Another day, another ramble.\u00a0 Where will it go?\u00a0 Who knows…<\/p>\n
I’m feeling pretty cute today.\u00a0 I have on a purple tank top (my love for purple shirts lately knows no bounds) that’s sorta long, a little past my hips.\u00a0 Over it, I have a light, zip up black jacket that when zipped, only comes up to about my hips, so the tank top shows up underneath the jacket.\u00a0 I’ve got my newest thrift store jeans on – size 7s (woo) which I always forget to wear because I think they’re going to be too small.\u00a0 They’re a little out of style since they’re that medium washed color and everyone is all about the dark jeans lately, but they fit like a champ.\u00a0 They are my new “hot ass” jeans – which, I’m sure you can infer, make my ass look smokin’.\u00a0 Rounding out the outfit are some hoops from Target, a purple\/grey\/black beaded necklace I made myself, and a turquoise bracelet that was a birthday present from a friend.\u00a0 Oh, and some Tommy Hilfiger black wedgie shoes (bout 4 inchers).<\/p>\n
I love when an outfit comes together and I’m walking into work and see myself in the reflective door when I’m coming in from the parking lot and think to myself, “who is that babe walking behind me wearing the same outfit – ohhhh…wait that’s me….”.\u00a0 The shoes give me the appearance of being tall (why oh why am I not 5’10”) and the ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/static.pyzam.com\/img\/funnypics\/2\/pyzamdumbdumbdumb.jpg\")
combination of the jacket and tank make me look like I actually have a waist.\u00a0 I don’t.\u00a0 I haven’t taken measurements in a long time but I’d bet I’m 36 28 28 or something like that.\u00a0 I am the epitome of an inverted triangle, and it takes a really good ensemble to hide that.\u00a0 Today, I win!<\/p>\n
I also love being thrifty.\u00a0 The jacket and pants came from Savers, and cost about 5 bucks each.\u00a0 The tank came from Academy and was 5 as well.\u00a0 The shoes – well, those were 40 but that was a huge splurge and I’ve worn the crap out of them.\u00a0 The ones I had on instead and changed out of (because I’ve worn them a few times this week already) cost 2 bucks.\u00a0 Today sort of makes me want to clean out my closet and throw out everything that doesn’t make me feel this fabulous.<\/p>\n
However, I am starting another clothing “experiment” next week.\u00a0 Let me explain the set up of my closet.\u00a0 My “shirt rack” has shirts arranged in two categories – hot weather (tees and tanks) and cold weather (long sleeves and sweaters).\u00a0 Within each category, they are in color order, so each shirt has it’s place.\u00a0 What I did last year at the beginning of each season was made a rule that I had to wear each shirt at least once before I could wear anything again.\u00a0 This made me realize I totally overbought during the winter because I had shirts I wore only once.\u00a0 This warm weather season, I’ve been lazy.\u00a0 I’ve worn whatever I felt like, which makes me gravitate to the same 10 shirts or so.<\/p>\n
Sunday, after all my laundry is put away in it’s place, I am going to count the number of shirts I have.\u00a0 Each evening, I am going to have Zliten give me a random number, and whatever shirt that ends up being, I have to make an outfit around it.\u00a0 I’ll make exceptions if I have to dress for an occasion (like I know I’m going to leave work and have to go out or whatnot).\u00a0 Weekends will probably be just whatever I grab for whatever we are doing, like normal.\u00a0 After a shirt is worn, it will be taken out of “play”, and cannot be worn again until I get through everything.\u00a0 If I cannot make an ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/static.pyzam.com\/img\/funnypics\/8\/lotropass.jpg\")
outfit out of it (and it’s not for a good reason like I just wore the only two pairs of pants that go with it and it goes PERFECTLY with this skirt but my legs are like hairy monsters), it goes in the donate pile (which oddly enough, all ends up at my moms).<\/p>\n
Why do I go through such lengths?\u00a0 First of all, it’s kinda fun.\u00a0 I went through so many years of dreading my closet, and so many days where I just wanted to give up and wear a mumu because nothing looked good.\u00a0 Now, the fact that I can just rely on a random number generator and put together something cute – this is a little slice of bliss for me.\u00a0 Second – I have a lot of shirts.\u00a0 I’m going to say I could probably go about a month and a half without rewearing, and that’s just from my casual, non going out, warm weather shirts.\u00a0 Oddly enough, I have way fewer pairs of pants – (about 12) and even fewer shorts (3).\u00a0 Again, I have my favorites, but I definitely cycle through them regularly.\u00a0 I have a large variety of skirts, but most of those are on the chopping block as well.\u00a0 Most of them make me look frumpy now – which was ok before when I was hiding obesity, but now if they don’t make me feel fabulous, they gots to go.<\/p>\n
Have I said that I love thrifting?\u00a0 I know, I know, but it’s not just the money spent, it’s that I have very little attachement to these clothes.\u00a0 I have my favorites, but if something doesn’t work, I have no problems giving away a 4 dollar shirt I had for a few months to make room for the next shopping trip, where I’ll come back with a lot more fun stuff to play with!<\/p>\n
Okay, that’s enough – 900+ words on clothing?\u00a0 Yikes.\u00a0 Imma gonna take my smokin’ ass, big head, and overstuffed closet and try to get through the rest of the day and have a nice mellow weekend.\u00a0 What’s in YOUR closet?\u00a0 Do you play clothing games too or are you more like Zliten, who pretty much grabs for something with his eyes closed most days?\u00a0 Do you feel fabulous today?\u00a0 What’s your favorite outfit?\u00a0 Any cool weekend plans?\u00a0 Do tell, do tell.\u00a0 And even if you don’t, have a wonderful weekend, and I’ll see you in June.\u00a0 Which also happens to be my race month.\u00a0 Eek, it’s almost upon us…*disappears to freak out*<\/p>\n