What Not to Wear

TLC has a show called "What Not to Wear".  I have watched it a few times and was amused by the people they find to ambush into a "make-over".  What I have discovered after viewing a few recent pictures of myself, is that I am a perfect candidate for one such ambush.

My problem with clothes lies in not wanting to look good or lack of self confidence that I am worthy of nice clothing, my problem or problems are that I am cheap, the mother of three young kids, and I teach kindergarten and art.  On top of these issues I must add "I had a baby 4 months ago, I have no time to work out, and I need to be able to nurse discretely" to my list of 'excuses'.

Being cheap means finding things on clearance, sale, or at a second hand store.  This theory works very well for finding cute kid clothes, not so much with finding the mommy clothes.

I have three young kids at home and teach kindergarten.  My clothing is subject to spit-upy shoulders, boogers, paint, sticky hands wiped thigh high, dirty knees, sneezes, etc.  There's no point in investing in good clothes just to have them smeared with boogers by 9AM. 

I did leave out teaching art in the above paragraph intentionally because I'm hoping to only have to worry about plaster and paint, not boogers and spit-up!  But all the same I am not the neatest artist in the world.  Mess=creativity

Besides having to think about "school" clothes I don't think my hippy ways are appropriate for my brother's up coming wedding.  The challenge is to find something appropriate for which I can not only look spiffy, but nurse my little bambino as well.  They do make nursing shirts and nursing dresses, but my problem is they all make me look like a beached whale.  I'm sorry, but I did the beached whale look for 9 months.  It's called being pregnant.  But the good thing about my lack of being able to dress spiffy is I will not out shine the bride (she is a wonderful bride) come middle of September.

Accessories and shoes, I suppose make up too, round out a well planned outfit.  Accessories=toys for tots and if I wanted a broken neck I would've worn heals a long time ago,  Plus dress shoes can = uncomfy.  I'm not a fan of uncomfy!  Makeup, well I'm proud to say I've got great skin and don't plan on covering it up until I start being mistaken for wearing my Halloween mask year round.

I'm not sure anyone else appreciates my ponytail, tennis shoes, worn out look, but it sure is working for me.  I guess I must have missed the, "You're an adult with a professional job" day of kindergarten.