Day 248
It’s raining. It’s also 45 degrees out. Add those things together and I’ve come to realize … I need a new wardrobe.
Ordinarily I love rain. The pitter-patter of it on the roof, the sound of it as it sweeps across the window panes, the constant drumming on the sidewalks and siding and lawns. It’s comforting. And we certainly needed it.
But tonight despite how lovely it sounds, with the temperature going down to 38, this rain has brought with it an unexpected chill and I can’t seem to get warm.
I have to relearn how to dress.
In Colorado I had an “all-season” wardrobe … with a few sweaters and velvets thrown in during the winter months. A scarf or two … some gloves … and closed toed shoes. I never owned a decent pair of boots. Or a parka. Or anything really wooly or wintry in nature. We never really needed it.
Well, things are about to change!
My thermostat says it’s 72 in my house. There is no way. It feels like 54. I’m freezing! So, besides now thinking I need more clothes I’m thinking I need to get the thermostat checked. I’m not used to the humidity … and though I’m not a turtleneck wearer, cuz it makes my head look like a tomato on a stump (I could have a mafia name of Leslie No-Neck or No-Neck Les) and as awful as I’d look in one – a turtleneck sure sounds good … in a warm and cozy way. I think I might just have to reconsider my style of choice and modify it more to a style of necessity!
I can’t wear wool. Not even cashmere. I’m so delicate. Well, I’m not really delicate, it’s more like I’m allergic to everything … so wool is out. As is anything nylon such as tights – though I like the look. I’ll have to find ones that are cotton. As far as other coziness … give me acrylic sweaters any day and a cozy scarf and I’ll be a happy camper. And I’ll be a warm one, too!
A week or so ago I went through my “winter” boxes of clothes … pulling out pants that I haven’t seen in eons that actually … FIT! Wow … even better than new are ones that you finally refit into after losing weight! Woo-hoo!
I found the suede skirt (to go with those cotton tights) and some cords and 3 pairs of suede pants. Not just ONE pair … but THREE. What on earth possessed me? I can’t fit into them (still) as they have never been worn. I’m thinking I got them on some fantastic sale thinking that I’d lose weight and be able to fit into them the following year … and so it went for umpteen years on end. Well, they are back in the bins, pristine and absolutely beautiful but unless I amputate a lower body part or become anorexic so that I look like Olivia Newton-John at the end of Grease (where she weighed 12 lbs) I will NEVER get into those pants. But just in case – I know where they are!
I also found my hidden stash of vests. I’m still hoping that that fashion trend comes back into style because if/when it does – I’m going to look like I stepped out of Vogue magazine (circa 1982, but Vogue nonetheless!).
Anyway … vests and amazingly tiny suede pants aside, I’m going to have to go get a few things to round out my wardrobe now that I’m in the midwest with temps that are low and humidity that is high and air that is damp and chilling.
So, next week I’m boot and parka shopping and I might have to throw vanity to the North wind and get myself a cozy turtleneck, too.