Friday, September 16, 2005

Worried about the Fashion Police

Okay, maybe not worried exactly...But on Tuesday I went to school to volunteer and it was quite a dilemma deciding what to wear. I wanted to be casual, but businesslike, so I had an excuse not to be sexy (which I can't pull off). Maybe its my imagination, but these younger Moms dress so much more on the edge than I ever did. I opted for the black jeans with the aqua striped tee and the black blazer. And I suspect that really no one cared or even noticed. But as usual I felt sort of frumpy (Isn't that a dwarf?) anyway. But then...Wait. At work Adrienne told me I looked professional. And even though I was wearing jeans. So the look does work. Or she was just intimidated by all the black I was wearing. Or just wanted to boost my ego. Either way it was nice to know that someone realized the look I was trying to project. Now if I could do something about the extra wide thighs...

2 comments:

Elizabeth said...

I am trying to project the poor college student look by wearing the same clothes every week. Or is that left over from the school uniform phase?

Cathy Kyle said...

I'm still pretty young (26 yr) and I always feel frumpy. Of course I'm not the skinniest thing you've ever seen. Plus I'm still pretty new in the "professional" scene since I went straight from college to get my masters in library science. I haven't had much time to amass a lot of dress pants and blouses.