A Changing Look

Years ago I received, as a gift, a silk scarf from Italy. And it has made a lovely addition to the top shelf of my closet, as I haven’t known what to do with it, being the fashion dummy that I am. It dutifully sat folded and unopened, in the original package, until today, when I decided that I would finally take the time to try and figure out how to wear it. And I must say that I was rather pleased with the results of my search. Take a look here to see several different ways to wear a long scarf. I’m inspired, and maybe I’ll wear it again someday! In fact, maybe I’ll learn to be a little more adventurous in my clothing choices. My [slightly younger and infinitely more fashionable] sisters are going shopping with me over the Thanksgiving holiday to help me update my wardrobe a bit, now that I’ve lost some weight and it has begun to appear I like wearing tents instead of shirts. It’s a little nerve-wracking for me, since I’m still wearing the same styles I wore in high school (which is to say no style at all really), but I’m confident that in their capable hands I will, at least once, wear something that looks a little less like I got dressed in the dark closet of a stranger’s house after making my clothing selection from a box under the stairs while blindfolded. And then they’ll go home and really, after that, all bets are off. I’m not exactly fond of change. (In fact, it took me an hour of changing my scarf-tying before I found a style I liked, and then another hour of wearing it around the house before I convinced myself I could actually wear it to church. Where I received more compliments than I have ever received in one day on my clothing (three, I think). Quite an accomplishment.) But change has found me (and my waistline) and so, therefore, I feel I need to do my best to embrace it and at least pretend I can deal well with it. After all, it has been almost 10 years since I graduated high school. Guess I can’t keep up that act any more.