Thanks for all your lovely messages, today I’m feeling much better thank you…today it’s just my brain that hurts after a particularly taxing day with work stuff but then that’s not that unusual!
So earlier on I was admiring a dress that my friend from work is thinking of buying – she’s crazy about dresses in the same way I’m crazy about handbags – the picture of it was lovely. It’s a style and cut that would really suit her, and the sort of colour she wears so it ticked every box. Well, all except the one minor detail, where it wasn’t actually available in her size. Worse than that in fact, it wasn’t made in her size at all. It only went up to two dress sizes smaller than she needs.
I think it’s going to turn into a ‘one day’ purchase…hands up who else does that? I’ve had to put my hands down again so I can type, but if I had a pound for every time I’ve bought something two sizes too small because it would fit me soon, I could retire to the Bahamas. My wardrobe is full of such outfits. Some of them are now out of fashion, and some of them are uber trendy, but only because they’ve gone out of fashion and hung around so long they’re now back in again without ever having made it out of the wardrobe.
My friend is trying to lose weight so it might just work as an incentive and you know what, it’s fine to have one or maybe two outfits like that…me, I could open a shop.
Did a skinny string bean ever say right, so I’m a size eight but that dress is only available in a size six so I’m going to buy it and then diet till it fits me? I highly doubt it. Or, I’m an eight but that dress I want is only available in a twelve, so bring on the hobnobs? Of course not.
It’s fat girl thinking in it’s purest form. I’ve even branched out to shoes and more especially boots. A couple of years ago whilst I was on holiday with my friend, I bought a pair of thigh boots in zebra print with 4 inch heels. We ladies of a certain age love animal prints don’t you know, and they were – still are – very very foxy.
However. On a 300lb body..? I don’t think so do you? I’ve taken them out of their box numerous times just to admire them, but in my head they were a ‘one day’ purchase, aka I might be able to wear them one day, on all those nights out in Skinny Town. I’m still struggling to imagine what kind of occasion would warrant the thigh high zebra boots look, but hey you never know, right? Better to have a pair just in case.
Sadly, the number in front of my age has gone up a notch since that particular purchase and so by the time I’m the right shape to wear them I’ll probably have passed that brief window of opportunity.
Or will I…?
The good thing about getting to that afe is that you get to where you don’t care what they think or if you are in fashion so much. If it looks good on you, and you like it, wear it! Someday i believe you will be glad to have those boots.
Ha yes, lets hope so!
I’m with you, Jo – I’ve moved house in the last 2 years, & jettisoned clothes I still liked, but I despaired of ever fitting into. Ever. Oh boy, a proper LBD! It might have no place to go, but it now fits, right? – Let’s see… do I even know someone I can induce to have a wedding?
And Cherie, I applaud you – the available wardrobe is currently minimal, but isn’t it fun to get dressed so fast, without all the dithering! I have donated several pair of pants & shorts in 2015 that I bought as I went down – good for my morale, & my resolve. The Sally Ann shop has benefited from jeans with almost none of the “new” worn off.
Isn’t it just great when you get rid of bigger stuff?! I almost want to put mine in a big heap on the floor and torch it, except I have plastic grass outside and it would burn a hole. I’ve not had a clear out yet, but I will be doing soon…can’t wait!
Yeah, & when you find you really need to purge too-big clothes, you can go “shopping” for new ones right in your cupboard!
Love ya, F
Widgets were mildly dysfunctional for me: couldn’t see you, only Cherie & Jo. Cheers! Fleur
Ha, yes you’re not wrong…there’s a line of things waiting and some are even getting air-time! Aw and I tell ya Fleury, these dratted widgets are going to be the death of me…I’m a trained monkey where tekkie stuff is concerned, like if someone shows me enough times which button to press I can make it work, but when it all goes belly up I have no idea. I just want them to work!
It looks so neat in my closet now Fleury! and will make dressing quick as a wink 🙂
Swear it wasn’t there when I 1st logged on but then my computer and brain have been seriously over used today, all’s well now I’ve rated you too xx
Hahahahaha I think it’s probably the system rather than you! x
Loving your posts huni, but where’s the ratings gizmo gone?? Feel out of sorts without my night time routine of reading, rating and voting!!xx
Hello lovely, fancy seeing you here! I don’t understand why you can’t see it, it’s on the page I’m looking at right now! Without getting too tekkie, WordPress (which is the platform I use for the blog) has released a new version which I was forced to upgrade to, and some of my plug-ins seem to have had a nervous collapse in the last few days. I think the widget developers (who create the code for things like the ratings widget, subscriber list etc) need to tinker with their widgets (get your mind out of the gutter immediately) to make sure they’re compatible with the upgraded WordPress platform…I suspect that’s why your ratings gizmo thingy is being a bit weird..? It’s definitely still there, promise…and thanks for all your votes 🙂 🙂 lots of love xx
This concept is a bit alien to me. I’m pretty sure I’ve never ever bought something that doesn’t fit me right now – in fact my general rule is it has to look better on me than what I wore into the shop! I have been guilty for keeping things that used to fit me 20 years ago, but in the recent move I kept only the things that fit me now or are one size down so could realistically fit me soon. If I ever get skinny, I’m buying a whole new wardrobe then, when I know what looks fabulous on my new body!
Oh, and I have one handbag. No, I tell a lie, I got a new one for Christmas and have not yet thrown away the shabby old one that was about to break free of its straps. But I will. Then will be back to one.
One handbag..? One??? Oh goodness I’ve come over a bit faint…yes, I definitely need a lie down 🙂
It’s a very pretty one.
So do you transfer all your stuff over to whichever handbag you are using that day, or do you have multiple copies of everything and just transfer your purse/wallet and keys?
I use handbag inserts, which mean that I lift out the insert and just transfer it to another bag…simples!
Oh yes, been there done that. I also have to find the shoes to go with the outfit and the jewellery. Of course the accessories can usually be worn with other clothes but the dresses just languish in my closet with the tags on. I’m trying to be better but just before Christmas I found a black sequined dress on sale and just had to have it. There is nowhere in my life that I will have occasion to wear it so WTF! is wrong with me. I keep thinking it’s good to have a little black dress just in case. But I know I won’t need it, sigh…
Isn’t it bonkers, I remember talking in the blog ages ago about my obsession with evening dresses when I’m skinny…I never go anywhere to need one!
I was lucky enough to be a judge for a book award until I gave it up this year, so although it wasn’t me in the limelight every year I got to go to the ceremony all glammed up with a proper evening dress. It wasn’t the Oscars or anything, but it was formal enough to need a lovely new outfit each year. I just wish I had been thin enough to feel good in what I wore.
Sounds lovely, but I would have been the same…right now I don’t feel nice in anything!
Jo go find someplace to wear that dress! Plan dinner someplace fabulous with a pal – or go to some fundraiser for a charity you like – can’t leave it home unused!
I finally stopped doing that some years ago. But I have made a new decisions today, very fitting that your topic is wardrobe! I spent some time today emptying out my closet of all the clothing that is now too big. Four bags full! Not my work clothes, because much of that is dresses that can work still, and I don’t really relish buying a new work wardrobe. However it’s my commitment to myself that I will not be going back up the ladder, only continuing to go down. So I’ll make do with the clothing that fits, the new jeans, a few tops that don’t show my bra as they drop off, the less than appealing older items until I reach a place where I actually want to really buy new clothes! And considering the number at the beginning of my age, I will not be buying anything in leopard print!
FOUR bags? Wow Cherie that must have been a freaking awesome feeling!! Bye bye fat me, helloooooo foxy lady 🙂