Me: I have a new top I want to wear, but I don't think my black cami is clean. Actually, to be dress code legal, I guess I need to wear my sleeveless black tank top instead...but I think the neckline on that one is too high.
Her: So it's see-through and low-cut?
(She gives me the Single Raised Eyebrow of Judgment)
Me: you're making me sound like a ho! It's really not that low-cut!
I am acutely aware of where I am at this point in my weight loss: somewhere between looking way better than I used to and looking as good as I think I do! It's a dangerous place to be, full of pitfalls of ego (see the size-medium pants incident). I see people every day out and about wearing clothes two sizes too small - muffin tops a-poppin', navels visible beneath too-tight shirts, back and/or armpit cleavage - and I don't ever want to BE those people. How do I know I'm not getting dressed wearing rose-tinted "less fat goggles?"
I have a feeling I might be doing that, if today's conversation is any indication. Perhaps it's time to find some new work clothes that are a happy feminine medium between flirty and frumpy.
Ironically enough, I think the new shirt in question is exactly that. I tried it on with the sleeveless black top underneath, and it works perfectly.
1 comment:
There are those "other" people too ... the ones who know what size they are, and feel pretty, and dress GREAT! Not showing off body parts, but wearing, "LOOK AT ME!" clothes!
I wish I could do that!
And I don't think your body image is skewed ... you have the CUTEST figure! So if you're wearing wild clothes, you're doing well, as long as your body parts are hidden.
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