I Get Lazy

It's true, I can become very lazy about one aspect of my life. It's not housework or garden work or cooking, its about how I dress.

I have never been one to think much about how my hair looks, or what style looks best on me. I buy my clothes at Goodwill for the most part and look first and foremost to comfort, which seems to translate into tee shirts and pants with elastic waists. When I dressed plain, it was wonderful, same thing every single day, just a slight variation on fabric. I could cover my hair so I could just pull it up in a bun and that was that. But those days are gone. Never did think it was fair that the conservative mennonite men look just like anyone else but the women had to stand out like a sore thumb, talk about drawing attention to themselves ! Might be modest but it sure is an attention getter ! Anyway, back to the lazy me subject. Every so often I need to just take stock of my wardrobe. It's reverting back to what I call, "the man in my closet look"

Finding myself wearing clothes that any man might be able to wear without drawing any attention to himself.

So, today its going to be a day of cleaning out the closet, motivating myself to look a bit nicer and remembering that dressing up a bit is good for the soul.

I wrote this about how my style was slipping , it was true then and its true again now.

"So here I am wandering the isles of Goodwill, having no concept of what to buy. I suspect part of that is my body shape. Its a bit dumpy. Humpty Dumpty actually. I want to look svelte, sophisticated when I go out the door. That will come in time, I have no doubt about it, but right now, I feel like elastic waist and baggy. Comfortable sneakers, and cotton knit pants. But, that seems to affect my choices and actions some. We are going out on our dates to elastic waist places, not the Cafe on the Run, or the French Cafes and sitting for hours over a coffee and splitting a pastry. Its been Pizza or Taco's. Makes me forget to comb my hair and put on a favorite pair of earrings. I am not talking about the pursuit of vanity here, more like the pursuit of looking nice for myself and for my amazing husband. Looking good, makes us feel better about ourselves. Frump allows us to be frumpy eaters, frumpy cooks, frumpy dates. Yes, I date my husband, always have, but more now that the children are grown. I came out of Goodwill without one single purchase. Guess its time to watch Under the Tuscan Sun and French Kiss and get inspired. It doesn't take lots of money to look put together, it just takes some inertia ! Guess you know what I have been lacking in : ) "