Magic cardigan

Hey you guys. I wrote this post back in December and somehow forgot to post it. I'm going to LA this week and have a grand travel experiment planned for you. Get excited! Here's a little post to tide you over...

So I'm heading back to NYC after a short, pre-Christmas trip home to NC. I vowed to try a little experiment on this trip. There was a period of time that I was constantly asked, or demanded actually, to remove my "sweater" to go through security. No matter what article of clothing I wore, I was always referred to as a sweater. This ranged from actual sweater, cardigan, to see through top with a camisole underneath. When asked to remove said see through top, I said, "you want me to take my shirt off?". The security guy responded "well ma'am, we just can't tell what you ladies have under your shirts". So there's that. Of course my husband made it through with a tee shirt, button down and sweater...but whatever.

So I made the conscious choice to leave this cardigan on both leaving LGA and leaving CLT. Shockingly, no one yelled. No one berated. No one accused me of being a sneaky lady hiding things in my unmentionables. If you have ever seen me in real life, you have seen me in this cardigan. I wear it way too often for my own good. You might recognize the pic below from when I was traveling back from LA in said cardigan, desperately searching for an outlet for phone charging.

Why was I allowed to keep it on? I think it was all about attitude. I said to myself., " I will not remove my cardigan". So we'll say that's the ticket.

I charge you to try this. Your mantra is...I will not remove my cardigan. Practice. Let me know if it works.