OoTD

Outfit of The Day.

One of the things I've been meaning to use this blog for is to document the development of my own style. All of my life, I've worn tee shirts and jeans or cargo pants. They are functional and keep me covered, but are not very unique or expressive of who I am. I want to change this.

Documenting myself has another purpose: to get used to seeing my fat body and recognize that I'm allowed to exist. In my personal life, I'm OK with that and doing pretty well, but I rarely go out of my way to post pictures of myself online. And I'm much more likely to post a head shot then a fully body picture. This last year, I've been following Fatshion blogs with interest and they've sparked this desire to start my own.

SO. From time to time--hopefully more as I get more stylish pieces, or a more definite "look"--you will see posts of what I wore on a particular day and information about those pieces. I'm far from a clothes horse, so there will be a lot of repeats.

15 November 2010

Shirt: Anthropologie (L!)

Sweater: self-made

Pants: Lane Bryant

Shoes: Crocs

Necklace: Small Bird

I thought I looked particularly cute yesterday and that this was a great outfit to start with.

I love this shirt from Anthropologie and was absolutely over the moon when I found something in the store that fits. It was my first time venturing into the brick and mortar store--I've drooled at their online selection for years--and I wasn't expecting to find anything. My curiousity at what the inside of a store was like got the better of me. I *did* get some strange looks from the sales staff and other customers there, but I tried to ignore it as best I could and tried not to be self-conscious. Everything was a bust. Too structured. Too tailored. Definitely wouldn't fit and had not stretch or give to work with. Then I saw these tank tops folded on the table and, upon holding one up and giving it a stretch, I realized it just might work. Thanks to fashion's trend towards large billowing tops, I was able to find a straight sized item that fits like a normal top for me. It's so soft, and the delicate bird design is a departure from how I usually dress. And I'll admit, I was filled with glee when I came out of the dressing room and the clerk had already prepared her, "Oh, it's OK, maybe next time," face and already had her hand out to take the shirt back from. I got to happily tell her that it worked out and enjoy her eyes look like they may pop out.

I'm not sure what all else I want to say about my outfit, so I think that's it for this first post. :)

Someday...

I will start to post on this blog, but I'll admit, my knitting/crafting blog takes up most of my time and gets priority.

Part of the lack of posting is feeling like this particular blog lacks focus. I have the crafting blog, a gluten-free cooking blog, and I have a yet-unposted-to art blog. Then there's this one which covers everything else...or will someday. The majority of my favorite blogs to follow are specialized in content: they cover a specific area of the blogger's life. As my first three blogs show, I happen to like this model of keeping like-content all in one place. It's tidy; one knows what to expect when she reads it. But at some point, one can have too many blogs to upkeep and it seems silly to have more then 3 or 4.

So I'm going to make an effort to post about the other things I want to blog but do not fit into the other 3 that I am maintaining. I want to cover the progress on my 30 before Thirty list, Outfits of the Day (OotD), and anything else that strikes my fancy at the time.

30 Before Thirty

I love Making It Lovely's blog, and her entry on 30 things she'd like to do before turning thirty caught my attention in particular. It got me to thinking...I'm a bit further from the fourth decade of my life then she is, but it's coming up pretty quickly. I turn thirty on 20 July, 2012, and there are many things I'd like to do before then. So why not make a list and keep track as I accomplish them? Some are smaller, some are bigger. All are things I've been meaning to do.

01. Take a vacation outside of the continental US with The Husband.
02. Get some new ink.
03. Finally get the piercings I've been meaning to get.
04. Attend Sock Summit 2011.
05. Acquire signature pieces for my developing style.
06. Develop or find a really good gluten-free bread recipe.
07. Take a family vacation someplace the children will enjoy.
08. Knit a silk lace shawl.
09. Learn how to container garden.
10. Read 30 books. Real books.
11. Make a new bed quilt.
12. Find 5 new artists/bands to listen to.
13. Be able to do one proper pull-up.
14. Learn to make perfect hash browns.
15. Take an art class, or at least start making art on a regular basis again.
16. Learn to do something with my hair that isn't a pony tail or piggies.
17. Master basic clothing alterations.
18. Buy at least one more piece of related art so I have a collection.
19. Complete and frame the mermaid cross stitch I have sitting in my craft tote.
20. Sew a plushie.
21. Splurge on some Liberty of London fabric.
22. Make a garment with it.
23. Get some cute, but practical, shoes.
24. Become self-sufficient again.
25. Pay off our entire credit card debt.
26. Own my car.
27. Learn origami.
28. Get an ice cream maker and use it.
29. Look in the mirror and not immediately nitpick and criticize.
30. Simplify. (Vague, I know, but I'm not 100% sure what I mean by that yet.)