So Pea is really into dressing herself these days. I’ve put up pictures before on Flickr of some of her choice outfits, but here’s a reminder:

And yes, for the record, we did let her out of the house dressed like this. It falls under the category of “choose your battles.” And if you knew Pea at all, you’d know she’s a lot like me, stubborn and bull-headed, and you really, really should pick your battles. Clothing not being one of them. I figure that I’m just letting her creatively express herself as well as she can, being that she’s not even three yet. And yes, I realize she looks a bit like an old grandma here, and my husband refers to this particular outfit as her “Driving Miss Pea” outfit. You know, she’s off to the Piggly Wiggly. But I digress…

In an ideal world, all of her clothes would somehow coordinate with one another and it would be foolproof, sending her into her room to pick out the day’s outfit. But that’s not always the case. Over the summer, I happened on a website after quite a bit of digging around. I had seen a picture of Apple Martin (Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter) in a cute little brown dress. Being that I love earthy colors on my little girl, I located the dress from on on-line shop called Chick Chat. Not much of a name, right? But the clothes are soft cotton, no labels, and the most brilliant part? Every season, there are only a select number of items in the bunch and… they all coordinate! So you can buy up these items (shirts, tanks, skirts, dresses, cropped pants, etc.) in any and every color you like (and these are not cutesy little girl colors, either… no pastels here, these are soft, muted and sophisticated colors) and they all match. Awesome!

I periodically visit the site to see what’s up, what’s going on for the season. And they have their spring and their fall line from 2007 on sale now, and the prices are phenomenal. There’s still a decent selection left and I’m planning on loading up on it for the girls for next year.