I love non scale victories. I bought a pair of shorts in a size 14 in early May. I was going to wear them to a ball game over Memorial Day weekend. I felt they were a bit too big so I didn't wear them. I finally got my act together and exchanged them last night for a size 12. Whoop! :) I love NSVs.
Since I was at Kohl's and I'm pretty much in need of clothes, I decided to hit the dressing room. I've always wanted a long dress or a long skirt. Often they are never long enough for me, but someone told me to go to Kohl's. I don't "need' a dress or skirt, like I *need* other clothing, but I ended up buying both. And nothing else other than the swap of shorts. I gotta work on focusing on what I need.
So excuse the sports bra and crappy end of day hair. . .
Here's the dress:
I often think dresses make me look wide. And maybe this does a tiny bit, but I knew as soon as I put it on that I liked it! I have no idea when I will wear it, or with what bra unfortunately, but if I don't wear it by fall I'll return it. :)
Please ignore the shirt here. . . .
I bought the skirt and not the shirt. I don't know if I have a top that will work for this. So it might go back too. I sound like a broken record huh? This shirt gave me no shape. As you can see I look much bigger in this photo cause you can't see any waist/hips. But the skirt is long. And I think I can find something to wear with it. I hope!
I'm so not a girly girl so these purchases were almost stressful to me. But I love that you can return to Kohl's for up to a year and if it was bought on your Kohl's card you don't even need a receipt.
I'm a low maintenance kind of girl. We have a casual dress code at work. I wear jeans, a t-shirt and a light jacket every day. All year around pretty much cause the temperature is off in my office and I'm most comfortable in that combo. Though right now it's flipping freezing and I wonder if I'm going to have to dress for winter through the summer. I rarely wear make up and my hair is always in a pony tail. If I manage to start the day with the hair down, it's pulled back my lunch time.
Sometimes I joke to my husband that he must be happy I'm not high maintenance. It doesn't take me much time to get ready.
But there are times I wish I dressed more. . . fashionable? Nicer? Less casual . . .
As I was packing for Europe I pondered what I'd wear the week I was in Belgium and dressing casual the whole time (as opposed to being at work in London). My friend in Belgium wears lots of dresses and skirts even for casual wear. That's not me. That will likely never be me. You can't teach an old dog new tricks! Ha! I'm too old to suddenly turn girly.
But I'd like to take a step up from the t-shirts. Before I left for my trip I was shopping at Maurice's. My weight loss has put me in between sizing and I needed some jeans. I have jeans that are too big and too small. Ugh. The joys of changing weight fairly often. I also needed a pair of skinny jeans to wear with my Dubarry boots at Rolex later this month. I did get a pair and hopefully I'll get a pic while I'm there and wearing them. :) This is kind of a big deal as I think I'm too fat for skinny jeans.
So back to Maurice's. . . while I was there I saw this light spring sweater and I liked it. It's very not me. But something about it said "try me on". So I did. And I paired it with the wrong color tank top. But the very friendly sales associate helped me out and once she matched it with a different color I was sold. My husband was with me at the time and he liked it even though "it's not really you". Lol! The sweater is something that is easy to snag, so not sure how often I'll wear it. I did push through the jetlag and wear it to one of my Easter gatherings. Why I find "dressing up" to be such a chore I don't know. . . .
Photo taken with wet hair and everything :)
I'm pondering another shopping trip to try to spruce up my clothing options, but that's work. . . . so who knows!
