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bookmark_borderAhem, we exist and need suits, too.

Posted on by Christine Elias

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.

bookmark_borderCoughing out some thanks…

Posted on by Christine Elias

So here I am sipping my ginger, honey and lemon tea. It beats the rather pungent garlic and cayenne pepper concoction I also drink when I have a virus. There’s also been zinc, Vitamin C, oil of oregano, codeine cough syrup, regular cough syrup, Vicks VapoRub (my personal favourite), echinacea and Cold-FX.

Oh yeah, it’s been pretty much non-stop OTC and home remedies for the last 3 weeks.

I’m still not feeling all that terrific. The the cold from hell — or maybe it was the flu — is mostly gone, except I still feel weak and I am still coughing…and coughing.

And damn it if I am not sick and tired of it. I have been neglecting some of my responsibilities and moping around for what seems like forever. And heaven help me, I still have to buy one Christmas present on my list. Two are in my closet, but have yet to be wrapped up. This is not like me, but I am just so tired.

I need to remind myself that it’s just a cold.  A pain in the ass terrible cold for sure, but it’s not the pits of a fiery hell. And even as I sneeze and cough my way through my days and nights, I realize that I am damn lucky.

Damn lucky to have love in my life. Damn lucky to have great friends. Damn lucky to have my health. So damn lucky in so many ways.

I am so very lucky — even if I do seem more crabby than usual…sorry about that.

I am truly grateful and I am going try to remember that the next time I can’t get the Vicks out of my sheets.