Menopause Emergency Kit
I thought this dress was slimming until I saw the photos.
That extra pattern on the hips isn’t doing me any favours. Those side panels should be all black.
This sweater dress is 100% wool. Perfect for the -15 C windchill we had on Friday night.
Today as I write this it is 7 C and sunny.
I own two sweater dresses that are ideal for Canadian winters. I’m wrapped in a cocoon of warmth. Especially with tights, thigh high boots and a turtleneck layered underneath.
I’m wearing one of my handmade cuffs made from a vintage brooch and crystal beads. It’s not tied very well as you can see in the photo. My ladies maid is quite useless when it comes to helping me get dressed. She is lacking those indefinable skills that the ladies maids on Downton Abbey possess.
She was decidedly less expensive (requiring only that I throw her a bone every once in a while and scratch behind her ears) and can be rather pig pug headed.
One does the best one can with the dismal selection of hired help nowadays.
{sigh}
When I’m layered up like this and wrapped in a wool sweater dress I have a fear of being caught in a sudden extreme hot flash.
When I wore this on Friday night I thankfully managed without incident. I think the walk from the parking two blocks away in the -15 C wind might have helped.
I do however, think I need to start carrying something like this in my handbag in case of emergency…it could be a life saver. I didn’t know those types of things existed.
In fact, wouldn’t it be great to have a menopause emergency kit always at the ready?
My menopause emergency kit would include:
- family size dark chocolate bar
- a mickey of vodka
- a button that says, “BACK THE F-OFF!”
- panty liners
- instant cold packs
- tweezers & compact mirror
- magnifying glass
- mini flashlight
- wet wipes
- lube
- wick-away cooling PJs
- extra strength Nytol
- brain cleaner & memory refresher spray
- extra strength pain killers
- huge sunglasses
- fold out fan
- extra deodorant
- face shaver
- full body Spanx
Those lasts five items were provided thanks to Melanie.
What did I forget? Can you think of anything I should add?
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Dresses That Make You Look Smaller
Who doesn’t want a dress that makes them look smaller?
Even my pug wants that. This hoodie ain’t cuttin’ it.
I’ve written about pattern camouflage dresses before and how they can help you cover up a multitude of sins.
Artists play with areas of light and dark to direct and trick your eyes into believing something that isn’t true. Dark areas recede, light areas pop. Dark areas appear further away, light areas closer. These same techniques can be applied to clothing.
I bought this Desigual dress years ago and found it again when I went through one of my closets of dresses. Yes, I have two closets for dresses. I have long since passed the regular “wardrobe” and crossed into collector territory with my dresses. Don’t judge. This is a discussion for another day, when I’ve got a big bottle of vodka, a jar of olives, ten family sized chocolate bars, a box of kleenex, a pug on my lap, a hot male masseuse rubbing my shoulders and a therapist beside me.
My husband persuaded me to buy this dress. I’m married to an enabler and surround myself with enabler friends. I take none of the responsibility whatsoever for my addiction and weakness. My therapist is shaking her head right now, the pug threw up on my lap and the masseuse walked away in a hissy fit.
My real therapist is up there in the hoodie. She’s got her own problems.
As an illustrator and designer who created patterns for many years I’m always drawn to bold bright patterns. What I wasn’t so crazy about was the “mime” stripes on the arms.
The dress may have crossed over into Cirque du Soleil territory.
It wasn’t enough clownish enough to dissuade me from buying it.
I bought the dress in the end because it made me look 10 lbs thinner thanks to the contrast in patterns and the clever mix of dark and light areas.
The fact that it elongated my legs because of the high waist and shorter hemline wasn’t lost on me either.
The dress is 100% cotton, so comfortable and a welcome change from synthetic fabrics.
It also looks great in my office. I become one with my wall art.
Just so long as my therapist doesn’t shed all over my black leggings I’m good.
Examples of dresses that make you look smaller
Do you own any dresses that make you look smaller?
Or are you one of the lucky ones, very happy with the size you are?
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