Do you envy slim/thin friends who look great in charity shop bargains.

I'm a size 14, 5ft 8 inches and aged 74. I have a wardrobe full of fabulous charity shop bargains and love colourful clothing especially - (my favourite is a rainbow and flower patterned cotton knitted cardigan originally from Edinburgh's Sweater Shop which is over 20 years old now!!). My mum was a 'first sales' in some of the best clothes department stores and shops in Aberdeen during the days when staff advised customers on 'styling'. I really benefited from her advice and from the sales too. Occasionally, I've even had people cross the road to compliment me on my clothes and even hats....! I think it is a nack, inherited from and nurtured by my mum and which I revel in, but people have different nacks, don't they....?

A 12/14 is slim, as far as I'm concerned.

I envy people though, who look great in anything, whatever their size. Q

Very jealous indeed! Apple shaped size 12/14, I find it hard to find any clothes that both suit me and are affordable, let alone charity shop ones.

I'm a size 8 to 10....I'm also 59.....I get stuff from charity shops ....I don't think I look any better or worse than my larger size friends ....I do not look like a catwalk model !

If my friends sent me pics of how great they look in their clothes they wouldn't be my friends for long.

I just envy slim/thin friends.
Period.

If you know how to dress you can look great in anythIng. It’s potluck with me.

Nack grr

I think you’re right about a hack merlotgran. My daughter seems to have it. She chooses things I probably won’t give a second look.

Def! I’ve struggled with my weight since babies came along, no real issues before at all, but now am dreadfully overweight with mobility issues and meds don’t help!

My dad & family were very paunchy. If I had been a bloke, I would have been paunchy too but still have a touch of it. Rest of me is OKayish.

Yes! I used to be a size 8/10 until i went through the change. Now all bets are off and I am sick of it. I have managed to get back down to a size 14 in recents months. But I still feel like a sack of loose tatties in anything these days. At my age I shouldn’t be too bothered but I AM!!!!!