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Whee! Femme squee! I have new clothes.

I have a crisp blue criss cross pleated skirt that flares when I walk and a crisp white shirt with one giant blue embroidered rose to match. I may have to buy bobby socks and put my hair in a pony tail to properly express how 50s Prep this makes me feel. But in a good way, like those imaginary girls who smell softly of baby powder and never sweat.

And I have a cream skirt with an alpine village on it and coral trim just above the ruffle, which strikes me as exceedingly French though I have no idea why. And its coordinating light blue shirt with flattering scoop neck, and darts to give the illusion of waist.

And I have a fresh green viney top that makes me feel Springy and I am wearing right now, although sequins? Scratch.

Unfortunately I did not succeed in buying the green of the season, the one that everyone seems to call Green Tea although if anyone served me a cup of surgical scrubs I would certainly not drink it. It doesn't look good next to my face, so I must have tried on every green skirt or pair of pants in two stores, and got no love. (I would have done three, but the door guy at the first H&M said they have no plus sizes anymore, and the door guy at H&M redux said they're back at the first one. I gave up.)

Apparently I'm not *that* femme, though. I turned down a Day of Beauty at a new salon from some guy on the street on the grounds that while $60 is a good deal, it's more than I've got and it's such a good deal that it could be a scam, especially since they want you to decide right then.

Probably not, though, since he -- like all hairstylists -- was complimenting my unspoiled hair even after I said no. I think it must be a little like a field of snow without footsteps. Anyway, campy guys who want something are kinda fun. I've never been called Angel before.

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Your clothes sound so pretty! I wish I could wear skirts more, but a) I hate shaving my legs both for time and because it makes them *cold*, and b) my office is very small, and I'd just feel...weird, wearing skirts around my (male) bosses.

Where did your clothes come from, though? I've been struggling lately with finding places with clothes that fit and look good. I spent an afternoon in H&M with

geekturnedvamp a few years back, and all I bought in the end was a hair tie. *g*

Macy's. I tried Old Navy's plus size department but I only liked two things on the hanger and neither was flattering on. Macy's and Nordstrom's are my standbys, and the LL Bean catalog for jeans. I used to buy a lot of stuff from Jessica London, the women's section of Chadwick's of Boston, but it hasn't appealed as much to me lately. It's work appropriate clothes at a sane price, though.

I check out Ashley Stewart, 'cause it's very near a friend's house, but their color palette is usually not good for my complexion, so almost everything I get there is black.

I mostly wear pants myself -- don't mind shaving my legs, or leaving them unshaved, but I hate stockings, so I end up only wearing skirts that are long enough, or it's warm enough, to go without.

And, of course, there's always the Fat Girl Flea Market. I'm planning on going April 30, but I wanted something new new new and I didn't want to wait.

That's the 30th?? *ponders a visit*

It is indeed! I'll almost certainly have to run off to mom's right after, but you'd be more than welcome. Could you maybe come up the night before so we'd have a little time to actually hang out?

I'm thinking, actually, that a visit after your mom is doing better would make more sense, so we can chill longer. I think they're doing the Fat Flea Market here again anyway, so I won't totally miss out. :)

Tell your mom I said hello and I hope she's feeling better.

That makes sense and will do!

They're not having one in Philly this year so I might come up after all, I should be able to let you know tomorrow. Can you email me Michael's info, I figure if I'm up there I'd like to stop in to see him and the new place.

Fat Girl Flea Market

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Awesome, thank you.

And I have a cream skirt with an alpine village on it

Do the people who live there get upset when you walk around? And doesn't the skirt get warm from the heat of all their little fires?

Hee!

It's summer. They're all out picking berries and singing. Fortunately they have very very high voices which only mice can hear.

Hmmmm...but do the vibrations tickle when they yodel?

Bwah! I don't know yet, I'll keep you posted. Concievably vibrating skirt is not a bug, it's a feature.

On the plus side: tiny cough drops whenever you need them.

Awh! What if Alpine villagers with Riccola were only 1 inch tall?

Imagine the teeny puppets they use to reinact the story of the lonely goat herder.

Awh! Tiny puppets!

*chokes*

If Mer ever visits Dublin again, I shall sellotape tiny speakers blasting out the Sound of Music soundtrack to her skirt.

So I can never visit Dublin again, is what you're saying? ;)

Okay, so the alpine vilage skirt is now going to give me nightmares, but the clothes sound very very good. Especially the pleated skirt. :)

Hee! And thanks.

The power of scoop neck is mighty. I wish clothing stores would stop trying to press v-necks on the world. I don't want to show off that much of my cleavage, and all the skinny girls show off are their bony sternums.

Hee! Totally there with you. I don't have enough cleavage, even with my lack of skinny, so what I end up doing is flashing bra and looking like my shoulder have their own zip code. Scoop neck is far better, or square neck as long as it's not wider at the bottom than it is at the top.

I'd just like to see variety on this front, all the time, as well as enough variety in sizing to fit humans. [I don't have a boney sternum and I have no cleavage. I like the v-necks because they make my neck look longer... ;) ]

...I have to come over now.

Whimper.

*grin* Yes, yes you do.

I'll pack them when I come out for the gift show.

Looks like shopping worked out just fine w/o me. (I got three pairs of shoes w/o you.)
Yay new clothes!

Yay new shoes! And yes, it did, though there may be a little more shopping still.

Ooh! Pretty!

*grin* Thanks!

Oh... you make me want to shop! Stop that! I hate shopping.

And the problem with the green, besides the name, is that it is so eye catching. When everyone is wearing something eye catching... well it's like walking around with ADHD.

Sorry. :)

This is true. The other problem with the green is that it's the green of this year, which means next year it will be recognizeably Over. And I prefer to wear my clothes longer than that. I still like it, though. I am too cheap and conservative (small c) to buy most trends that come along, but in my mind, I am fashion's sheep.

Love the sound of your new clothes. Yay 50's!

I definitely need to do some shopping and get myself some sausy spring skirts - I am liking the flounciness of them this season, as opposed to the oh-so-unflatting straighter skirt.

A day of beauty for $60! Though of course I totally suspect scammage as well, I would be rather interested in investigating, b/c oh how I would love an spoil-dani day.

Are you in NYC? They were recruiting on the street in front of Macy's, 25 or 30 women. Supposedly to launch a new salon.

And thanks! The flounciness is adorable. I'm definitely grooving on the crisp bright vibe this year -- I didn't buy a clingy flimsy double layered thing, even though it fit right *and* looked good on me, because it just didn't have that feel.

Well, I'm the first stop on the path into NJ, so I am in the city all the time and might as well live there. (But after years of ppl saying they lived *in* Detroit when they didn't, I can't claim to live in the city. Some god would smite me. *grins*)

I may have to venture towards Macy's to see if it's still possible to get a fabulous discount like that.

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