Vacation, day 2

[vanillafluffy]

Today has been deluxe...I deposited my check and went across the street to Payless. I didn't go too crazy---just two pairs: sweet red and white striped wedges and great little flats, black patent with black and white plaid. Then I took myself to Publix for groceries (and managed to forget paper towels---I am now OUT---good work, Fluffy!), Long John

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[vanillafluffy]

There's something about it that reminds me of a little Dutch girl from an illustrated copy of Hans Brinker I had growing up. It needs a little grey skirt---which I have---and a cute cap, which I'm sure I can find....

[vanillafluffy]

I envy your innate sense of fashion.

My dear, I assure you, there is nothing innate about it. I spent the first 16 years of my life wearing whatever my mother picked out for me, which was nothing special, since finding chubby clothes was a constant challenge. I wore whatever I could squeeze into for years. It wasn't until I was in my 20s and entered an all-too-brief period of relative thinness that I actually learned to appreciate clothes that FIT. (And after the thin phase had passed, it was another decade and a half before I got out of the habit of acquiring clothes solely because they fit and started to consider things like, "Does it look good on me? Where am I going to wear it? Do I like it?" I credit two things with my current level of clothes-horsiness: What Not to Wear and my job---which has been excellent for showing me what's considered fashionable at the moment. (But don't get me started on fashion versus style, because that's a whole 'nother issue....)

[ang5fam]

I was just the opposite---I was TOO thin (imagine) for most of my teen years. I couldn't find jeans that didn't sag in the rear! I didn't hit the chubby years until after the child-bearing years. Now that I am in middle age, it's so much harder to get rid of!!!