My weight these days is slowly moving down the scale, (just 6 pounds in the last month) but my size is continually changing. I can tell by how my clothes are fitting and things like my watch is loose again that I am getting smaller. I had links in my watch taken out about 4 months ago, and I need to do it again. I purchased a Swatch in Barcelona that didn't really fit, in that I could barely get it to clasp in the last hole on the band - I'm wearing it today and it's clasped at 5 holes in - which is a decrease of 1.25 inches in the diameter of my wrist. If you had told me that my wrists would shrink I would have laughed at you.
I did some more closet purging the other day and ditched the 2x clothes and most of the 1x items, I ditched some pants and a couple skirts that slipped off my hips with a quick shimmy. I suppose clothes that fall to the floor when I walk might be a tad racy for the real world. I haven't been able to part with my last bridesmaid dress and think I'm going to hang on to it a while. It is really beautiful and I'm hoping that eventually I can turn it into a fabulous skirt.
The rain this morning snapped me to attention that fall and winter are just around the corner. I'm going to be a hurting unit when it comes to warm clothes. My sweater situation is sad, I only have one sweater left over that really should only be worn on rainy Sundays where we spend the day on the couch. It's too big, but is cozy and comforting.
Missing the month of October will fast forward my wardrobe needs from late summer straight into "winter". I may need to actually do the "school shopping" outing like we use to do as kids. You know, where you hit the mall and spend big bucks on an entire wardrobe for the season. I think I'll budget for it and plan to do it when I get back from Greece. I arrive home on a Wednesday, but am not going back to work until the following Monday. I'm trying to suggest to J that he get the flu for those days, but since I really don't want him to lose his job I'm not pushing too hard on that front. Plus, its two solid months from now, who knows he might be sick of me by then….. (har)
Fall and winter coats are starting to pop up on racks and in as much as I like to shop - especially for coats, I'm not excited about paying full retail for a coat for one season. I'll bite the bullet and get a coat and make it work for the entire fall and winter season. I suppose that for one year I can deal with one coat - my need to color coordinate my outerwear may have to be set aside for one year. (These are some seriously dumb things to ramble about - I mean, Angiolina Jolie has probably adopted 6 more kids as I typed this up.)
On the bright side, getting me a Christmas gift this year will be EASY! Jewelry…. Oh I mean clothes, or gift certificates for clothes.
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