Quilting

 Yesterday's post was about a quilted vest I purchased, and I mentioned that I had also gotten a pink quilted vest.

First let me say that these are not made for winter outdoor weather.  These are indoor weight with no extra insulation, almost an accessory clothing item to be worn indoors.

 The outdoor weight quilted vests sometimes have hoods, are of a longer length, and filled with down or a polyester filling.

 Expect to pay quite a bit more for outdoor vests.

 I wore pink a lot back in the 90's, but I fell away from that habit when someone I cared about made a comment about it. These days I am much older and more in tune with myself and who I am AND don't allow others to influence my fashion choices.  

LOOK!  

I even bought a pink hat a couple of months ago.

SO....

pink vest at Steinmart,

pink hat at Wal-Mart,

white sweater at Penelope's.

It's a lazy day, so I'm wearing my cozy Cuddledud pants,

gold hoop earrings that I've had for many years,

and MAC lipstick in the Liptensity formula in the color Eros.

Merry Christmas!

Re-Cycling Fashion

 I'm crying on the inside this year because I have gained so much weight, something of course that happens to so many of us as we suffer through our menopausal and post-menopausal years.

It sucks.

Plain and simple.

It just totally sucks to have to lose one figure.

 So, I was determined to still dress in a December holiday fashion, but not spend much money on my

December clothing. I mean... who wants to buy fat figure clothes.

NOT ME!

If you have lived with weight issues for a long time and it does not bother you, then more power to you.

Frankly me dear... I detest the look on myself.

 What I've done this year is worn the same black stretchy pants, the same red truck sweater from last year over a black and blue buffalo checked blouse, my same old black leather boots, same leather hat,

and only made one purchase to update the look.

 And that would be a lightweight quilted vest.

 I searched everywhere online and all of the selections that I liked were on sale, but even the sale price brought them to nearly $100.

I headed to Steinmart where the prices are always much lower than the large department store with the big name fashion brands, and I paid a great sale price of about $28.00 for this in a pearly white.

 The vest updates the look just enough to make me feel as though I am not re-cycling the sweater and shirt, and gives it just the right amount of updating to keep me happy.

Vest: Peck and Peck brand on sale right now!

I also purchased this one on sale right now!

Lipstick: All Fired Up in Retro Matte by MAC