I had to make a trip to Target this afternoon. It seems that it wasn't just a fluke, I have officially dropped from a size 14 to a size 6. Woo hoo! And as such, as I'd promised before, today I purchased my first pair of skinny jeans. I'll have pictures posted for you in the next day or two, again, as promised, so y'all can be the judge of whether or not I'm yet able to rock this uber-fashionista style.
That brings me to an excellent next point: are skinny jeans, in fact, still in style?
I typically live a life on the outskirts, maybe the suburbs, of "stylish dress", I try to present myself decently well without having to A) Purchase a new wardrobe every year. (In fact, these days, most of the clothes I wear are 5+ years old, since those are the ones that fit the best.) and B) Worry that because one season something was very "IN", the next season it will PROBABLY be very "out". I've purchased a few items, or been given a few items that were supremely stylish during a particular season. I always felt horribly conflicted later: I'll feel stupid wearing this, now that "no one" wears this anymore, but I feel cheated out of a perfectly nice dress, shirt, belt, etc. I still have a 50's-ish Black with pink polka dot spaghetti strap dress with exposed tulle under the skirt that was wickedly in style back in, oh, 2004 or so. I wore it a few times when it was in style, and probably a few more when others had stopped. So now it's in perfect shape, and it hangs in the back of my closet with no purpose in life. I see it, and I'm frustrated, and I don't like to think about it anymore.
So, I avoid buying stylish clothes. Skinny jeans won me over, not because I'm incredibly impressed by the stylishness of them, they don't seem to have the staying power of straight leg or boot cut jeans, but because, I guess, I CAN wear them. This chubby girl may, JUST may, be able to pull off a style made exclusively for skinny ladies.
I might be able to pull them off, still need to figure out the how behind that. I've learned about skinny jeans and stilettos, so I can give that a try. Apart from that, I'll have to do some research. I'm also open to suggestions. And yes, if you're curious, this is how mega-nerds get dressed.
My assessment of me in the SJ so far is this: I'm certainly not the body type they're built for. I put them on and my thighs and booty look, how shall I say, thick. I do think, though, that they have a really kickin effect on my calves, so that's a balance. I think, at the very least, with the right top and some decent shoes, I won't look bad in them. The hubs says he "doesn't believe any one looks good in skinny jeans" but that as far as they go, I look nice in them. He's such a sweet lil spin doctor. :-)
So there you have it, my next milestone completed. Only about 10-12 more pounds down from here and I'm at my low end college weight, and about 20 from the lowest I've weighed as an adult. (I was 20 then, and it took going to Japan to accomplish that feat.)
Oh, and 7 weeks from tomorrow till we leave on our anniversary trip! Bikini body, don't want to scare you off, but you have exactly 7 weeks to show up out of nowhere!! Good luck!
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