Sarah's Day in the Life
Or is it SARA'S Day in the Life?
I truly can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this reel. More than 10, for sure. Close to 30? Likely.
It’s part of Sheerluxe’s (a beauty/lifestyle brand) “Day in the Life” series, which (as far as I can tell) consists of following chic, beautiful women-about-town around for a day and tracking their typical movements. As a chic, beautiful woman-about-town myself, I’m eager to share this video because quite frankly, I’ve never consumed more relatable content, nor have I ever come across something that so accurately represents my lived experience as a mother in 2023.
This Day in the Life features Sarah Corbett-Winder who I had never heard of before, but who seems to be a stylist/influencer known as The Wardrobe Whisperer. Her main feed is full of fun clothes and fun disco music and fun furry hats worn in the bath AS ONE DOES. The vibe is fun.
Sarah starts every day with an LED mask (obviously) in bed, after which she heads to the bathroom because “it’s then time for some beauty.” One thing I love about Sarah is that Sarah always does certain things. For example, she “always brushes [her] brows up” sorta like I always remove my mouthguard and hastily shove it into my bedside table drawer so my parents’ dog won’t try to eat it like he did last time we dog-sat.
Sarah is like us all in that she has to wake up her small children (one of whom is a baby - babies famously being late sleepers) and when she does retrieve her kids, it’s “always fun.” I share Sarah’s spirit of fun in the mornings except my children tend to be so much fun in the darkness of January at 6:07AM that I find it best to temper the fun with purple ear plugs.
In addition to her plentiful use of “always,” Sarah ascribes to many instances of “of course.”
For example, after waking her kids (“always fun”), and after carting them to nursery (this is all happening in London), she “of course” has a “bit of a play in [her] wardrobe.” I mean, absolutely same if picking up the same pair of leggings I wore yesterday from the floor and pairing it with one of three large, shapeless sweaters counts as “a bit of a play.”
Ultimately, Sarah chooses an impossibly cool outfit which she calls “casual attire” and which I call “ready for a flat lay in Vogue.”
Once play time’s over, Sarah sits at her desk to answer phone calls and respond to emails while laughing uproariously and enjoying a “delicious berry smoothie,” and then “of course it’s time to create some content!” In this case, the content creation consists of her swapping out her home outfit (“casual attire”) for a new outfit better suited to “going into town.” I too enjoy changing my clothes when “going into town” by which I mean I don a coat, hat, and sometimes a scarf (“bit of a play”) before jumping jauntily into my Subaru station wagon to pick up my toddler from preschool.
I always bring cheese sticks.
In town, Sarah is excited to check out the new Veronica Beard store for a “really good try-on” (similarly, I spent yesterday afternoon browsing Bog toddler boots on Poshmark). At Veronica Beard, Sarah discovers some “fab” denim," “a dream” of a suit-except-with-shorts, a frock which causes her to moan “I mean,” and avows there’s “always room for a stripe.” I admire her commitment to absolutes and empathize with her as she grapples over sartorial decisions (“lots to think about”) since I struggled to make any decision whatsoever about the Poshmark Bogs because I got distracted by something wholly unforgettable, thus pushing the problem of my kid’s too small snow boots to another Day in the Life.
Sarah returns home after a picturesque visit to a picturesque grocery store legit named Walnut. As I add one of those massive boxes of Goldfish that sorta resemble milk cartons to my Hannafords To Go online order, I can’t help but think after watching Sarah place a head of lettuce into her cute, retro metal shopping basket at Walnut, we’re the same.
At home, “of course” there’s an outfit change, and “it’s sparkles tonight.” Reader, I ask you, does it even count as nighttime if sparkles aren’t involved? Sarah then delivers a truism I’m sure we all can relate to once she’s accessorized her sparkles with more sparkles by saying “it would be rude not to get my final selfie of the day” (truly) and heads to the kitchen, where the head of lettuce she bought earlier really gets its time to shine. Sorta like Chekov’s gun, except lettuce.
Sarah proceeds to chops the head of lettuce she bought at Walnut in half (“prep in the kitchen”), set the table sumptuously, and light some candles. Aside from one lemon she places on the table, lettuce appeals to be the main (nay, the only) course featured on tonight’s menu.
Conspicuously absent in this domestic pre-dinner scene are children, which explains why Sarah looks so relaxed as she sits down at her table gorgeously laid with a panoply of beautiful, breakable objects (“more is more, always”) and waits for her guests to arrive.
Tonight I plan to make shepherd’s pie for dinner, which one kid will complain about because it’s not pasta, one kid will ignore entirely, and one will eat but forget to acknowledge my efforts with any sort of thanks. With my characteristic joie de vivre, I’ll shrug it all of with a smile and coyly murmur, “more is more, sweet children, always.”
There you have it. As both Sarah and I like to say at the successful conclusion of yet another Day in the Life, “Voila.
I cried laughing at this, as I too serve heads of lettuce to invisible dinner party guests while my children silently put themselves to bed.
BUT ALSO, can we not skip over the cargo bike she is able to peddle the children to nursery in??? What a merry transportation option that doesn’t at all require the cardiovascular strength of an endurance athlete or get you sweaty while wearing your casual attire!
So many hours spent on Poshmark looking for Bogs... and then never buying them!😂😭