Musings

My stylish adventures

March 18, 2010

Oh how I love clothes! 

I grew up getting hand me downs from my sister and cousins, so new clothes were few and far between.  When I turned around 12, my grandmother taught me to sew which allowed new clothes to enter my closet at a greater pace. 

I devoured all the sewing and fashion books in my library, and started to design clothes that I would sometimes make.  There were epic failures, and wonderful successes that helped me in my growth as a seamstress.

My love of clothing was slightly dampened recently when I gained 20 lbs after stopping nursing my daughter.  Over the course of a few years I gained weight and it has taken me a few years to get back down.  It rather dampens the clothes shopping experience when you have to buy a size (or two) larger. 

Now I am back down into Medium shirts and size 4-ish pants.  I have a ruler build, as I call it.  My waist and my hips don’t have much measurement difference.  I think it makes me wear smaller sizes than I would normally, since those low cut pants fit me better.  I just have to make sure the muffin doesn’t spill over. 

I’m not sure what this blog will develop into.  I have an idea to just post some of my favorite outfits I put together.  Maybe a little talk on fashion, but I’m not expecting a discussion with me, myself and I.  I’m not really going to try to get a readership for this blog.

So…

These are my stylish adventures as a CPA married mother of two younguns.  My attempt at being stylish at least.  I want to prove that you can have young children, and still look nice.  As narcissistic as it really is, I feel better when I look better.

Onward…

Me…before I cut my hair off for the second time