Frump to Fab 2019 - Here We Go Again

teedy23

howdie Glampers, I am here today to extol the virtues and joys of "the battery operated lint remover". I have never had one before thinking them just another "thing" to spend your money on. I have had the sticky paper roller but this is a whole new experience ! I have gone berserk with it lol. It really sharpens up clothes that are still good but look tired and sad. Also (to me) its like basket weaving, only I couldn't do that in a hundred years of trying. I have saved one of my favourite sweaters from the bin/garden clothes pile and given a favourite coat some microdermabration, they look great. I think doing my jammies was a bit over the top though. A £2:99 miracle.

Wednesday2000

I bought a couple of pairs of new sunglasses, I'm going to wear one new pair when I go out to the concert next week.:)

I also bought a water pik online, it's like a water flosser thing as I hate those interdental brushes you have to use as well as flossing.

It's all getting here tomorrow as I have Amazon Prime.:cool:

32b3in2013

Afternoon

I have had a great weekend so far. Dinner with friends on Friday evening, a day at the seaside yesterday and off to the hairdressers this afternoon.

Is it safe to say to a new hairdresser to do whatever they want as long as I can still tie my hair back:eek: what’s the worst that can happen?

candygirl

Is it safe to say to a new hairdresser to do whatever they want as long as I can still tie my hair back:eek: what’s the worst that can happen? [/QUOTE]
Yea they should be able to manage that, as long as you don't keep them talking :rotfl:

eandjsmum

What a wonderful day. I've spent it fabbi g the garden or trying to anyway. There nothing like being outside and working whilst listening to the birds singing.
Managed to get all the washing dry outside as well :T
Oh well ironing and leisurely bath later.

lessonlearned

Good morning lovely ladies....

What a glorious weekend. Wall to wall sunshine. Perfick. And....it's looking pretty good this morning. . I am just finishing my healthy breakfast and then I'm off for a stroll in the Morning sunshine. This afternoon I am having a massage and tomorrow I'm seeing the chiropodist. So a bit of professional pampering this week.:rotfl:

I tackled my wardrobe and I have a black bin liner for the charity shop, and a further bag of rags for them. In the end I did hang on to a few winter things that don't particularly spark joy, but I'm just wearing them round the house. They will be fine for doing housework, gardening and diy. I'll get rid of them later.

Sounds like you are all doing really well, staying focussed and on track.

Littlegreenparrot.....had to smile at your meltdown over your wardrobe.......I think we all experience this. Often I look and think I could take a match to the lot. :rotfl:

As I weed out the contents of my wardrobe over the next year or so I will only replace with items I absolutely adore and which make me look and feel fab-u-Lou's. No more "it's cheap enough, it will do for now".

No it won't do .......I want and deserve better than "it will do". Sorry if that sounds selfish or agressive but I think you know what I mean. No more making do.

I have now decided to buy fewer but better clothes......no more cheap fast fashion which looks like a dishrag first time you wash it. It's wasteful and it is destroying the planet.

And you know, when I look at how much I money I have wasted on cheap clothing which never looks or feels right and which most definitely does not bring joy, I chide myself on the money I have wasted on tat.

A confession......one of the items I'm giving to the charity shop is a red coat. I ordered it online. When it arrived I was so disappointed, the fabric is cheap and nasty and the colour is garish. I hated it the minute I tried it on. (I can't send it back - it was ages ago). It has sat in my wardrobe for nearly 2 years and I have never worn it. And I never will - so I'm giving it away. I'll just have to write it off.

Maybe someone will like it.

It wasn't expensive, in fact it was cheap but if I have never even worn it, then that actually that makes it expensive, doesn't it. .

Hey ho, another life lesson learned.

Right off for my walk.

Have a lovely day, and keeeeeep fabbing.

eandjsmum

LL I am clearing out wardrobe too. I will be replacing clothes at a later date when I have lost more weight and only buying what I really need as I admit to having so much. I'm starting with those clothes which are past their best and those which I hate.
Today I hade a makeover so I'm looking at my makeup as well.

lessonlearned

eandjsmum wrote: »

LL I am clearing out wardrobe too. I will be replacing clothes at a later date when I have lost more weight and only buying what I really need as I admit to having so much. I'm starting with those clothes which are past their best and those which I hate.
Today I hade a makeover so I'm looking at my makeup as well.

Ooh a makeover sounds exciting. Did it change how you will do your make up in the future.

Well I know it's not much but I have started walking again whilst the weather is nice. I have just got back and my skin feels wonderful.....all "glowy".

I can't manage 10k steps yet so I will build up and get there eventually. As I walk I say affirmations to myself and concentrate on positive thinking.....lol.

pollypenny

Ll, I had a red coat in a similar way! It was a Regatta padded one, on offer. I didn't really like it but kept it because it was cheap. Next year it went to Share, for refugees, unworn.

I also have a lovely Marks red coat ready to go to Oxfam. It's too big for me now. I love it but I look like an orphan in it.

Re steps, I just do not have the time to do 10000.

eandjsmum

lessonlearned wrote: »

Ooh a makeover sounds exciting. Did it change how you will do your make up in the future.

Well I know it's not much but I have started walking again whilst the weather is nice. I have just got back and my skin feels wonderful.....all "glowy".

I can't manage 10k steps yet so I will build up and get there eventually. As I walk I say affirmations to myself and concentrate on positive thinking.....lol.

Yes it did I'll need a few brushes but did buy a different foundation also need blusher. Looked good though , I've had to remove it now as I'm off for a swim.
I have dentist tomorrow.