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Posted by Polly Esther on May 15, 2008, 12:19 am
It has always been difficult to be a junior high size - at 18, 21, 41, 61
... well, Always. Today it became even worse. I puzzled that all the
women on the tv news, weather and whatnot were wearing low-cut New Year's
Eve party clothes and their WonderBras. Today it hit home.
I ordered a nice tunic for a very special graduation ceremony.
FedEx.
Tracking it, it went from MO to MS to KS to TN back to MO back to TN
back to MS and finally here. Twelve days. I showed the delivery guy the
tracking chart. He said they must smoke a lot of the fun stuff at the
center.
I tried on the tunic. Lovely. Elegant. Understated. Unless, of
course, you consider the concern that I don't have a new ring for my
bellybutton.
Had to remove the sleeve caps, take out about 3" from the neckline and
replace the sleeves. Not a big deal. Easy, actually. Good grief. Where
do we buy clothes if we are not wanting to look like a Happy Hooker? with
apology to my crocheting friends, Polly
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Posted by Pauline on May 15, 2008, 12:33 am
I feel your pain Polly. I've been looking for a nice dress to wear to an
evening wedding next month. There are lots of sun dresses out there & lots
of "hoochie mama" dresses, but next to nothing in what I consider to be a
suitable dress for this occasion. I'm going to try to make a dress & with
Pati in PHX's help with pattern sizing, I'm going to work on it this
weekend. What do middle aged & older women do when they need something
simple & elegant!!!
Glad you were able to make the necessary alterations to your tunic, so it is
wearable for you!
Pauline
Northern California
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> It has always been difficult to be a junior high size - at 18, 21, 41, 61
> ... well, Always. Today it became even worse. I puzzled that all the
> women on the tv news, weather and whatnot were wearing low-cut New Year's
> Eve party clothes and their WonderBras. Today it hit home.
> I ordered a nice tunic for a very special graduation ceremony.
> FedEx.
> Tracking it, it went from MO to MS to KS to TN back to MO back to TN
> back to MS and finally here. Twelve days. I showed the delivery guy the
> tracking chart. He said they must smoke a lot of the fun stuff at the
> center.
> I tried on the tunic. Lovely. Elegant. Understated. Unless, of
> course, you consider the concern that I don't have a new ring for my
> bellybutton.
> Had to remove the sleeve caps, take out about 3" from the neckline and
> replace the sleeves. Not a big deal. Easy, actually. Good grief. Where
> do we buy clothes if we are not wanting to look like a Happy Hooker? with
> apology to my crocheting friends, Polly
>
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Posted by Polly Esther on May 15, 2008, 12:49 am
The expression "hoochie mama" tickles me. OTOH, I can just see us taking
family pictures and somebody saying, "Would somebody please throw a sheet
over Great-Grandma?" Polly
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"Pauline" <wrote>I feel your pain Polly. I've been looking for a nice dress
to wear to an
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> evening wedding next month. There are lots of sun dresses out there &
> lots of "hoochie mama" dresses, but next to nothing in what I consider to
> be a suitable dress for this occasion. I'm going to try to make a dress &
> with Pati in PHX's help with pattern sizing, I'm going to work on it this
> weekend. What do middle aged & older women do when they need something
> simple & elegant!!!
> Glad you were able to make the necessary alterations to your tunic, so it
> is wearable for you!
> Pauline
> Northern California
>> It has always been difficult to be a junior high size - at 18, 21, 41, 61
>> ... well, Always. Today it became even worse. I puzzled that all the
>> women on the tv news, weather and whatnot were wearing low-cut New Year's
>> Eve party clothes and their WonderBras. Today it hit home.
>> I ordered a nice tunic for a very special graduation ceremony.
>> FedEx.
>> Tracking it, it went from MO to MS to KS to TN back to MO back to TN
>> back to MS and finally here. Twelve days. I showed the delivery guy the
>> tracking chart. He said they must smoke a lot of the fun stuff at the
>> center.
>> I tried on the tunic. Lovely. Elegant. Understated. Unless, of
>> course, you consider the concern that I don't have a new ring for my
>> bellybutton.
