The Watsons: A Sad Realization

These shoes. These shoes. I am mad at them. Really I should be mad at myself.

I went shopping for the first time in a year on Sunday and decided to take a peek at the shoe sale rack at Belk. I can't resist looking. I found these Jessica Simpson shoes and caught myself saying out loud, "How in the world do people walk in these shoes?".

Once the words were out of my mouth I wanted to take it back. I looked at the woman standing next to me and said "WOW, I can't believe I just said that. I must really be showing my age." She said "Yep, honey. That is a definite sign of getting old."

Seriously, I am only 29. Not 40, not 50, not 80. I might as well be in the fashion department though. I am so out of touch as to what people are wearing these days.

I recently donated a whole bunch of clothes and amongst those many bags I got rid of one of my all time favorite shirts. It was purchased at a very inexpensive little store (similar to The Body Shop) in the horrible mall in Auburn. It was embroidered and I loved it. I got rid of it because, well, it was pushing 10 years old and out of style. So I thought.

During my shopping excursion I noticed lots of embroidered shirts. Many that resembled Ole Faithful. Here's one I found at Saks. It looks almost identical to my $15 purchase.

If only I had listened to the pack rat voice inside my head I'd still be hording my "outdated" shirt. Guess I'll be heading to Forever 21 to find me a $15 replacement.

I know trends cycle out every few decades, but when can they trends below come back? I found some of these dresses from the 1950s. I love this fashion era. One of my favorite Christmas movies is "White Christmas" and one of the main reasons is the clothing that the characters wear. Elegant, classy, tailored, and so feminine.

Here is Rosemary Clooney in one of the scenes from the movie. Oh to just have an event to be able to wear something like this to.