I almost forgot how effective "retail therapy" can be ;)

[floatingleaf]

I bought a gorgeous new winter jacket today. Fake suede with fake fur trimmings, soft brown color, warm and snuggly and not heavy-looking at all. The thing with winter coats and jackets is that they often make you look very bulky - and I hate that. This one doesn't, even though there is enough room beneath it for a thick sweater. Oh, and it's washable, too. It wasn't an absolutely necessary purchase, because my old olive green one is still in one piece - but it's starting to look a little shabby and I'm not sure how it will hold up in the washer, so... I have a black one, too, but that one's a size too big, since I bought it when I was 25 lbs heavier than I am now. So it does make me look bulky. Otherwise, it's a nice coat and I still wear it - I just need a brown one AND a black one, because I am color-conscious like that.:P Same with shoes. Need a black AND a brown pair for every season. Btw, I just replaced about half of my shoe collection as well. I get ridiculously attached to old clothes/shoes and stuff, but there does come a point where even I am no longer comfortable showing up in public wearing something that might fall apart any second, LOL. So I recently inspected my fall/winter footwear and decided that at least three pairs have to go. They were all scuffed and creased and torn inside and just plain ugly - not to mention uncomfortable. So now I have three new pairs of shoes. All in fake suede, by the way. I seem to be terribly partial to fake suede, for some reason. There is just something about soft suede boots... something, I don't know... elven, perhaps?...;) One of my new pairs does incidentally look like something Legolas might wear.:D Also, I seem to be all about comfort these days. No more heels. I don't care how short I am - no force on earth could make me wear high heels ever again. Just a little bit of a platform, perhaps. And nice soft edges all around, so I never have to toss a brand new pair of tights into the garbage after wearing them once. I am also becoming increasingly partial to long flannel nightgowns and fuzzy socks and furry slippers and... jeez, is this the onset of Middle Age or something???... *panicks a little*

Yeah. A very significant post, this one. Better shut up, change into one of those aforementioned flannel nightgowns and go to bed.:P

Comments

[illuins-lair.livejournal.com]

You´re spoiling yourself,; I like that! --->> color-conscious!squeeness... along with elvishly fake suede boots (what moar can u askz????)

wtf; I assume you´re pretty gorgeous any season btw; a catch not even knowing about it...

and GODDAMN: flannel nightgowns and fuzzy socks and furry slippers
= om nom nom. *flail*


*dies*

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

GODDAMN: flannel nightgowns and fuzzy socks and furry slippers
= om nom nom. *flail*

Don't even TELL me you find that stuff sexy. That's an aberration, darling. I think you should seek therapy.;P *hides under a fluffy blanket*

[illuins-lair.livejournal.com]

Oh but I´m clearly an aberrant girl =P
I find it snuggly and cosy and wintry - all things manna for the soul, in sensual contrast to the season.

So hell yeah, it´s sexxy being flanneled!

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are definitely a weirdo.;D *tickles*

[(Anonymous)]

It's the season. It's cold and wet outside so those shoes and flannels are just the right choice. That's the best right now: curl up your sofa with comfortable clothes, some tea, a good book and a candle perhaps. And come spring you want to get rid of that again - til next autumn/winter....

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the moral support, whoever you are...:)

[stormatdusk.livejournal.com]

hi!

i'm actually really glad you posted this. i am so rarely in the mindset to shop that i need a push now and then, and i find this motivating! i haven't had a new coat in far too long and i think it's time. i think i need some long undies, too; there's something so cozy about slipping into those under your jeans and i never treat myself like that.

thanks for posting!

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Hey! How are you doing?

i think i need some long undies, too; there's something so cozy about slipping into those under your jeans and i never treat myself like that

I just wear pantyhose/tights under my pants throughout the cold season. Before I started doing that, my legs often got so cold I felt throbbing pain in my bones. Now I always make sure I have enough layers on before I venture outside.:)

[dissonant-dream.livejournal.com]

I love this post! ;D Love the elven boots! Randomly, I feel all snuggly and warm after reading this. *g*

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

:D