Just sharing as I feel pleased with myself!

Good for you Flaxseed! Wear what makes you feel good.

On a far lesser scale Flaxseed I have now accepted that I don’t suit or enjoy wearing day to day dresses or skirts with tops. I have a few very long cotton dresses for the summer, otherwise it’s jeans or shorts. Well done you, quite a journey of discovery, enjoy your new, more comfortable self ??

Good for you!!

Well done! I'm not quite there (at 69). I'm not a slave to fashion but I do like to look reasonably up to date. I'm so scared of looking like an old frump.
Have fun choosing your new wardrobe

keepingquiet I hope you realise it was a rhetorical question

Thank you for sharing my joy everyone!
I, too, keep things ‘for best’. But will work on changing that too.
NotSpaghetti How wonderful to have your Mother’s cocktail dresses. I can understand why you find them difficult to part with.
I have spent most of the day taking and uploading photos of my old clothes to sell on. It’s very time consuming but hopefully worthwhile

Good for you I wish I had the same motivation maybe when it warms up..

Glad you feel happy with who you are now Flaxseed. It does take time to realise that we aren't 25 any more and the high heels and size 10 clothes are not for us any more. Then we can enjoy the very attractive clothes that suit us better.

Notspaghetti it’s hard isn’t it. I find it easier if I can convince myself that someone is going to get enjoyment from the items I’m sentimentally attached to, but have no use for.
Perhaps you could sell the dresses on eBay and then buy yourself something nice that you would wear with the proceeds?

Well done Flaxseed.
I had a similar liberating moment when I realised how silly it was to save things ‘for best’, an idea which was drummed into me at a very early age.
Now I wear whatever I like and enjoy my clothes.
Keepingquiet it might be better to try to live up to your username if you can’t think of anything constructive to add to the thread.

Well done indeed! I need to do that too - lots of favourites that don’t fit moved house with us!

Me too * Parsley 3* I’ve saved a fortune in hairdressing bills as well.
Just the cost of a cut and blow dry now and then. My hair is in much better condition too. Does need a trim though ?

Congratulations Flaxseed I felt similarly liberated when I decided to stop dyeing my hair and embraced my silvery locks.

Well done Flaxseed enjoy the new you.

I wish I could get rid of my mother's old cocktail dresses! Just am not ready to part with them. Always thought I'd wear them someday!
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Congratulations on your new found peace. I need to pin this up in my bedroom ?

I have no idea.