Revelation

Let me begin today by writing "WOOHOO!!!!!"  There are two new additions to the family!  Congrats to my brother and sister-in-law who's little one was born on Wednesday and congrats to my sister and brother-in-law who's little one was born on Friday (and congrats to the little one they already had who gets to be a big sibling!).  This is one Gypsy auntie who feels very blessed and I can't wait for the opportunity to see them in person and to hold them in my arms.  =)




Onto other news from this past week...  I think I have had a revelation.  I have often HATED (and that's hated with a passion) going clothes shopping.  This past week I think I might have figured out the why to why that is.  For quite a long time I have had to buy clothes either in the plus size section of stores or in plus size specialty shops.  Something I have noticed about these places is the clothes can be classified into two categories -- either too old for me or too young for me.  I'm not into clothes with the big, oversized floral prints that would make me look like (in my opinion) a sofa and I'm not in a position anymore to wear clothes with cute little cartoons on them or that are distressed in some way.  Yes, I am in my early 30's but why should I dress like I'm trying to relive my teenage years or as if I'm preparing myself to go into retirement?  I need to be able to buy clothes that fit but that also fit my personality.  Maybe that's part of the problem....  My personality is too unique.....


Maybe I just need to go clothes shopping with someone who isn't as critical of myself as I am and will tell me honestly what does/doesn't look good on me.  There have been times that I have gone into a store, just arbitrarily picked something out, bought it and brought it home only to have it sit in my closet.  Why would I do this, you ask?  So I can tell people, "Yes, as a matter of fact, I have bought new clothes recently."  I don't know...  Maybe part of it is I need to focus on quality of clothes and not the quantity of clothes hanging up in my closet.  If I do that, the thought is I won't have to buy clothes nearly as often.


I know another reason I'm not a fan of going clothes shopping is, even though I know I shouldn't, I have a tendency to focus on the size of the clothes I'm trying on/buying.  Granted, the last couple of pieces of clothing I have bought have been a lower size (including just having to replace some bras and entire size smaller than some I had been wearing -- wearing one that fits makes a difference!) but the sizes aren't going as small as I would like them too as of yet.  I know, I know.  I should focus on the progress that I have made rather than looking at what I still want to go....  A task for me to work on in the weeks ahead.


Speaking of tasks...  Once again I apologize for the size of this post but I need to sign off and complete some more sewing on my baby blanket.  Now that the little one is here I really need to get it finished... =)