What is important?

I am never a very girly person and I don't usually like pink. So it's not surprising that my little girl is wearing a lot of white or yellow color like above. (Here in US, everything is PINK for little girls and BLUE for little boys. There's just a lack of interesting varieties here.)

Anyway, I ran into a co-worker this week at work, whom I have not seen for the last 3 years, during our product training to the support teams. She also recently gave birth to a baby girl (2 months earlier than me) and we so quickly hooked up and shared baby pictures on our laptops during breaks. Unlike me, she completely dresses up her daughter in different floral print dresses with headbands (is that what it's called?), cute outfits with fancy hats, while my little one is always wearing her onesies and peasant-style home clothes with only comfort in mind. That leads me thinking ... am I doing the right thing? Am I not doing justice to my wonderful little girl? Am I not taking the advantage of dressing up my daughter while she is still young and cute and does not has a mind of her own? Then I look at her wardrobe - it's jam packed with new clothes all on the hangers and a lot of them still unwashed with the price tags attached. What am I doing here? The fact that I want a down-to-earth little girl does not mean I have to keep her dressed in humble sleepwear 24x7. I am a bit confused... Maybe I have been lazy. She is starting to turn 6-month old so it's still not too late to start dressing her up, I guess. But should I be doing it just because my co-worker is doing it or is it really the RIGHT thing to do or I'll regret? Anyway, I think it's always good to talk to other moms (especially those whom I think are doing a good job) from time to time to make sure I am not just thinking about what I think is best, but what's best among all the options.

So the key question here is not whether to dress up the kid or not, but rather to take the opportunity to take her out when the weather is nice to experience new things and take pictures and create memories. The right clothes will come with the occasions!