on Wednesdays we wear pink!
Sep. 12th, 2009 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
enamouredSometimes I have serious moments of "I hate every stitch of clothing that I have in my drawers/closet and I want to take it all out and shove it in the fire place and let it burn." Lately this happens more and more when I go to the mall and more and more every morning when I'm trying to remember if I've worn the same pair of jeans twice in a row or not.
When it comes to clothes, I have three major problems. The first is that I am picky as all get-out about them, and I am not big on super-super trendy things (I will NEVER succumb to skinny jeans, because no one wants to see my chunky-as-hell thighs highlighted by stretch denim. I don't even want to see that). The second is that I am in that weird place where I'm not quite fully plus-sized and too big for regular sized clothing (I can shop fine at Old Navy, and if I find the right junior sizes, I'm okay, but if I go to Lane Bryant sometimes things are a little too big for me) and my weight fluctuates like every three months. The third thing is that I am poor, and cannot afford to throw out my entire wardrobe because I hate everything I have, save for a few t-shirts, about half the sneakers and flats I own, and a random assortment of things I've bought at Ross in the past year.
I would kill to go on What Not to Wear and have Stacy and Clinton hook me up. But that would also include them skewering pretty much, well, everything I already own and my own occasionally dubious style (I own tank tops for the sheer purpose of putting a t-shirt or a button-up shirt on over them, and I do this all the time. Summer, winter, everything in between). I think this just has to do with my whole "I want to be normal(ish)" thing. I wish I could afford to look like a girl who knows what to wear and can wear it well. And I wish I could find stuff that I like and comes in my size that I don't have to worry about blowing my entire check on. (For example: this dress. I want this in my life.)
...actually, can I take a moment to gripe about Forever 21 for a minute here? 'Cause they have a new "plus" line and while I like some of the things they have, it's an extremely limited selection. And every time I walk to the little alcove in the gigantic store that they have at my local mall where where Faith21 is, I get an eyefull of all the other things they have in their "regular" collection, and I get pissed off, because dammit, I want that blazer that looks like it has a hoodie stitched up in it too, and their plus line doesn't have that. That's some crap right there.
When it comes to clothes, I have three major problems. The first is that I am picky as all get-out about them, and I am not big on super-super trendy things (I will NEVER succumb to skinny jeans, because no one wants to see my chunky-as-hell thighs highlighted by stretch denim. I don't even want to see that). The second is that I am in that weird place where I'm not quite fully plus-sized and too big for regular sized clothing (I can shop fine at Old Navy, and if I find the right junior sizes, I'm okay, but if I go to Lane Bryant sometimes things are a little too big for me) and my weight fluctuates like every three months. The third thing is that I am poor, and cannot afford to throw out my entire wardrobe because I hate everything I have, save for a few t-shirts, about half the sneakers and flats I own, and a random assortment of things I've bought at Ross in the past year.
I would kill to go on What Not to Wear and have Stacy and Clinton hook me up. But that would also include them skewering pretty much, well, everything I already own and my own occasionally dubious style (I own tank tops for the sheer purpose of putting a t-shirt or a button-up shirt on over them, and I do this all the time. Summer, winter, everything in between). I think this just has to do with my whole "I want to be normal(ish)" thing. I wish I could afford to look like a girl who knows what to wear and can wear it well. And I wish I could find stuff that I like and comes in my size that I don't have to worry about blowing my entire check on. (For example: this dress. I want this in my life.)
...actually, can I take a moment to gripe about Forever 21 for a minute here? 'Cause they have a new "plus" line and while I like some of the things they have, it's an extremely limited selection. And every time I walk to the little alcove in the gigantic store that they have at my local mall where where Faith21 is, I get an eyefull of all the other things they have in their "regular" collection, and I get pissed off, because dammit, I want that blazer that looks like it has a hoodie stitched up in it too, and their plus line doesn't have that. That's some crap right there.
