Day 5: Sick.

No photo, although I am wearing some super stylin' (snort) Curious George pajama pants -- I am sick today. I did not expect to be derailed quite so early in this project. But it's just a bug, not the sort of sick-for-months thing I had last winter, so no worries...

Day 4: Summer Layers.

• Elephant print silk scarf, purchased as a costume piece from an import store in 1998 and forgotten in a storage box until last year(!).
• Black tank, Old Navy.
• Teal camisole, Target clearance a good while ago.
• Black denim Dickies capri pants, Torrid clearance last year.
• Grey Doc Martens, eBay.

Simple and comfortable for a long day...

Day 3: "Lavender Lady."

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• Very nice scarf that you can't really see, thrifted.
• Grey cardigan, Torrid clearance.
• Lavender top with shirred detail that you can't see, Old Navy last year.
• Grey camisole, Old Navy.
• Black capri pants, Lane Bryant Outlet last year.
• Teva sandals, Sierra Trading Post.

Another thing you can't see is that I'm saving for a better camera, you know, one that maybe shows details.

I have three of these tops in different colors. They had an elastic casing bubble bottom which made them sort of awful, but it was nothing my seam ripper couldn't handle. They really drape nicely without that -- a vast improvement.

Day 2: Creepy Compliment.

• Leopard print cropped cardigan, Alloy clearance.
• Black ribbed tank, Old Navy a loooong time ago.
• Jeans, thrifted (but I think they're a Target brand).
• Ancient Birkenstocks, source forgotten, for extra crunchy goodness.
• Favorite black bead necklace, probably Target, can't remember.

My boss complimented this outfit. That kind of scared me. I don't think she's ever complimented me before. The paranoia, it tingles. And inspires strange, quizzical looks on my face, apparently.

Day 1: Office Tired.

• Grey dot scarf, thrifted on Saturday.
• Black knit dress, thrifted years ago.
• Red tights, We Love Colors (cut off by me).
• Teva mary janes, I cannot recall.

This is pretty boring. But I was running late this morning, and afraid that it would be extra hot in the office today. It doesn't look like much, but this dress is magical. I've had it for at least six years -- and it has fit me at every size between 14 and 22. I shouldn't admit this publicly, but I owned it for two years before I figured out it was a maternity dress. Let that be a lesson to all of us with narrow shoulders and ample hips. Hah!

Day 0: Laundry Day.

• Favorite "housedress," probably from Woman Within (can you believe it?) and possibly intended to a be a bathing suit cover up or something.
• Teva sandals, online clearance.
  
• Paisley scarf, thrifted.

This was my test shot from Sunday, which I did not intend to post at the time. But apparently I was looking sort of Bohemian for chore day? Interesting.

Intro.

For various reasons (that I'll get to in time), I have decided to start a small personal fatshion project. I think it's important to be "publicly fat," and to help normalize the idea that fat people are, well, people. Also, I like clothes, and I have a bad habit of wearing the same outfits time and again.

I have a million reasons to procrastinate on starting this project -- everything from a lack of time to a fear of public humiliation, not to mention a truly repulsive haircut (worst since 1987, I kid you not). I also have an inadequate and fairly shitty camera. You know. The deck is stacked against me here. I intended to start this project January 1st, but a protracted illness kept me from doing so.

So here we are. I'm never going to start this unless I jump in and just...start. I'll get to my rules, and the wheres and whys of this later.