To Hose or Not to Hose

Well my position in this debate will be no surprise, but I have a few more thoughts on it as well. I write this on Sunday evening, after spending the afternoon at a very swanky wedding in Boston. I was designated driver, hence my ability to write coherently. I went with my friends Jane and Alice, two women I have known for a very long time. Both of these women have power jobs, and both are my age, significantly over 21 as it were. I believe both have had a nip and tuck, though they won’t admit it. And they both looked spectacular, Alice in a bright yellow dress, nude hose and yellow pumps with platforms and 6 inch heels; Jane in a black and white number with black hose also with heels, but more elegant than Alice’s and no platform.

Many (or most) of the women at this function had bare legs, white from being hidden over the winter, or some shade of spray tan that is mostly a horrible shade of orange. But some of them had the good taste to dress properly, and one young lady wore a spectacular strapless dress with some very shiny hose. The dress was pretty short, and she wore it well. And it seemed to me that all the lecherous men in the crowd were giving her a lot more attention that her pasty leg friends.

I actually have gotten into this debate with women, and I maintain that the very fact that women wear dresses, a bit of clothing very different than pants, is why they should wear hosiery. (It is funny when they tell me I don’t understand how horrible stockings and pantyhose are to wear!) They should be celebrating their legs and using hosiery to enhance them.

Spanx and the Like

I mentioned that I have purchased some Spanx and actually worn them. They are OK, but not for me. What I find interesting is the number of women who not only admit to wearing Spanx or something similar, but seem to brag about it. At the aforementioned wedding I was part of one of these conversations. The woman in question was complimented on how nice she looked (And she was wearing hosiery!) and she said that her Spanx to thank for it or should couldn’t have gotten into her dress.

Since I occasionally troll about the lingerie departments in big stores I have also noticed how large the selection is of this merchandise has become. Maybe they should all go back to good old girdles dontcha think?






 Musings

Did you ever wonder who ties that little knot in the end of the tampon strings? How would that job look on a resume? …..I have always had a “thing” for Sandra Bullock, especially as a blond with a southern accent in the movie “Blind Side”…….a long time flight attendant friend, now retired, told me that her supervisor used to force them to lift their skirts to confirm they were properly girdled! Wouldn’t have to ask me twice…..Madonna looks to have had some work done on her face, and the world is shocked. Come on what did you expect?......


Spanx and the Like
I mentioned that I have purchased some Spanx and actually worn them. They are OK, but not for me. What I find interesting is the number of women who not only admit to wearing Spanx or something similar, but seem to brag about it. At the aforementioned wedding I was part of one of these conversations. The woman in question was complimented on how nice she looked (And she was wearing hosiery!) and she said that her Spanx to thank for it or should couldn’t have gotten into her dress.

Since I occasionally troll about the lingerie departments in big stores I have also noticed how large the selection is of this merchandise has become. Maybe they should all go back to good old girdles dontcha think?

Makeup
Considering the amount of space makeup takes in department stores and health and beauty aid stores, I don’t see all that many women wearing it. If you’re like me you can spot that one woman with red lips from 30 feet away. Of course Trudy makes up for many of them, as she is caking it on as she always did.



My Life
Shopping
I love warehouse stores, really I do. I live alone but I NEED 60 rolls of toilet paper, 12 rolls of paper towels etc. I have a membership at BJ’s, but recently got something so that I could shop at Costco. Now if you follow my photos you know I have a thing for feminine hygiene products. I can honestly say there has not been one time in my adult life when dressed that I wasn’t wearing some type of pad or diaper, and 99% of the time tampons. A girl can’t be too careful! But this gets expensive because I use a lot of these and change them 3 or 4 times a day. One of the real bargains at Costco and the like is tampons and pads. So with all my other “bargains” in my cart, I went to the feminine hygiene aisle. I got the extra large box of 72 Kotex Supers, 2 boxes of Kotex “u”, 2 boxes of Playtex gentle Glide Super, and Tampax Pearl. In addition I got some incontinence pads in the super extra heavy overnight size.

Normally I got to the self checkout, but there was an attractive young lady at one of the registers, and I couldn’t resist. So there she is with a lovely smile scanning what amount to about 450 tampons! If she had any thoughts on this, she sure didn’t show it.

