Do the clothes make the girl? If they do, I’m all wrinkled and frumpy and so out of style today that I should be thrown in a burn barrel! Does everyone hate their clothes at the end of the season? I think I hate mine more than most people because I wear the same thing, week in-week out. I only have a couple of different mix and match pieces that I am constantly matching the same way.
What I wore today – ick!
I hate shopping for clothes. It took me at least eight years to buy a new bra. I went to Victoria’s Secret to get measured (Oh my God, I was in a new size!) and be treated like a queen in the dressing room. I tried on several different styles, including the famed “bombshell” bra, which was me in my 20’s when I was out trying to impress everyone, including myself. Don’t get me wrong – I want to look good and I was buying a push-up, I just don’t want to be “out there” if you know what I mean. Everyone in my world would know I bought a new bra. I picked one out, paid for it with about four hours of pay, and brought it home. It’s not the right fit. I have not told my boyfriend this. I don’t want him to think he wasted his time driving an hour and a half out of the way and standing around in an underwear store. So I will wait and wear it. And when I get up the nerve and the money I will go back and get a different one. Maybe I’ll be in a different size by then.
Almost all of my clothes are hand-me-downs or thrift shop finds. And they aren’t even real “finds” like the “OMG! You have to see what I found for a buck fifty – it’s totally classic!”finds, they are the “here’s a skirt I found that I can wear to the office” finds. And I might wear it and I might not.
Got it at a discount shop in Myrtle Beach – Anne Taylor the Loft – the pic doesn’t do it justice – it’s plummy color makes me want winter to last a little longer (not really but it sounds good!)
I’m looking forward to spring, to my dresses and sandals. Maybe I’ll buy a new dress this year. I want to, but I hate paying full price, so I usually wait until August, which means the choices have whittled down and I only get to wear it for about three weeks before I have to put it away for the season. It gets cold here quick. Maybe I’ll hit up the right yard sale or find a thrift shop that just got in a ton of new clothes from a wealthy patron who got bored from last year’s fashions. One can only dream…
I paid sale price for this through peebles.com – without trying it on first, but it fit fine so I kept it
At lunch time I walked by the dress shop on Main. There were a couple sweet shifts that I would love to try on, but they were way overpriced. I stood and admired them for a moment, trying them on in my mind and looking totally fabulous, I must say. Then I turned and walked away, off to the dry cleaner to drop off one of my dresses for spring. I know I will love wearing it the first couple of times. It is at least five years old, but I bought it brand new.
Someday I will decide to go clothes shopping. I will drop the anxiety and tell myself I will find something I like, I will find something that fits, I will find the right color and style for me. Someday.
But today one thing still holds true –
If the clothes make the girl, I’m a mess.
Have a great day!
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