The only thing I don't like about holidays is the unpacking, I don't mind coming home (too much) as I can look forward to seeing the people I've missed, and I always especially like the first night back in my own bed, but finding a place for all the holiday 'stuff' is a pain, as is washing and ironing the clothes. It's such a chore that I found myself, at the end of last week, finally getting round to putting away all the outfits from my June and July holidays which was when I realised that I have too many clothes; way too many dresses - posh frocks that I don't have occasion to wear and casual ones that either don't fit or don't look good any more, too many casual tops and skirts that don't particularly look good together (the tops would go better with trousers, but I rarely wear trousers..) and the remnants of a 'working' wardrobe harking back to the days when I wore suits.
After cramming all the stuff into limited space I made an important decision: I'm not going to buy a single item more until I've sorted, sifted and drastically minimised my collection, which I will do when I've lost weight and can try everything on to make a measured and unemotional decision on what will stay and what will go. ( I say unemotional as I think I've kept some stuff as I thought it looked/would look good once but don't really know). It felt better to make the decision to rationalise, even if I couldn't yet follow it through.
Fast forward just two days, and I was out shopping - not for clothes, please understand, but for a work bag that I desperately need as mine has broken. I can add an extra excuse for the shopping: it was so damned hot this weekend, we weren't near enough to the sea to go there for the day so shops were the coolest option. Within an hour I had the perfect bag at a perfect price, but also three new dresses..... what is wrong with me? ('I'm just a girl who can't say no'? 'I can resist everything but temptation'?)
To be fair, they look lovely on, are very different to each other, were bargains and I've already worn two of them. Standing in front of the mirror, wearing the grey silk-ish number from Planet, my resolution from two days earlier sprang to mind, but I didn't feel in the least guilty... it just made me smile.
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