Mad [wo]Men.

Although I was never patient enough to become enchanted by its storyline, I loved watching AMC's wildly popular Mad Men. For the fashion. It's out on Netflix Watch Instantly starting today, so I might add it to our queue and give it another try. For the fashion.

Sometimes I think I would've been right at home in the '60s. I would have loved to wear - either of 

these dresses or any of these - to work the grocery store every day. With "stockings" and heels, of course.

I recently picked up a dress that kind of fits this theme (and partially inspired this post).

All day at work, I felt as though I should be using a typewriter instead of a PC. I even kept the dress on long enough to cook dinner in it - just to see what it felt like. (Fun, by the way.)

If I were on Mad Men, my baby would wear something like this.

I would dry her diapers like this.

And I'd always have this ready for my drop-in guests... or to deliver to my husband after he mowed the lawn.

In real [Mad Men] life: 

• The lemonade probably wouldn't be pink. I mean, let's not get crazy!
• The baby would have some giant bow in her giant sausage-curled pigtails.
• I'd be way too concerned about what my snooty neighbors* think to actually lay the diapers out like that. Face it, they would also be on a real clothesline, making them smell like happiness.
• My husband wouldn't have the patience to take 17 photos of me before I settled on one that didn't make me look like I was (a) 10 years old and/or (b) having a laugh attack.

 So maybe I'm not cut out for life in the '60s after all. Which "era" would you choose for yourself?

*The snooty neighbors are real. Everything else referenced in this entry is based on my best guess.