A couple of years ago, I decided I’d had enough of wearing heels. I made a big point about it, and got rid of (almost) all of the ones I had. I kept my most loved pairs though. You know. Just in case. Hm. Over the past few weeks, I’m kind of regretting my decision. The reason I had for throwing them all out (ok, ok…I would never do that. I sold some and gave the others away), was because I wanted comfort. I still wanted style, of course, but most of all, I wanted comfort. I’m 46-years-old and now realising I was jumping the gun, so to speak. I want to look and feel beautiful again. I want my legs to look pretty in skirts and dresses. I want glamour. I want sexiness. And I don’t really care if my feet hurt and my back aches after a few hours. What the heck is going on?
I’ll tell you what’s going on… And Just Like That is going on. And Emily in Paris. And The Bold Type. Crikey…do you think I’m watching too much TV? I don’t actually (just sayin). Have you watched any of these shows? The fashion and styling is just EPIC. I want Carrie’s wardrobe (don’t we all?!), as well as the fashion dept at Scarlet magazine! I want that. I want to look and feel beautiful again. I want to go out and look hot in heels (well, as hot as my 46 year-old self can look).
Killer heels I'm swooning over
I think the other reason is Covid. I’m tired of being locked up and not allowed out somewhere nice without the need for a face mask that prevents me from rocking my favourite dark lipstick. I want to dress up, not just play dress up for the blog. I want to go to glamorous parties. It’s been years since we got the opportunity to go somewhere like that. I want to wear the Jimmy Choo heels Michael bought me several years ago with a posh frock. FYI, the Jimmy Choos are heels. There’s no way in hell I was getting rid of those! Here’s me wearing them back in 2019. I still haven’t had the chance to wear them out anywhere though.
Since I started watching And Just Like That, Emily in Paris (just finished Season Two) and The Bold Type (just started Season Three), I’ve been making more of an effort, full stop. For years, I’ve let my beauty routine fall by the wayside and I’d basically just accepted the dodgy skin blemishes, the cellulite and the extra little muffin top over my jeans. But enough! I want to look and feel beautiful again. It’s time. I know I’m still relatively young, but I don’t want to head towards my fifties without at least trying to be—and look—my very best.
So, I recently upped my skincare routine. I splashed out on some new products from The Inkey List—which I hadn’t heard of before I started doing a little research. I got everything suitable for my skin type and I’ve been using them for about a week now. I read that I probably won’t notice any changes for six weeks or so, but I reckon my skin is starting to feel better already. I love how it feels immediately after use. It feels like I’m treating myself like the amazing woman that I am, and that I deserve it. Do you know what I mean? Or do you think it’s just one of those peri-menopausal, mid-life crises? 😉
Anyway, I went shopping the other day and bought the most gorgeous pair of white boots. With heels, I might add. I’m also on the look out for some slinkier dresses—and I’m thanking my lovely blogger pal, Laurie for that. She recently shared (on her YouTube channel) a gorgeous fine knit body skimming dress that I adored. Unfortunately, it’s only available in a colour that I don’t think will do me any favours but it’s given me the spark to {try to} love my body a bit more and start wearing clothes that show off my shape. I do have a habit of hiding it, when I know I don’t really need to.
Knit dresses I'd love to wear
Laurie also suggested wearing a slip beneath skirts and dresses to help them skim over the body and I think that’s genius. I know, it’s bloody ridiculous that I hadn’t actually realised that before (DUH). I mean, women have been wearing slips for decades (I can be a bit slow to the game sometimes.) But I’m putting myself out there again—to feel good, to look good and to try new things. And writing about it here is just giving me fuel for the fire (not to mention the added incentive to actually stick to my guns lol). So, I hope you’ll stick around and see where this takes me. If anywhere at all. But at least I’ll feel good about who I am, and that’s what I’m most excited about.
Slips to wear beneath those dresses
Well, that’s enough about me. What about you? What are you up to right now? I hope you’ll share all your recent posts in the link-up, below! For now though, I must dash because another episode of The Bold Type is calling…
