I just went shopping yesterday for spring stuff, because I had some time, my husband was willing to find a comfy chair and be there for opinions if I needed him (he actually napped), and off I went pulling things off the rack that I wanted to try on.  Some of the items were ridiculously priced, but I wanted to try them on to see if they were at all worth their $....  I had my arms full, a salesperson approached me, ( I thought she was going to tell me all of the stuff was too small for me) asked if I wanted to start a dressing room, and I promptly gave her the items I had and proceeded to shop for more….End result, I walked into a dressing room with about 15 items to try on and everything fit…EVERYTHING FIT!  I didn’t need bigger sizes, because everything fit. 

Now came decision time.  I didn’t buy everything (just because it fit), but selected 3 items that I loved.  My new mantra is :  Does it fit?  Do you love it?  Can you live without it?  I have to answer with 2 yeses and a no to keep from overspending now that clothing fits well and actually looks pretty good on.  I made my purchase and started out of the store…  Uh-oh- I was passing through the junior department.  At 63 years old I get a kick out of 2 things- first, that I actually want to wear some of the stuff there, and second, that the clothes actually fit …I bought a really cool blazer to throw over slacks or dresses or skirts that is NOT a solid color, has no buttons, and is what I would call cute….  It is mauvey purple with black/grey hearts on it with little red marks in the center of the hearts- impossible to explain- it’s just CUTE!

I still don’t believe it…when I got home I tried on everything for my husband, including the vertically striped T shirt which actually is slimming (hah, who every thought I would say all that in the same sentence), the new little black dress that he not only said was perfect and I definitely had to keep, but suggested I get a silver drop waist chainy kind of belt for it….  And that the other top I got was outstanding.  He didn’t like the blazer.  The colors were perfect, but it was too big and didn’t hang right and so did “nothing for me”.

You have to understand this- my husband doesn’t care about clothes, but in the last couple of years he has begun to look at me in clothes and make suggestions, comments, and REALLY give his opinion, so now apparently he cares about how I look in clothes and is “proud” to “show me off”….while that may be interpreted by some as sexist, who doesn’t want to be made to feel like “arm candy” on her honey’s arm????   It makes me feel good about me, and how he looks at me.  He accepts me for who I am, always has, always will…this is just a new facet to our relationship….after just short of 44 years of marriage and friendship…Shallow, maybe somewhat.  Heartwarming and confidence building…YOU BET! 

Epilogue:  I checked in with my daughter who showed me how the blazer just did not fit right because it was too big at the shoulders so I returned it, to the junior department at a major department store, because it was TOO BIG.