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White button-up: thrifted * Cardigan: Target * Jeans: Gap, remixed * Brogues: Kmart, remixed

Last night Joe and I enjoyed a little date night out at Wrigley Field. Joe had never been to a Cubs game before, and as part of our summer of fun we've been trying to take advantage of all the awesome stuff that Chicago has to offer. The Cubbies were playing the Oakland A's, so we got all dolled up in our finest blue, red, and white (the Cubs are apparently tres patriotic) and headed uptown. Granted, my outfit had to be both work and game appropriate, so I couldn't quite convey my Cubby pride like some of the other fans (they have the most adorable t-shirts, don't you think?). But I really loved this outfit anyway. I felt very 1950s/classic Americana. And bonus: this button-up is actually a thrifted boys' uniform shirt! Yay for $0.50 thrift store solid gold!

It was a fun game, and the Cubs won, which meant that the whole stadium broke into a singalong of "Go Cubs Go", which was awesome (I'm proud/ashamed to say that I didn't need the marquee to sing along. I've known all the words for years). The whole thing reminded me of how much I love Wrigley Field. It's an older stadium, and they've kept a lot of the classic touches that made Chicago such a baseball city back in the day. My grandma used to go to Wrigley with her grandfather when she was a kid in Chicago, and she was a big baseball fan throughout her life, so I always think of her when I see the Cubs.

I've been totally immersed in sports for the past few weeks. In addition to last night's game, Chicago has been in post-Stanley Cup euphoria for the past week. Plus, the staff in my office, and most of my friends and family, are completely and utterly World Cup obsessed. My office has switched to summer hours, which means we go home at 4, but in addition to that we've been watching 2 World Cup games per day, in the office. We have a projector set up in our conference room, and attendance is semi-mandatory (at the very least, skipping a match is definitely frowned upon). So I'm basically watching soccer for 3 hours/day (on top of the morning match, which Joe and I have been getting up early to watch). Which means I have maybe, maybe 3 hours of work per day. If I'm lucky. The Mexico/France game is this afternoon, and we're essentially shutting down at 1:00 for the match. We've invited friends, ordered food, and are expecting lots of beer and general rowdiness. It's awesome. I love my job.

Are you watching the World Cup? Who are you rooting for? (Right now, Uruguay is kicking major tail, and I'm loving it!)

Bonus sports trivia: In which movie did a dynamic duo of musical troublemakers lure the cops to Wrigley Field?

Title song: Steve Goodman, "Go Cubs Go"