I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos and reading blogs about fashion (mostly Dulce Candy‘s) and it’s got me thinking about my own personal style.
While most of the time I wear t-shirts and jeans, I do like to get dressed up once in a while. And while I think I look really awesome (without being egotistical, I think I look pretty), as soon as I leave the house I feel self-conscious, awkward, fat and, sometimes, miserable. It’s often tempting to turn my ass around and go change.
Case in point: my birthday outfit. I bought a really cute dress with an empire waist, white on top, thick black belt and black bottom. It came to just above my knees and when I tried it on I loved it. It suits my body shape, and with the right underwear smoothes out my lumps and bumps.
As soon as I got to the restaurant for dinner, I feel so self-conscious I just wanted to crawl inside myself and die. And I HATE feeling like that when I, honestly, look really nice. Feeling awkward is my biggest deal, I think – I don’t normally wear heels or dresses/skirts, so when I do I don’t feel ‘right’. But I enjoy wearing them and feeling feminine!
Anyone else had this same dilemma? And what would you call your personal style?
To answer my own question, I would call mine ‘neat casual’ – I’m never grotty (unless I’m just bumming around the house, of course), I will never leave the house in trackpants unless its just to go to my parents’ house or something – but I don’t really ever get dressed up, as such.
I know there’s people in the world way worse off than me, but damn having no money sucks ass.
Told myself I wouldn’t worry so much about money this year – I’m worrying about it more than ever.
I need some hints and tips on how to declutter.
I, personally, love to be organised – I’m always organised at work and I try to be at home. However, because we only have a small house and so much stuff, the house always seems cluttered regardless of how much ‘tidying up’ I do. I’m trying to take it one step at a time and declutter one area one day, another the next, etc. but by the time I finish the last area, the first one is a mess again.
Our kitchen, frankly, pisses me off because although we have underbench cupboards and drawers that are full, we still have so much crap on the countertops – like the toaster, chopping boards, the kettle and tea, coffee, etc. I’ve wondered if I should get separate little containers for the pantry and keep all of this stuff in there, but it’s so convenient having it on the counter.
In fact, typing out this blog entry has helped me think of ways to declutter the kitchen- the teas and such that we don’t use regularly can go away, while the coffee and sugar that we used on a daily basis can stay on the counter in square canisters that can be shoved right into the corner. Me thinks I will be buying some containers tomorrow! But what about the toaster? We can’t really shove it away in a cupboard because we use it every day and it would be a hassle to get it out all the time. What about chopping boards? Again, we use them daily, along with the kettle too.
My greatest problem is our bedroom – its small, so only a small amount of furniture will fit in and therefore limits storage space. Also, it’s the last place I am of a day and it’s always at a time where I can’t be fucked with putting stuff away, folding clothes, etc. Just can’t be fucked. So the bedroom floor is consistently a mess. I have tried clearing out huge amounts of clothes (and am currently sitting next to two bags of clothes ready to head to St Vincent de Paul) but there still seems to be too much. I’ve asked Michael to remind me that every time I buy a new item of clothing, I have to throw a piece out (in that sense, I’m replacing clothes rather than adding to my wardrobe). So if I buy a shirt, I have to throw one out. If I buy a pair of jeans, get rid of the old ones (I only really ever wear jeans till they have holes in them anyway).
How do you keep yourself organised?
P.S. – I turned 23 on Monday. How much more responsible and mature does 23 sound compared to 22? Heaps, I reckon.
As part of my encouragement to get blogging again, I’m following a list of things to blog and/or post about (seeing as some are pictures). I’m not particularly interested in following the list in order, and I’ve already missed a couple of days so it’s not going to be perfect, but it’s a good guide to get some blog writing going.
Today’s item is to take a photo of myself and post a description of how my day was.
My day started at about 5:00am when the dog woke up, but she was fine once I fed her and let her out for a pee. I’m really tired today as we were out late at a friend’s house for dinner, so I slept in till about 7:30 before getting up, having some breakfast and getting ready to go out.
I went and had a massage at 9:00am, to get rid of some tension and pain in my neck & shoulders, which was really relaxing – something I really needed. I went to the supermarket after that to grab a few things, then to get some breakfast. Took that home, ate with Michael and I’ve pretty much been sitting at my computer the rest of the day.
Michael is going out tonight with Dominic (husband of one of my work colleagues) so I’m heading up to their house, taking some dinner with me as she’s home with a nearly 4-week old baby, and we’re going to sit and watch Meet the Little Fockers.
I guess after that I’ll be coming home and going to bed!
Not a really eventful day, actually 
