Summertime Clothes

I.Love.Summer.

I love summer

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But the clothes...not so much...at least not at my size. I look forward to the day that I can put on a cute pair of shorts and a tank top and not look like a sack of potatoes squished into some fabric. Winter clothing lets you bundle up and layer up and hide yourself. Not summertime clothes...it's too hot for layers...

We are not even going to discuss bathing suits...oh wait, I think I have mentioned them before...ok, end of discussion. We are just not going to go there...

I want to wear cute little skirts or skorts with my tanned legs and a summertime pedicure with fun nail polish and crazy cute sandals...

Speaking of nail polish...don't you love the names? OPI has the best names....
"I'm not really a waitress"
"Aphrodites Pink Nightie"
"Licoln Park After Dark"
"Your a Pisa Work"
Right now I am rocking a gorgeous metallic peachy-pink shade by Nars...I think the thing I love most about it is the name...."Orgasm"...I'm not making this up...they also make a lipstick and blush in this color...and they named it Orgasm...

I think next week I will have to have turquoise toes..."What's with the Cattitude"...

Next week I will see if this blog can get sponsored by Sephora...or Beauty First...

So back to the little skirts...I want to wear little skirts...and sundresses...and cute blouses and tops that aren't baby doll tops to hide my belly...

I was going through some old pictures the other day. There we were---me and my sisters---dressed in the height of 70's summer fashions. Terry cloth shorts...with matching terry cloth tops. Sundresses with the smocked top---you went to the fabric store and it was already smocked...you just cut the length you needed and sewed up a seam and they sold you matching fabric already made to attach as straps. Pink satin shorts---I don't know why...why satin? Message t-shirts...baseball style t-shirts with your name done in fuzzy letters that the t-shirt place pressed on for you. Cutoffs. I'm not sure I will ever understand why mock-turtlenecks with deeply cut arms (almost a halter)where considered fashionable. Speaking of halters...yes, we had lots of halters...precariously tied onto us with strings. And rompers, especially terry cloth ones or strapless ones with a drawstring a the waist were popular---I see they are making a comeback...but should have stayed buried. And things that zipped up the front...with a big zipper...ugly...

And then there were the Hawaii vacation photos. The muu-muus. I still have the muu-muus. We literally looked like Marcia, Jan and Cindy Brady in our muu-muus. They are wonderful 70's bright fabrics from Hilo Hattie. I'm going to have them turned into pillows for Ke$ha Barbie's bedroom---they will look amazing.

As for mens/boys fashion, I remember my brother wearing a lot of ugly colors like...rust. And my dad, for some bizarre reason, would don some sort of jumpsuit thing on Sundays. Blue. Really ugly. I don't know why....and he would ride around on the John Deere riding lawn mower...strange the things you remember...

I'm a little afraid to go and look at the 80's photos. I seem to recall Mexican dresses with add-a-bead necklaces. And a lot of Laura Ashley dresses---we all looked like we were wearing bedroom wallpaper and done up like little English lasses. Why? Why? All we needed was a sheperdess crook and a bonnet and we could look like some sort of pastoral country scene. And then there was the shorts/top/vest combination...that just made us hot. And then ZZ Top had to go and make a video with a girl wearing heels and socks with a cute short flippy skirt ("Legs") and another ugly fashion trend was born.

And let's not forget the contributions of Madonna and "Flashdance" to our wardrobes...actually, let's do forget...let's not go there either...

I'm sure I will be plenty ashamed of what I am wearing in the future...but I don't think anyone ever needs to wear terry cloth matching shorts and tops or satin shorts ever again.

Mexican dresses are allowed...they will always be in fashion in Texas...and in the summer you can't beat them as a coverup...my mother had quite a collection...I wish I had hung onto it...and guayabera shirts on men...always classic...

I do like the Columbia shirt obsession...they are easy to wash. My husband lives in them. I look like a box in them but Ke$ha Barbie can make hers look pretty cute and The Worlds Cutest Boy is always adorable in any of his. I only wear mine when I fish (because they have an SPF factor and keep the fish guts off me).

So here we are in summer and I'm having to deal with my current summertime clothes. I'm still struggling with shorts...the pair I bought the other day are too big (a nice thing) but some of my old ones are still too small. If I can just get a pair of black, khaki, and white shorts (one each) I think I can get through the summer. When summer is over I will throw them out...or give them to Goodwill because I never want to wear shorts this size again. I'm doing that with all of my "big" clothes...especially my black stretchy flowy pants...I never want to wear them again.

So tomorrow when I climb on the elliptical machine to do my penance, I am going to imagine all the cute little skirts I can wear next summer...with my tanned legs...and my Orgasm pedicure peeking out from adorable little sandals...preferably very sparkly jeweled ones...

Today's inspiration music: "Summertime Clothes" by Animal Collective...Merriweather Post Pavillion (album).

bye darlings...