In order to spend a few thoughts on sharpening my personal style idiom, I’m breaking with tradition to do a meme. And for my facebook friends have no idea what a “meme” is: it’s one of those viral projects for which “tags” are issued. Since my current policy is not to do memes, I will not be tagging anyone. But consider yourself invited!
25 Things About Me, Mostly About Style Preferences
- Before I developed metal allergies, I wore mostly larger earrings.
- The holes in my earlobes are uneven enough that I will never be caught – dead or alive! – in studs.
- I never buy myself fine jewelry, because my hero enjoys buying it for me as gifts.
- Somebody better remind him that Valentine’s Day is coming up. Number One on my list: silver-colored earrings (he knows exactly what size and style). I’m nearly to the point of being willing to go out and buy them for myself.
- My favorite print is paisley. I also love argyle, and anything else groovy.
- I wish to never again wear a skirt that doesn’t reach below my knees. It has nothing to do with being conservative or the way my knees look; rather the precise proportions of my body look most elegant with a hem just below the knee.
- Which leads me to think I may do better with vintage for my mother of the bride dress.
- I seriously considered wearing my mom’s wedding dress. Unfortunately, it would not zip.
- I am barely sentimental (or romantic) at all.
- At the risk of sounding conceited, I don’t really think I needed a “comeback”. It was all more a part of an ongoing process.
- Also at the risk of sounding conceited, I have decided that I have the option to look either plain or pretty. Ugly would be hard for me to pull off.
- However, I concede that effortlessly gorgeous is utterly beyond my grasp.
- And I was not born with the body to be a model.
- That said, I admit I don’t spend alot of energy being disappointed with my body and have decided that, since it’s so easy for me to stay the size that I am, I’m not going to spend alot of energy trying to lose just a few more pounds. So — if I pull it out of my closet and try to put it on and it doesn’t fit? It’s gone!
- Almost every day I wish I could sew. I spend the time I would be working on learning to sew either blogging or learning to paint watercolor.
- Also on my list of things I don’t like (for me): boot cut pants.
- Sometimes I have very costumy ideas about what I’d like to wear. But I don’t have the confidence to get past the opinions of family members who don’t like that stuff.
- The biggest barrier to achieving my most authentic personal style is probably unwillingness to spend $$$.
- The second biggest barrier is probably my unwillingness to wear the same thing(s) as everybody else.
- The third biggest barrier might be my unwillingness to settle for wearing black.
- Whether or not to wear black is probably the most controversial topic I have blogged.
- Also controversial: v-necks are out.
- And: girls should dress like girls.
- I have a real problem with people-pleasing, so posting controversial topics takes alot of courage.
- IMO, having all age segregated programming in the church is neither biblical nor sustainable.
Ugh! I’m glad that’s over!
re: #25 – do you mean among adults, or including children and youth?
2. I have the same issue
17. When my husband comments on something that I love (deconstructed jacket for instance) I just tell him that I love it and I’m the image consultant, he’s the computer nerd, and he just doesn’t understand my clothing choice.
21. IMO – it’s because people are lazy – always lots of black to buy in shops, so no need to think about it.
Mella DP – yeah, I mean both, but I’m not militant about it. 😉 I guess I mean more that, while it’s not specifically prohibited, it’s not biblically mandated so we need to be careful about assuming that’s the way it should be done. And very often it seems to interfere with specific biblical commands, such as older people teaching younger. Where are all the titus 2 mentors? Well, they’re all off doing their own thing, because they don’t even know any of the young moms … because they are all kept separate for everything relational.
Imogen – it makes me feel prettier just knowing that I’m not the only one with lopsided earlobes!
I laughed out loud at #25. I totally agree, but found it completely amusing tossed in with the previous 24 facts that are all fashion related. 🙂
#21? I’ve worn a lot of black lately because it IS easy. I need lazy. (Brain trauma will do that to a person…) DH actually mentioned my all too frequent black wardrobe last week. He told me I was looking too morbid and to go find something bright. :p bah humbug
*chuckle* And did you like the way I lead up to it with other controversial topics?
Ah, if I could do one thing to beautify the world, it would be to make a colorful wardrobe just as easy as black …