Fashion and Body
Mar. 9th, 2006 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vaznettiSome time between beginning this exercise program and the present I lost a roll of fat from the top of my butt. You'd think that this is a good thing, but that roll of fat was actually keeping my low-waisted jeans up without a belt. Now they slide down my hips in a very unflattering way, and I need to buy a belt. At the same time, my thighs are as massive as ever, so it's not that my jeans have become loose or anything.
I think I am losing weight, though; yesterday I bought a pink and lacy (but not too pink and lacy) skirt on sale; they only had it in a small, which in that shop is usually too small for me, but I tried it and it fit just right.
Today I'm wearing a dress I bought at Marks and Spencer's during the week I was in the UK. It's a blue print kimono-style dress, but in jersey. It is, I think, very flattering -- so flattering that I'm half tempted to instruct my husband to dash over to M&S and see if they still have it in the black-and-white print as well. Except that he'd be hopelessly confused and would probably bring me the wrong dress or something. Anyway, the dress only has one problem -- the top has a sort of faux-wrap to it, which gapes a bit and shows off a bit more breast than I like when I'm teaching. The first day I wore it, I was wearing a sort of push-up bra as well, and I had to wear my cardigan buttoned all the way up; today I've pinned it shut with a round pearl-and-gold thing which must have been my grandmothers. It keeps me from flashing my tits at anyone, but does rather draw attention to the region, rather than away from it.
I never did post about my love for M&S last summer, did I? Although this trip I didn't find any sweaters that I liked, I did come away with four bras in addition to this dress. (When I read posts about the trouble some people have finding good bras, I feel a moment of pity for those who are denied the pleasure of the Marks and Spencer's lingerie department. I do all my underwear shopping in the UK.) I like one of them so much I regret not buying it in many other colors -- but if I continue to lose odd patches of fat here and there (in other words, not on my thighs or belly) I may well go down a cup size, so it was probably better to hold off. And of course, I can't possibly send the BH up to buy a bra for me. He'd consider that grounds for divorce. If only M&S would stop displaying so many long, unhemmed, peasant-style skirts and blouses. Isn't it time for that look to be over already?
I think I am losing weight, though; yesterday I bought a pink and lacy (but not too pink and lacy) skirt on sale; they only had it in a small, which in that shop is usually too small for me, but I tried it and it fit just right.
Today I'm wearing a dress I bought at Marks and Spencer's during the week I was in the UK. It's a blue print kimono-style dress, but in jersey. It is, I think, very flattering -- so flattering that I'm half tempted to instruct my husband to dash over to M&S and see if they still have it in the black-and-white print as well. Except that he'd be hopelessly confused and would probably bring me the wrong dress or something. Anyway, the dress only has one problem -- the top has a sort of faux-wrap to it, which gapes a bit and shows off a bit more breast than I like when I'm teaching. The first day I wore it, I was wearing a sort of push-up bra as well, and I had to wear my cardigan buttoned all the way up; today I've pinned it shut with a round pearl-and-gold thing which must have been my grandmothers. It keeps me from flashing my tits at anyone, but does rather draw attention to the region, rather than away from it.
I never did post about my love for M&S last summer, did I? Although this trip I didn't find any sweaters that I liked, I did come away with four bras in addition to this dress. (When I read posts about the trouble some people have finding good bras, I feel a moment of pity for those who are denied the pleasure of the Marks and Spencer's lingerie department. I do all my underwear shopping in the UK.) I like one of them so much I regret not buying it in many other colors -- but if I continue to lose odd patches of fat here and there (in other words, not on my thighs or belly) I may well go down a cup size, so it was probably better to hold off. And of course, I can't possibly send the BH up to buy a bra for me. He'd consider that grounds for divorce. If only M&S would stop displaying so many long, unhemmed, peasant-style skirts and blouses. Isn't it time for that look to be over already?
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Date: 2006-03-09 06:19 pm (UTC)P.S. Do you think we can chat today? I wanted to run something by you! :)
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Date: 2006-03-09 06:24 pm (UTC)Also, I don't think so. I can barely do the reps my trainer has set me. Oh, the pain.
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Date: 2006-03-09 08:40 pm (UTC)I forgot to tell you about the dodgy trainer! He shamefacedly admitted that they're not letting them sell the package he sold to me due to not having the products! He wants to give me more free training this weekend. Hooray! :)