>> Had to remove the sleeve caps, take out about 3" from the neckline and
>> replace the sleeves. Not a big deal. Easy, actually. Good grief.
>> Where do we buy clothes if we are not wanting to look like a Happy
>> Hooker? with apology to my crocheting friends, Polly
>
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Posted by Michelle C on May 15, 2008, 1:42 pm
Okay, a tangent.... When I worked at hospital lab, often times we could
tell the age of patient by his/her name. Geraldines and Harolds for example
were usually older. During one of these discussions we had the sudden
realization that one day there were going to be grandmothers and great
grandmothers with names like Bambi! HA!
--
Michelle in NV
http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter
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> The expression "hoochie mama" tickles me. OTOH, I can just see us taking
> family pictures and somebody saying, "Would somebody please throw a sheet
> over Great-Grandma?" Polly
> "Pauline" <wrote>I feel your pain Polly. I've been looking for a nice
> dress to wear to an
>> evening wedding next month. There are lots of sun dresses out there &
>> lots of "hoochie mama" dresses, but next to nothing in what I consider to
>> be a suitable dress for this occasion. I'm going to try to make a dress
>> & with Pati in PHX's help with pattern sizing, I'm going to work on it
>> this weekend. What do middle aged & older women do when they need
>> something simple & elegant!!!
>> Glad you were able to make the necessary alterations to your tunic, so it
>> is wearable for you!
>> Pauline
>> Northern California
>>> It has always been difficult to be a junior high size - at 18, 21, 41,
>>> 61 ... well, Always. Today it became even worse. I puzzled that all
>>> the women on the tv news, weather and whatnot were wearing low-cut New
>>> Year's Eve party clothes and their WonderBras. Today it hit home.
>>> I ordered a nice tunic for a very special graduation ceremony.
>>> FedEx.
>>> Tracking it, it went from MO to MS to KS to TN back to MO back to TN
>>> back to MS and finally here. Twelve days. I showed the delivery guy
>>> the tracking chart. He said they must smoke a lot of the fun stuff at
>>> the center.
>>> I tried on the tunic. Lovely. Elegant. Understated. Unless, of
>>> course, you consider the concern that I don't have a new ring for my
>>> bellybutton.
>>> Had to remove the sleeve caps, take out about 3" from the neckline
>>> and replace the sleeves. Not a big deal. Easy, actually. Good grief.
>>> Where do we buy clothes if we are not wanting to look like a Happy
>>> Hooker? with apology to my crocheting friends, Polly
>
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on May 15, 2008, 10:14 am
Pauline wrote:
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> I feel your pain Polly. I've been looking for a nice dress to wear to
> an evening wedding next month. There are lots of sun dresses out there
> & lots of "hoochie mama" dresses, but next to nothing in what I consider
> to be a suitable dress for this occasion. I'm going to try to make a
> dress & with Pati in PHX's help with pattern sizing, I'm going to work
> on it this weekend. What do middle aged & older women do when they need
> something simple & elegant!!!
I hit the stash and the pattern catalogues, or play with Wild Ginger.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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> ... well, Always. Today it became even worse. I puzzled that all the
> women on the tv news, weather and whatnot were wearing low-cut New Year's
> Eve party clothes and their WonderBras. Today it hit home.
> I ordered a nice tunic for a very special graduation ceremony.
> FedEx.
> Tracking it, it went from MO to MS to KS to TN back to MO back to TN
> back to MS and finally here. Twelve days. I showed the delivery guy the
> tracking chart. He said they must smoke a lot of the fun stuff at the
> center.
> I tried on the tunic. Lovely. Elegant. Understated. Unless, of
> course, you consider the concern that I don't have a new ring for my
> bellybutton.
> Had to remove the sleeve caps, take out about 3" from the neckline and
> replace the sleeves. Not a big deal. Easy, actually. Good grief. Where
> do we buy clothes if we are not wanting to look like a Happy Hooker? with
> apology to my crocheting friends, Polly
>