Thursday, February 23, 2006

I Own 1 Pair of Pants

My new built-in wardrobe is being installed (2 full days and still not finished!). Possibly taking them to The Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal.

I went through all my clothes 1 by 1 before neatly folding or hanging.

I checked for condition (bye AX glowmesh top). Came across the "that's so last season" items. I asked myself does the colour really suit me? What does this piece say about me? The why the hell did I ever buy that item!?!? What shoes would go with this?

I tried on numerous items, ones I hadn't worn last winter or since last summer.

I was almost in tears, half my clothes don't fit me anymore. I took 2 "jumbo" sized garbage bags up to St Vinnies (I was thinking eBay, but seriously couldn't be bothered).

My straight leg size 6 skinny jeans I used to live in are now just a memory, my every day comfortable jeans barely fit, the manouver is laying on the bed, sucking in my tummy and using all my muscles to do them up... Then sitting down for longer than 8 minutes cuts of all blood circulation. I'm then afraid to go to the bathroom for the duration of my outing (ahhhh!). My 2 pairs of Marc Jacobs don't fit like they used to *tears* I was aware of my jeans issues as I had to dress for 2 sporting events of the weekend and I wasn't going to wear a little summer dress. I went shopping at WBJ and set myself a budget for what will forever be known as "my fat jeans" $60 maximum. I went to Jeans West - Customer service was great, when they showed me jeans at $80 I mentioned I only wanted to spend $60, they then said "no pressure if you don't have the money" - how cute! The thought never occurred to me. I found a nice comfy pair that I hope I will only wear for 2 - 3 months.

I tried on every pair of pants I own, the only item that fits me are my white linen Giofranco Ferre pants!

Items of note I'm hanging onto "just in case": black Morrissey pants, gold Chanel top, Red sparkly top I wore for my birthday party November 2004, the little red dress that got me into every night club when I was underage, black pin stripe Prada skirt, my favourite Ojay dress for work, black atelier skirt with split (circa 1999), Oscar De La Renta black silk skirt that I never wore. And of course all my gym clothes that I need to struggle to get into to work out in...

At least all my 37 pairs of shoes still fit!

1 comments:

Steph said...

ARgghhh! You have three more pairs of shoes than i do. I LIVE in my jeans and would be barking mad if i couldn't wear them. I hope you get into your faves again soon.