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| Part of my uniform collection. The bright blue shirts at the back only to be worn during summer. |
I am not what you would call the most up to date woman when it concerns clothes and such. Mainly because I wear a uniform in my day to day life and have no real need for a ton of clothes. After I get home from a shift, I tend to change out of my uniform and into easy clothes like nice thick pyjama bottoms and a lovely warm shirt. I will hang out on the couch and do not much.
Having said that, I am continually amazed at the amount of clothes I actually do have! As in the 'proper clothes to go out in public' clothes. Occasionally I will go through said clothes to sort them, both for size and 'do I still wear it?' When I recently was at my sister's, she threw out a certain amount of clothes that were either too small or too big and I took a few items home. Without trying them on first though. The dress that I took home looked lovely and was the right size. Well, apart from a certain area out front that is...
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| Might not be the best uniform to wear in Norway... |
The dress ended up on the charity pile. Soon followed by a pair of trousers that I have had for years, but have hardly ever worn. I opened boxes and closets and tried and sorted. One bag of clothes to go to Sally.
One thing I didn't find in my rummage around was handbags though. Mainly because I don't own that many. At last count I have one. Bought just before my recent holiday. Yes, I do have small bags that some might think of as handbags, but they are not really. The reason I got the proper handbag was because of the shop I got it in. It is one of those shops where you go in, just to have a little looksie. And you come out laden with stuff you (don't) need/want.
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| Nice and big, albeit a big floppy. |
For some reason I had gravitated towards the handbags and though there were some that were quite smart, they were not my style. Then I saw this one. There was a black one or a coffee (ie brown, what's wrong with saying it's brown?) one. Which, when you're always wearing dull colour clothes, was not what I wanted. Until I saw this one, a lovely deep burgundy colour (okay, it's dark red) and I was sold. I was even more sold when I saw its price: nearly 200 kroner cheaper than either of the others!
Now if only those pink boots had come in my size...
Gladrags. I hadn't heard that word for a long time.
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteI would call that colour burgundy also. I like the design - difficult to get the size of it, nothing to scale it against here; but at a guess, it would make a good overnighter also??? YAM xx
It holds an A4 notebook with ease. And Brom and Mouse, a Kindle, a phone, an iPod, tissues, water bottle, passport, paracetamol, chocolate and several other things.
DeleteGhostwriter says she's had the same purse for more than twenty years. She also still has the same wallet that she took to Germany with her in 1976. She wears uniforms to work too, so she doesn't need to have a ton of outfits. That certainly makes things simple!
ReplyDeleteUniforms do make life simpler, but I would love to be able to wear something colourful to work every now and then.
DeleteDo you think it has something to do with the time of year that makes us have a clear out? I have been to the charity shop three times and the dump twice and i haven't even started on the wardrobe yet!
ReplyDeleteI think it has more to do with the fact that I have very little room for my clothes and am getting fed up having them everywhere!
DeleteLove your new purse. I love purses and have several!
ReplyDeleteOh, the too big, too small, will I ever wear it again day can be a real catharsis. I do still have hand bags but seldom use more than the tiny one that barely holds the necessities. But that burgundy one is a beauty.
ReplyDeleteI know. I just fell for it and had to have it. It being not expensive was a bonus.
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