Apr

13

Has it really come to this?




This weekend my son and I went to visit some friends of ours who recently moved a couple hours away. We went out to dinner at a nice Chinese  restaurant, so it was a real treat, good friends and good food.

We had an hour wait at the restaurant, time for visiting and people watching. After watching for a bit, I mentioned to my friend that I was feeling a bit underdressed, to say the least. That’s not even the right word for it, I felt underdressed, under made up, under maintained. My son didn’t hear me say it, but a little while later he leaned over and told me that we were way out of our league here.  We both laughed, but it got me thinking.

I’m very low maintenance, almost to a fault. I work at home, so my wardrobe consists of things like sweatpants and sweatshirts, or shorts and t-shirts for summer. I do dress up occasionally, but for me that’s capri pants and maybe a sweater. Most of my clothes are basic styles that I’ve had for several years, they’re not out of style really, but certainly not trendy. I get my hair done very rarely, and I’m not a makeup girl, I wear the minimum.

I’ve always been low maintenance, but I think I’ve kind of gotten worse about taking care of myself. When the kids were little there was no time, then I started working at home so I can literally go days without seeing anyone but my family. I don’t mind that, in fact I like it, but I don’t like feeling frumpy. Of course if I never leave the house I won’t know I’m frumpy, so that’s the answer! 

Except, is it a problem when your husband tells you to go shopping? Your frugal, money saving husband? Hmm, he did tell me that I need to get myself some new things. I guess I was so shocked at him actually suggesting that I spend money, I ignored the real message – woman, you’ve let yourself go!

So, I guess I’m going shopping, something which appeals to me about as much as, oh, having dental work done without anesthesia. Are there really women out there who enjoy shopping? Women who are my age? Women who are just maybe still trying to lose the baby weight, never mind that the “baby” is almost 11 years old?  

Wish me luck.

 

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