On Monday YA ran an errand over lunch. It was a short errand, so I decided to just go out in my work-from-home clothing. Gray sweatpants and t-shirt. At the last minute decided to throw on a sweatshirt; I have a new one that is gray with a blue-tone logo.
YA didn’t say anything while we were out, however when we got home she said “you’re wearing a groutfit”. Normally everything about my sartorial choices is met with YA’s disdain. I assumed she was making the word up, a combination of grungy and outfit. She said that it was a real word although she did not define it.
I looked it up later to see if she was just messing with me and it turns out it is a combination of gray and outfit. And surprise surprise, apparently it is considered a chic casual trend. You can find lots of groufit shopping opportunities online. One of the funniest things I found was this quote: “Dress it up with fun shoes and jewelry, or lean into groufit territory hard with some gray legging or dozy socks.”
Of course, as I think about it, I’m sure YA was just suggesting that I was all in gray, not that I was looking particularly chic!
Have you ever been accidentally trendy?
Trail Baboon 
Only in the sense that a stopped clock tells the correct time twice a day.
And technically that’s mortar, not grout, in the header photo but I get your intention.
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That’s a sloppy job is what that is.
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It’s exceedingly bad!
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I just want you all to know that when you look up grout on photograph sites, this is the kind of thing you get. I realize it’s a terrible job but I still liked the picture.
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Oh, VS, I thought you were out practicing in the backyard. There’s your example of how NOT to do it! 🙂
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I’ve been trendy in several ways.
Torn jeans at the knees from being on the knees installing flooring.
Groutfit from the messy job of grouting ceramic tile floors.
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I bought a ukulele once. The salesman said “Oh, Jumping on the ukulele bandwagon, eh?” Worst moment of my life…
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LOL (Imagining a miniature bandwagon that’s about 1/4 the size of a guitar bandwagon.
Also had no idea there was such a thing as a ukulele bandwagon. When did they become trendy? If TIny Tim couldn’t turn the country on to ukulele’s, no one can! 😉
Chris
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HA! Yeah, It was a few years ago… lots of college kids were carrying ukulele’s around.
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It may still be alive. Both of the little girls next-door have ukuleles. In fact the three-year-old just got the ukulele on her birthday last weekend.
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Go to YouTube and search pretty much any song title with the word ukulele.
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Hmm, I stand corrected. 😉
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“Accidentally trendy”? Hah! I’ve never been on the cutting edge of anything. Wouldn’t recognize a trend (especially fashion” if it bit me in the ass.
Chris in Owatonna
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I wear corduroy pants and Norwegian sweaters. I think I am the height of fashion.
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I wonder if Norwegians even wear Norwegian sweaters these days?
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Yes, I’ve seen them, but in specialty or thrift shops..
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The sweaters or the Norwegians?
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Rise and Shine, Baboons,
In April and May, 1990, I was diagnosed with the latest Cause Celeb, Breast Cancer, just as it was becoming the high profile disease of the moment. I would have gladly forgone this, but no. At the time I thought, “Wow, this is the first time in my life I have been the trendy one.”
VS, I thought maybe groutfit was the blend of Oscar the Grouch and Outfit.
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…or Grandpa Outfit. Twice on separate occasions my four-year-old grandson has asked me, “Why did you wear that shirt?” The shirts in question are invariably one of the many plaid long sleeve shirts I switch to when the weather gets cool.
I’m surprised that he notices and comments on my clothing choice. I can’t figure out whether that suggests he’s a budding fashion critic and how that will meld with his other current obsession—garbage trucks.
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Ha. You should try living with YA. Her commentary on my choice of attire is pretty continuous at our house.
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Daughter comments on my fashion choices, too.
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Probably the last time I was trendy was wearing bell bottoms in the 70s. Now, accidentally may have happened a number of times, but how would I know?
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I think all the Baboons are clearing out their closets and ordering trend setting clothes.
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Not the easiest question to answer and I think we’re probably all in the same boat. That most of us are not trendy, never have been, and don’t give a rat’s a** whether we are or not!
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I bought a pair of sneakers at a garage sale once, a pretty floral tapestry pattern. I wore them to my sister’s place, and my sister told me later one of my nieces had said to her, out of my earshot, “Mom – Linda’s wearing Vans!” It was the first time I had heard the brand name. At the time I gather Vans shoes were quite the thing.
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Vans were cool when Joel was in high school. I scored a pair of Vans years ago at some thrift shop – two-town grayish green – that would complete a groutfit nicely.
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Another pair of shoes I bought secondhand, likely in the 80’s, were British Knights. It’s a brand that is considered collectible now. I bought mine long before they were well known.
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