X-mas in January....

[osodecanela]

Well, sort of.

I threw on a polo I tie dyed a year or two ago this morning, topped it with an open denim shirt for warmth and headed out to the gym. After my run, I took a look in the mirror and shook my head. This polo, one I thought I had done a really nice job dying, is really just too big to wear anymore. I'm swimming in it.

AND that was how I was going to work. I didn't have anything else with me. I'm used to dressing down at work; I am after all, the boss. A tee shirt was the only other alternative and that was just not going to cut it. It was either wear the polo, or stop to buy something else.

I am NOT buying clothes. (Other than shorts and sox for the gym) I'm going down fast enough that certainly I don't want anything of significant quality, as likely within a short period of time, I won't be able to wear it any longer. I also HAVE plenty of clothes in a wide variety of sizes, to make shopping really unnecessary. However, this grandchild of tailors and seamstresses, this lover of textures and fabrics and colors, sees nice things and desires them.

I was pissed last month when a nice flannel shirt that fit me well, became hopelessly stained in the wash. (My husband does not separate colors.) Yes, I could dye it, but by the time I get to it, it would be too big. It actually is already.

SO, I wore the tie dye today and wound up garnering comments from a fair number of people who asked how much I've lost. That was not my intent in wearing that shirt today.

It's now after hours and I just found a box of shirts here in the closet at my office. How these got here, I don't remember. They're all of a size I can wear now, which means they've been in the box at least 5 years. Over half of them, I need to get rid of, as they're either too old, too synthetic or too not my style, but there were several I'll enjoy and are perfect for the season. There were 3 turtlenecks (blue, green and teal), 2 polos (one long sleeve, the other short, emerald and rust respectively) and one luscious heavyweight flannel in a royal blue plaid, all of them 100 % cotton and all from Lands End. I slipped on the green turtleneck, tucked it into my jeans and tossed the flannel on over it, buttoned it halfway and left it un-tucked. I just looked in the mirror and very much liked what I saw.

I still have a very long way to go, but I don't have to look like an unmade bed while I'm in the process.

I'm a happy puppy. Yes, indeed.

Comments

[labeartorycub.livejournal.com]

I love the progress. Now, it's been seven years since I last saw you in-person at the only LJ picnic I attended. Care to snap a pic of yourself and share it?

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

Will do. As for not seeing one another in so long, you & I need to remedy that!

[labeartorycub.livejournal.com]

I would like that. Other than a trip to Truett-Hurst Winery in the Dry Creek area, I haven't been to Guerneville in quite a while.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

I love the cheap microfiber cloths from Costco for any number of purposes - but for clothing, I'm with you in preferring natural fibers. I do have a lot of poly/cotton t-shirts, but that's about the only thing I wear with significant synthetic content. And ever since I discovered the Jamaica Jaxx 100% silk shirts for about $20 at Costco, those have become huge favorites of mine.

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

Furr, I know the stuff you're talking about. I'm not yet small enough to shop at Costco for clothes other than sox & gloves. Another 4 inches off my waist, and that'll be another story. Silk is a wonderful fiber to wear!

A note though about some synthetics. When it comes to gym sox, for sweat wicking you can't beat some of the synthetics. I'm surprised by it, but when I'm running, the mostly cotton are less efficient & more likely to promote blistering.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

And on top of everything else, the Jaxx shirts tend to run small - I wear an XL in most shirts, but to get enough room in the shoulders I have to buy XXL in theirs. But yes - it's kind of amazing how the same shirt can be comfortable both when it's hot and chilly.

Synthetics certainly have their place - I was just saying what in general feels best against my skin.

[andywhobear.livejournal.com]

I am so happy for you!!!!

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

Grazzi, Andy!

[machupicchu.livejournal.com]

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WHAT. What kind of person doesn't separate colors??
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[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

He was raised by wolves.

Seriously, he has other wonderful attributes, but he's no domestic goddess. (He also is unable to cook.)

[osodecanela.livejournal.com]

Have you read Michael Thomas Ford? In one of his essays from Trials From My Gay Life, he lamented about his absolute lack of fashion sense & how most clerks in clothing stores assume him to be a hapless straight man, in dire need of assistance. That well describes my husband.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

It's one of those things I just don't get; it's one simple sentence: "Wash like colors and fabrics together." Of course, I was helping my mother with laundry from a fairly young age - I think the washing machine was one of the first "gizmos" I took a fancy to. ;)

On the other hand, there are people who simply can't understand my state of being utterly cruise-blind, so maybe this is a similar sort of disconnect.

[tilia-tomentosa.livejournal.com]

Go, Weaver, go! :)