I think my clothes have GROWN!

There is however a downside... I only have a very limited cold/cool weather wardrobe, by Xmas time this year I will need an ENTIRE new winter wardrobe.

The bad news goes even further. IF on this wonderful Way of Eating I manage to lose all of the extra weight I'm carrying around I will have to completely renew my wardrobe. I haven't done this in years, I'm still wearing flares (considering they have come back into fashion AGAIN you can tell how old they are). I have a pair of cargo pants I wore to my first Leeds Festival when I was 21 (Oh my, is it really almost 12 years ago?) and a size 14 cream lace dress from River Island that I'm desperately trying to get back into (I know the hubby wants me to get back into it ;-) )

I hate trying to replenish my wardrobe at the best of times because the styles I've adopted for myself over the past 15 years are so infrequently 'in fashion'. I hate, loathe and despise skinny jeans but for many shops (both online and highstreet) they seem to be the only ones available, with a few places stil stocking a single line of 'bootcut' jeans, just in case. I have always avoided 'fashion' like the plague, I know what I like, I know what fits me and usually I can wait until it comes around again to replace the worn out items.

What do I do when none of my clothes fit and I can't replace them?

This is it then, the cloud to the silver lining. You will still not get me into skinny jeans.

Here goes then, the quest to get better on the sewing machine, I'll make what I LIKE despite what 'fashion' dicates I should be wearing. I do now anyway.

I'll just have to wait for flares to come back in yet again before I buy more jeans.

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