Shopping 2

I maintain that a good attitude and a smile goes a long way. I was at Lord and Taylor last week, when they were having one of those super 25% off everything plus stuff is on sale and clearance. So I found this Alex Evenings top, but no skirt to match. The salesperson who has taken care of me before, an older African American woman who is lovely, took this as a challenge. I told her I had more shopping to do, and I would come back. She not only found me the matching skirt in my size, but another twin set with matching chiffon pants. I got both of course.

Real Women Know Stuff

Or they may be born with it, and of course not all real women! But as part time gals, and even those among us that have become full time gals, we just don’t do things as effortlessly as most real girls. Here’s my list:

1. Makeup. The fact is that even the conservative among us look like they painstakingly put on their makeup, as opposed to those real girls, who somehow use foundation, blush, lipstick, and more every day and seem to do it in 20 minutes time.

2. Blush. Yes of course one could count this as makeup, but as I have said many times, real gals can seem to put it on anywhere, in the car, walking, on a bicycle, and it comes our great every time.

3. Accessories. Now I might argue this point myself to myself, as I am pretty good at accessorizing my outfit. Or should I say “was” since I don’t venture out that often these days.

4. Leg Crossing. I recently dealt with this on my blog, and got a couple of emails disputing my claim. In any case I think we look strained when we do this, like we are trying to show how casual we are. And in many cases it is about showing off as well. Real girls just do it. Just today I saw two women sitting on a bench eating yogurt, and they looked like they were meant to have their legs crossed.

5.Perfume. We wear too much. Now in this case I would be willing to say that there are a fair amount of women who wear too much as well, but still, we overdue it.

6. Smile. Again, to me we always look contrived when smiling, with the exception of functions when groups are having their pictures taken. Compare any of us you know to Julia Roberts, and you will see what I mean.

7. Walk. Either we walk like guys in high heels or like we had to study how to walk. One of the reasons I brought the heel height down when I was out and about was to alleviate this.

Shopping

Well I thought my reconnection with Trudy the Lawyer would be short lived, but I was wrong. It seems like she wants to go back to where we were. I can understand this to a certain extent, she’s come so far in such a relatively short period of time, and in a way I am secure. And I am certainly no threat.

She talked me into going outlet shopping with her over the weekend. I believe she takes me because she really has no girlfriends to go with, and she trusts my judgment more than her own on how to dress.

To be succinct--we scored big time! “Off Fifth” had some amazing suits that she wouldn’t have even tried on because they were a 10 and she wears an 8. She ended up with 4, all of them lovely, in brighter more fun colors. One bright yellow Tadashi number made me envious. They were on double secret sale, and with coupons and buy one get one and this and that and the fact is was daytime she go all for on the for about $350.00, The Tadashi alone had a price tag of $600 on it.

We hit the “Cosmetics Company Store”, and she spent more than $200 there. I must admit I also dropped a few bucks there myself. Nine West was having buy one get on at half price, and she bought 6 colors of the same shoe. It was a nice sling back, but 6 colors. I got two pairs in bright orange and yellow. We wear the same shoe size BTW!

Then to the Hanes outlet, where I got 12 pairs of panties at only $4.00 each. Trudy got pantyhose, the Hanes “Alive” support hose she loves. I won’t keep boring you, but I cannot fail to mention the Lindt Chocolate store, coconut truffles…mmmm good.

Sightings

I was in line at my local Starbucks when I caught the scent of Lancome’s “Magic Noir”-- it is by far my favorite scent. I turned to see a stunning tall blond, white blouse, skirt from a suit, black pumps and hosiery with these oversize black dots. She was striking, and I need those stockings!

Sightings II

In TJ Maxx, a lovely older woman in sling backs and RHT stockings!

Musings

Michelle Bachmann is not going to run for Congress again. How she got there in the first place is beyond me, but I find her and Sarah Palin sexy for some reason. In fact I find Tina Fey’s imitation of Sarah Palin even sexier…..I saw the new Star Trek movie --I loved it…….J Lo and the crazy outfits she’s wearing are bothering me. She is a stunning woman in every way and a little bit of style and grace would suit her well…..I love Pinterest!

Other Stuff

The very first lipstick I bought on my own was Revlon’s “Cherries in the Snow”. I drove 15 miles form home and went to a store called “Zayre’s” a discount store. I got lipstick, foundation, mascara, eyeliner, and I can’t remember what else. Revlon still makes this lipstick, and the other day I bought it—it is still spectacular. And about a third of what I normally pay as well.