I’ve had such an awesome weekend. The biggest wow factor for me was that I left yesterday’s spring fair having done exactly what I’d set out to do, in spite of all those temptations. I did it. In your face Asshole…oh, and you don’t need me to tell you that as soon as I got home, I headed straight upstairs for my weekly weigh in, and guess what…two more pounds off this week 🙂 I’m chuffed to bits.
So, I followed up on my promise to myself and treated myself to a gorgeous piece of costume jewellery yesterday…fair’s fair after all, that was the deal providing my mouth behaved itself in the food hall, right? My favourite jewellery lady was there and as usual she didn’t let me down…I bought a stunning necklace to wear on the night of the UK Blog Awards, which is coming up in just under two weeks’ time. I’m not sure what I’m accessorising yet, but whatever it is it’ll be black.
I’m in an agony of indecision about my outfit – thoughts welcome of course, but I genuinely don’t know what to do. First of all, I’m still too near the wrong end on the scale of fatness to wear heels. I mean I could, if I was happy to totter into the venue hanging onto the arm of my boy and then sit in a corner all night because my feet hurt, but I don’t want to do that. 62lbs ago, the old me would have done exactly that but it’s different now. I’m different now. I want to sparkle, you know?
I’ve been looking for inspiration on the evening dress front but seriously, fat-girl frocks are just awful. Nobody makes evening dresses with sleeves…trust me I’ve looked. Well, nobody except the kind of folk that would successfully dress my great aunt Maud.
I’m not a classic curvy girl. I don’t have big boobs, and a waist. I’ve got shoulders like a linebacker and small boobs with a big belly and an even bigger arse. Not exactly a designer’s wet dream. And I don’t have a good track record with Spanx…what it hold in here it tends to spit out there and so I end up with the same amount of lumps, just redistributed. Smooth thighs with poodle-cut knees…you get the picture.
And I can’t do sleeveless, not with these bingo wings. I’ve already ruled out sleeveless with a shrug because only fat girls and old ladies wear shrugs, and whilst I happen to be both, I refuse to wear a garment that draws attention to the fact that I’m too fat and old to carry the frock off without covering bits of it up. I’ve tried a few on, just in case I could be persuaded but whilst they might do the trick where my upper arms are concerned, they totally throw my midriff under the bus to prove a point. No no no no no.
So that probably means my outfit of choice will end up being flatties with a pair of black palazzo pants, and a plain black floaty top. I think the very sparkly necklace I bought yesterday will dress the black up enough for me not to look like Widow Twanky. But I’m still all kinds of stressed about it, you know? The most annoying thing is that four dress sizes ago I would have worn the same thing, just bigger. I mean, I didn’t think I’d be attending in something bright red, backless and split to the thigh…I just thought I might have graduated from palazzo pants.
Still, don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to be knocking on the door of size twenty…it’s exactly where I thought I would be at this point. I’m bang on track, and I wake up every day feeling grateful to be on the way down the numbers. It’s just that I’d give anything to have Cinderella’s fairy Godmother rock up on the 29th to wave her magic wand and make me skinny. Just for one night.
Ah well…fat and sparkly it is then 🙂
Uggh. I totally know what you’re going through. My favorite store is Kohl’s because they have acceptable clothing for all shapes and sizes. Not sure if you have Kohl’s on that side of the pond, but their website is pretty good… I needed to buy a dress for the Senior Prom two years ago (I work in a high school and it’s expected that I attend). I had nothing to wear. Nothing. Zero. I looked and looked and could not find anything. The stupid wings are the worst. I ended up finding a cute tank top style floor-length dress and I did wear a short-sleeved shrug over it because of the wings. But the shrug looked like it was meant for the dress. It just worked out that way. Another store I like that has fuller fitting clothes is Dress Barn. Check it out and good luck! By the way, there is nothing offensive written in this post. People should get over themselves.
I don’t think we have dress barn here, although I’ve shopped there when I’ve been in the States, I love it. Never heard of Kohl’s though, I’ll have to look that one up!
I suggest the black pants with a more dramatic sparkly top in an interesting colour.
Whoa for a minute there Natalie I thought you were suggesting I didn’t wear all black…I almost had to go lie down! 🙂
It’s cliche to say your beauty will shine through, but i think what will sparkle will be your eyes because you know you are in your zone and you are inspiring people with your writing.
Thank you Mimi…I’ll take that as a huge compliment 🙂
Dee, did you go into the regular boutiques, too? You know, idea-gathering…
You have a point about not affecting a ballroom dance competition gown. Hey, I’ve been thinking of sarong skirts (instep length, fine fabric, no flounces). From any place in the world that a Fine Figure of womanhood is not by any means skinny. Or, a dinner party long skirt of a British lady-of-the manor sort, as seen in BBC dramas. Your floaty top would look so elegant.
Fook, Girl, you’ll sparkle! If you’re essentially styled like a smaller version of your recent self, all right. I’m SO looking forward to seeing a pic of that night.
I’ll post one I promise…you know me and my hatred of cameras but if nothing else I want a picture of me and my boy in his tux!
Congrats on losing those pounds! Is there any way that you could wear a dressy pant suit? I don’t know much about fashion but I am sure the rest of the gang will chime in.
In any event go have fun!Remember you have to start living the life you want to have when you get to goal weight now that way you are not disappointed with your life. At the end of this weight loss process you will have a smaller size body but everything else will be the same unless you make changes to it as your going along.
I could wear a dressy pant suit…I just haven’t seen anything I really like, beyond my faithful; old staple palazzo pants. You might have to get me out of them with a crowbar when I cross the Skinny Town county line!!
Congrats on another 2lbs gone forever. Do you have Kiyonna in the U.K.?
Check out this black dress on Authentically Emmie’s blog – authenticallyemmie.com/2015/10/belle-of-the-ball-kiyonna-formal-dress/
Not sure if it’s your style but it’s worth taking a look. She also subscribes to Gwynnie Bee that is a consignment place. You get new clothes every month as you are changing sizes. I just like looking at how confident she is in her style.
By the way I am in awe of how well you handled yourself on Saturday, kudos to you girl.
Hey Jo…I’d never heard of Kiyonna before but I just had a look at their website and they have some really nice things…I’m not sure there’ll be time to order for this event but I’ve saved their site to my favourites because there are some things I really like…thank you!!
You’re welcome 🙂