Dressing up, or down, for Spring -

In my previous post, my sleeplessness story included just a mention of 'pandemic dressing.' Elastic waist jogger pants I believe! I probably came across as an older woman who has now resorted to old lady dressing! But that's not so. Yes, I am older but if you know me you also know I love fashion. Always have, always will.

However, you can't get away from it, fashion has changed a lot for most of us in this past year. I for one have not made any real 'fashionable clothing' purchases. . . . . have you?

These days getting dressed takes much less effort.

Pull on a comfortable bottom - I so love those knit jogger pants for chilly days purchased at Target I went back and bought five more pairs - and pull something cozy, light, non-itchy over the head, and you're ready to go. "Go where?" you might say. That's a question to which most of us have a simple answer today. . . . . .and the past three to four hundred previous pandemic days!

But now spring is coming and we may soon want to dress a little differently. Lighter weight, prettier colors, linens and cottons etc. Maybe skirts rather than pants at times, looser, cooler knit tops with shorter sleeve lengths, sandals rather than sneakers and booties.

All these clothes in such inviting spring/summer colors are from the POETRY spring catalog. Somehow I got on their mailing list a couple of years back. They are based in England and do have online sales direct from across the pond. I have admired much of their clothing, styles/fabrics/colors, however their prices are somewhat high and I don't know anyone who has purchased from them so wonder if the quality is that good. If you happen to have purchased from them I'd love to hear from you, thanks.

Other news: I'm now 99% gray-haired. One more haircut and I can say it took 13 months of no color and several haircuts to go from my red, chin length, straight, blunt bob to a short wavy silver pixie! I was only able to handle this transformation because of the pandemic. Not going far from home, or needing to look put together with perfect hair, helped a lot. Wearing hats last summer when I looked so bad with half red and half gray tresses helped. Now perhaps I need to find new colors to wear with gray hair. Let's go shopping soon!