Clothing or how not to look like an ugly American

Or I could just call this post 'don't wear yoga pants outside your house' seriously ladies, yoga pants are not actually pants meant to be worn in public.  You may wear them at home or at the gym.  Or even on your way to and from the gym.  Do not wear them to go pick up mail at the Embassy, to your child's school or to do the shopping.  You will look like an ugly, lazy American.

If you have no idea what to wear, get on Pinterest or Polyvore and look through some outfits.

It is not that hard to try and sometimes look put together.  Jeans, a clean t-shirt that fits, cute flats, or tennis shoes - almost anything besides flip flops.  Put a few minutes aside on home leave or R & R or whenever you shop to work on some things that go together.

At many many international schools it is easy to pick out the American moms.  Embassy moms tend to go even more extreme in the 'I don't care what I look like' mode of thinking than other American expat moms.  Everyone has bad days when you don't have it in you to pull something together, but more days than not, you should try.  A little.  It is not that hard.  You could even procure a few acceptable causal outfits from Target.