Category: Fashion

So there’s a pretty big wedding coming up – one of my dearest cousins is getting married to a great guy. The wedding should be a lot of fun and I might even be convinced — if I get tipsy — to do an oro. So I should be excited. And how I love a good Pig Dance! (Note this is not my family, we tend to dance with the pig in a much more animated fashion).

Well, I am excited — but I have nothing to wear. After a good month of shopping, I think I will have to resort to my standby suit. I don’t like this suit…look how unhappy I look in it!

Really, it’s not me. Plus pantyhose. Ugh. And that blouse makes me unhappy, not to mention the (yes, shiny) shoes pinch. Just thinking about wearing this fills me with dread.

Here is just one example of my fruitless search for an outfit that I actually might enjoy wearing.

After much looking, I found  this suit  and thought it would work very well. Plus, I could wear it with my blue shoes of happiness!

And look, it comes in my size! Hm, this is regular — I am not tall and this would probably be too long in the length and the sleeves. But look, they carry petites, too!

(Clicking to a new page with delight and anticipation...)

….and f*ck….it only goes to 14.

I am not really a plus size, but I have — ahem — some trouble with finding nice jackets that fit around my well — upper section

I can’t give up. I want to look nice for this wedding. I still have a few months…but I am not optimistic. Not at all.

Any suggestions? I also saw this and it might fit, but it looks a bit too short for me.

1. I really like Kiehl’s body cleanser. Like really, really like. My olive oil bar soap is history.
2. Cheap laundry soap is no bargain.
3. I am so very tired of polo shirt season. Exhausted. Please end.
4. Chucks last one season. (Or at least mine do. They’re done.)
5. Asics last forever and ever.
6. High-waisted jeans look funny on low-waisted people. Don’t even try them on.
7. One can eat too much salad for dinner. The result is a week of chocolate overload. (Which has since ended, albeit not without struggle.)
8. Ginger tea really does sooth the stomach. But too much before bedtime is not great idea.
9. I still don’t like kale. But I will keep on trying. Same goes for quinoa. (They’re not awful or anything — maybe I just need to rethink how I prepare it.)
10. It’s never to early to look longingly at your fall/winter clothing — the clothes are getting lonely in storage and really want to come home.