Friday, January 20, 2006
Moneybags and Gladrags
I never thought I'd ever be saying this, but Natwest have come up trumps. The normally Evil Ones have extended our joint overdraft by £200, without a murmur of protest. This of course means that we can not only buy some food for the rest of the month (don't we all hate January, the skintest month of the year?!), but can enjoy a few luxuries.
For example, at the current rate of skinnying myself, I should soon be able to fit into my luscious retro secretary skirts that I wore to death this time last year. And so I need to have them dry-cleaned, and buy some nice boots to wear with them (on the cheap, from New Look, but still...), and now I can! Hurrah!
I was considering being miserly and not buying any new clothes at all until I'm much skinnier, but a year of not being able to afford anything new has really bitten into my wardrobe, and the few clothes still left in there are hanging on by a thread (often literally) so I think I might need to make some gradual changes rather than one big 'brand new wardrobe' shopping expedition in a couple of months. Oh well, c'est la vie!
Just in case you're thinking "I bet she's being a typical girl and she really has lots and lots of clothes but is just doing that girl thing of 'Ooh, I have nothing to wear'", here is a list of what I have left (absolute truth):
1 pair of indigo jeans
1 pair of dirty-green combats (with holes in)
1 brown corduroy boho miniskirt (unsuitable for work)
2 retro secretary skirts (that I can't quite fit into)
2 black t-shirts
1 emerald green fitted cardie
1 black camisole top
1 black zip up jumper (with holes, used to belong to him)
Obviously I'm not including underwear or my motley collection of baggy t-shirts and jogging bottoms for exercising in, but the items above are the only clothes I have that are fit to be worn in public (just about).
Sad, no?
For example, at the current rate of skinnying myself, I should soon be able to fit into my luscious retro secretary skirts that I wore to death this time last year. And so I need to have them dry-cleaned, and buy some nice boots to wear with them (on the cheap, from New Look, but still...), and now I can! Hurrah!
I was considering being miserly and not buying any new clothes at all until I'm much skinnier, but a year of not being able to afford anything new has really bitten into my wardrobe, and the few clothes still left in there are hanging on by a thread (often literally) so I think I might need to make some gradual changes rather than one big 'brand new wardrobe' shopping expedition in a couple of months. Oh well, c'est la vie!
Just in case you're thinking "I bet she's being a typical girl and she really has lots and lots of clothes but is just doing that girl thing of 'Ooh, I have nothing to wear'", here is a list of what I have left (absolute truth):
1 pair of indigo jeans
1 pair of dirty-green combats (with holes in)
1 brown corduroy boho miniskirt (unsuitable for work)
2 retro secretary skirts (that I can't quite fit into)
2 black t-shirts
1 emerald green fitted cardie
1 black camisole top
1 black zip up jumper (with holes, used to belong to him)
Obviously I'm not including underwear or my motley collection of baggy t-shirts and jogging bottoms for exercising in, but the items above are the only clothes I have that are fit to be worn in public (just about).
Sad, no?
