"Ooh shiny."

This morning, after a vile night, I left for work a bit later than normal. I chose (as I do most Fridays) to be a bit gothed up.

So, black top, newrocks, black and shiny red socks, and a 2 layer purple brocade and black lace skirt. I'm walking up to the station when I realise that my right leg is incredibly cold. I look down to see the top of my leg protected from the elements by only a bit of lace. Brr. My thought was that I'd just got the hem of the underskirt caught when I went to the loo.

Sorted it out on the train. "Hey look everyone. Tiny black knickers"... No, not really. I was able to do it without exposing my bum.

Then I went out at lunchtime. Walking up to Waitrose, "Hm, leg getting cold...Ah, leg is bare..."

Seems the combination of the coat I'm wearing and the skirt don't work, and are an instant fashion disaster.

Arse.

Alice.

Prompted by a response to a comment by the_local_echo in auntysarah's LJ...

For special occasions, it is easy to overdo it¹, I find. Partly, I suppose, to not having cared about appearance at all before.

Last weekend, I was dragged off to a wedding reception by my boyfriend shinydan, in comparison to every other woman there (except bride & bridesmaid) I was overdressed. The order of the day seemed to tend towards smart casual. Where I just went for Smart.

Fetish stuff is a novelty, and not appropriate for all day wear, as the_local_echo rightly observes. Not that that is the kind of stuff I'd choose to wear on a day to day basis. Just give me a decent length skirt and a cotton blouse, please.

Strange thing is, a while back I'd pondered on the practicalities of skirts to work, and come up with the answer "not very". Now bear in mind I'm the IT manager for a small company, and as there are only 2 of us in the IT dept, this sometimes means that I end up crawling under desks or behind racking. I have to say, that having worn skirts to work, instead of trousers for the last 6 weeks, my initial answer was for the most part wrong. That's not to say there aren't times when trousers will be more practical - such as when there is a lot of kit to relocate. However most of the time I can avoid² grubbing around on the floor or behind racking.

¹ it being get dressed up.
² for that, read: get tpajaz to do it. :)

Alice.

I appear to be having clothing problems.

I need new clothes, but at present for 2 reasons I don't want to buy new ones, which leaves me with a problem, and looking like a bag of spuds.

Reason 1: I've lost 3 stones (about 20kg) since the end of May, and I hope to lose another 3 by the end of January. This means that any clothes I buy now will, like the present lot be too big by then, and I'll have to do a repeat performance.

Reason 2: Any clothes I bought to wear at work, for the time being, would have to be male clothes. I'd much rather spend money on skirts and more feminine garments than trousers. Did I say I hate trousers?

So, you can see my quandary, do I buy stuff now that I don't particularly like, or do I continue to look like a bag of spuds? What ever I do, it just feels like throwing money away.

On a weight related note, which does make me feel happy, I had the odd feeling yesterday and so far today of feeling *thin*. Yay! Still a long way to go though.

Oh, and my hair needs doing. But what colour though? No, I'm not going to let the residual colour grow out, as I don't want to go back to mouse+grey. It is sort of slightly coppery at the moment, apart from a lot of root growth. It is the residual from being a deep (permanent) purple in April, topped up with semi-permanent pink and lilac since, and the effect of the summer sun. Maybe I'll just have it all done to this coppery colour, as I actually like it. But then I am tempted to go to a more bold, maybe even outlandish, colour.

Alice.