No worries! The link up is open for a week. 🙂
Thanks! I flippin’ love this skirt – it’s so comfy and it swishes when I walk, which is just fun. 😀
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It looks super comfy! Also, just so you know, I’m totally wearing a band t-shirt for mine. Haha. I told you I don’t wear much else. But it works with my quote!
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Haha. That’s totally fine. I don’t have band t-shirts (Bert is the audiophile here) but I love a good graphic tee. 🙂
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That’s a perfect interpretation of the book, and a very cool dress on its own! I never heard of dirty Harry (haha), but it reminds me of one of my first books – a Golden Book about Puff the Blue Kitten who gets covered in paint. I’d forgotten all about it, but I had that one pretty well memorized.
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Haha, thanks Val! I’ll have to see if I can find Puff the Blue Kitten for my daughter. 🙂 There are actually 4 books about Harry, and they are all delightful!
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I love Harry The Dirty Dog! And I love your striped outfit even more than the polkadot dress! I am a huge book fan but I can’t ever seem to coordinate my dressing to anything in a book. I’m going to try harder though and either link up late, tomorrow, or aim for next month.
xo
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Thanks Shawna! I seriously considered using No Roses for Harry and wearing floral, but “Dirty Harry” is my favorite. 😉
The link up is open for a whole week, so you’ve got some time. Next month’s theme is Favorite Villain. I’m trying to decide between Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter or President Snow from The Hunger Games.
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Okay I am super excited because No Roses for Harry was one of my fave books as a kid and I didn’t know there were other Harry books! I lived my entire childhood thinking it was a one off:) I love the skirt your wearing btw! But I would have liked to see an outfit inspired by the sweater in No Roses for Harry:)
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Haha, thanks! There’s also Harry by the Sea, and Harry and the Lady Next Door. I think the closest thing I have to Harry’s sweater is this (Wednesday’s outfit):
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