Comments on: Your First Challenge of 2008! http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/ Fashion, Lifestyle, and Humor for the Plus Sized Woman. Thu, 24 May 2012 03:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jessica http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5909 Jessica Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:52:35 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/#comment-5909 Hey, I like your blog :) Hey, I like your blog :)

]]> By: Leah http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5889 Leah Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:04:33 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/#comment-5889 Sara - you crack me up!! I would probably do more cleaning if I had a costume to go with it. :-D Sara – you crack me up!! I would probably do more cleaning if I had a costume to go with it. :-D

]]> By: Sara http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5791 Sara Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:42:42 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/#comment-5791 I saw I Am Legend and could not sleep, you know, so as not to be eaten by the feral plague cannibal type people. I, too, spent the evening in my closet sorting and inspecting. The fantastic find was a gorgeous black Dana Buchman skirt I'd forgotten I had. It's a size too small now, but that means when I put it on I have a sexy black pencil skirt instead of the more conservative fit it used to have. With some pointy-toed kitten heels, a floofy top, and a new necklace, I'm holding my own against the awfully grey Monday we're having. I also found some gorgeous lingerie and Halloween costume bits, so I did my closet sorting in sexy French things and a giant feather boa. It's a real one fit for a lounge singer--none of this puny craft store business for me! I saw I Am Legend and could not sleep, you know, so as not to be eaten by the feral plague cannibal type people. I, too, spent the evening in my closet sorting and inspecting.

The fantastic find was a gorgeous black Dana Buchman skirt I’d forgotten I had. It’s a size too small now, but that means when I put it on I have a sexy black pencil skirt instead of the more conservative fit it used to have. With some pointy-toed kitten heels, a floofy top, and a new necklace, I’m holding my own against the awfully grey Monday we’re having.

I also found some gorgeous lingerie and Halloween costume bits, so I did my closet sorting in sexy French things and a giant feather boa. It’s a real one fit for a lounge singer–none of this puny craft store business for me!

]]> By: Cat http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5783 Cat Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:11:36 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/#comment-5783 I got so many new outfits last month that rather than shopping in my own closet, I spent yesterday cleaning it out and hauling big garbage bags full of clothes out to the garage to await a trip to Goodwill or a yard sale. Like Leah, as I was attempting to sleep last night, I was also contemplating my wardrobe, but it was more like, "I have so many new choices in my closet right now! Which should I wear tomorrow? The mind reels!" I got so many new outfits last month that rather than shopping in my own closet, I spent yesterday cleaning it out and hauling big garbage bags full of clothes out to the garage to await a trip to Goodwill or a yard sale. Like Leah, as I was attempting to sleep last night, I was also contemplating my wardrobe, but it was more like, “I have so many new choices in my closet right now! Which should I wear tomorrow? The mind reels!”

]]> By: Leah http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5779 Leah Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:39:12 +0000 http://manolobig.com/2008/01/07/your-first-challenge-of-2008/#comment-5779 Yay! Great challenge. Just last night, as I was attempting to go to sleep, I was considering my wardrobe and what I could wear today that wouldn't be "business as usual." It inspired me to do a "closet cleanout," since I couldn't recollect all the items in my closet, and I was unsure if some items still fit. BTW - I decided, for the first time since 1982, to tuck my shirt in. I'm totally short-waisted, so I usually have a slightly "Erkle" look when I do this. The pants are slightly low-slung and my shirt is a verticle pin-stripe, so my short-waisted torso looks normal. I added a shiney black ribbon for a belt (I really should get a business belt - my step-dad's brown leather "Masons" belt doesn't cut it for Mondays) and voila! Also, broke out my black pointy-toed shoes per Manolo's Trends for 2008 Part 1. Yay! Great challenge. Just last night, as I was attempting to go to sleep, I was considering my wardrobe and what I could wear today that wouldn’t be “business as usual.” It inspired me to do a “closet cleanout,” since I couldn’t recollect all the items in my closet, and I was unsure if some items still fit.
BTW – I decided, for the first time since 1982, to tuck my shirt in. I’m totally short-waisted, so I usually have a slightly “Erkle” look when I do this. The pants are slightly low-slung and my shirt is a verticle pin-stripe, so my short-waisted torso looks normal. I added a shiney black ribbon for a belt (I really should get a business belt – my step-dad’s brown leather “Masons” belt doesn’t cut it for Mondays) and voila! Also, broke out my black pointy-toed shoes per Manolo’s Trends for 2008 Part 1.

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