April 15th, 2026

Here I am, a day later than normal (sorry about that) with yesterday's blog post. I know I know, normally I post on Tuesdays and Fridays.  I don't know what my deal was yesterday but I just couldn't get out of my own way.  And therefore, Tuesdays post is, this week only, on Wednesday.  I've just messed up my own entire week!

Oh well.  I'll start again.

Welcome to today's Blog post, The Fashion Edition!  Actually since I haven't cracked open a fashion magazine in literally years.....I have no idea at all what is currently in style.   But I do know that I was overdue buying a couple of new pieces for a number of reasons.  #1 and most importantly, I wanted to. I'm going to be very honest and say that sometimes I just feel like being self-indulgent. So when Tim suggested a little shopping trip, I did not do my usual, "no thanks honey",  "I'd rather save the money", "there's nothing I really need" or the very simple, 'I'm good'.   Instead I was all in.  Greedy little bug that I am.

Secondly, I genuinely did need to replace a few pieces.  Lately I've had to throw out quite a number of things. Girl clothes are not made very well.  I am not certain what the reason is behind shoddy worksmanship but there it is.  Truth is truth.  Possibly it's to encourage us to buy more clothes, or to keep prices down, or maybe I just tend to buy cheap stuff. Okay that part is true.  Many of the Quality Clothes that I bought years ago, I still have now that I think about it.  

Thirdly, my body keeps changing on me.  The shape of it I mean.  I will be the first to admit that I need to lose about 5 to 10 pounds.  It probably won't happen as I like food too much, but facts is facts and the fact is, I can now pinch an inch.  It is a reality that I don't care for, but hey there it is.  I don't eat any more than I used to, and in fact, I actually eat less.  I still work out, I still walk but those stubborn ell-bees have refused to vacate the premises sooooo I gotta work with them. Which also means that not every single article of clothing in my closet fits properly anymore. Oh I can get every thing on my body, I can button, I can zip and I can even breathe while doing so, but when I look in the mirror, yeah, I can see it and it ain't pretty.  Dang.  And that unfortunately limits the number of garments that I am comfortable wearing.

The last reason is another facts is facts sort of thing.  I am 72. I will be 73 this year. Yuck. Time life and gravity have done terrible things to my body.  Such terrible things in fact, that even if I were able to shed a few pounds, some of my clothes would not look the same way on me that they did however many years ago.  And that sucks, but it's the truth.

So when I was whining about all of that a few weekends ago, Tim said it was probably time to do a little shopping.  I was both excited and trepidatious. It's fun to have new clothes but sometimes the shopping experience is horrible.  As you may, or may not, recall, my last shopping trip about two years ago, did not go very well.  Nothing in the petite section fit properly not matter what size, it all cost the earth and by the end I was so irate that I just wanted to go home. (and so, we did)

We knew not to go to any of those stores. We would start all over anew, somewhere else - Sarasota!  Initially while my attitude remained positive, I wasn't having much luck.  We started with Kohl's.  Back in Colorado I often shopped there with great success.  But history did not repeat itself. There just wasn't anything that "spoke" to me, nothing looked like my life, my taste, my price point!  Then as we continued to drive north we drove past a JC Penny store.  I haven't even thought about Penny's in years.  But sure, why not. The worst that will happen will be that I find nothing and we move on, elsewhere.

As it runs out,  they were having a sale!  In SamSpeak that reads as Yahoo!    Not just a sale but a SaleSale!  We were each given a scratch off when we walked in the door and told that whatever percent the scratch off indicates at check out, it applies to the entire purchase.  Sounds good to me.  And on top of that everything. I mean every single solitary thing that I selected to try on, was on sale already.  Awesome.

I found so many things that ultimately I had to decide on which were my absolute favourites instead of ending up with, "well this one thing sort of fits even though it's horrible". Big difference.  I ended up with 4 new outfits and once I got home and "shopped" each piece individually around my closet, so many more possibilities!

As we checked out and Tim did the scratch off (30% off the entire purchase!) the receipt revealed that ultimately we saved more money than we spent.  What?  Yes that's what I said.  For example, if we spent $100, we saved $150.  That's insane. But also Marvelous!    Less wallet ouchie than I anticipated and that is a very good thing.

Oh, also found two pair of sneakers (by one, get one half off) and one pair of sandals!  Mercy!

I am so tickled now to have so many choices about what I will wear each day.  Love it!  

Want to see what we bought?  Ok, bear in mind that the model is me and I have tender little feelings, so be kind!

TaaDaa!