A post about nuthin'. You know, for a change.

Oh hey.

Pulled out the chunky monkey to capture my T1 cuteness the other day.

I'm continuing to figure out if I sorta like or sorta despise my hair.

It definitely needs to grow some more, but I like how it looked on this day.

To bad it still takes $45 worth of unpronounceable goo and about a thousand hours to get it like this.

Ok, that's a lie.

Just dried it, sprayed it, and thought, 'T1 enough'.

Over on the Type 1 DYT facebook page, they're doing a 'wear a dress everyday for a week challenge',

so this was my contribution.

Yay.

T-Wah????

If you've perused the archives around here, you'll find a butt-load of posts referring to my T1-ness.  

For new readers, that's my Energy Profile, a la Carol Tuttle.  I discovered it a couple years ago, and it's had a HUGE impact on my life.  

I got into the Dressing Your Truth side of it on the blogola, but lately I'm wrestling with it again.

I went out an redid my entire wardrobe when I started, buying clothing and accessories and makeup in the T1 chromas and design lines, etc.  

But lately I feel 'frumpy' in them...which is definitely NOT a T1 word.  

This spring brought tons of great T1 colors and fashion to the stores, 

so it's not hard to find stuff, but I just feel a bit silly in them.  

After playing with 'looks' for the past couple years, I never really settled into a style I liked.

 I feel like I'm starting from square one again. 

(Me last spring, and would never wear this in public again)

In fact, I sold 3/4ths of my spring/summer clothes to consignment last week.

A lot of this has to do with my size, because I'm still learning to like how I look.  

And a bright happy overweight woman in bright happy colors can come off as well, clown-ish.  

I don't like drawing attention to myself if I feel like I look like a clown.  

(Easter 2010, would never wear this in public again either)

But maybe that's just me.

Maybe other folks enjoy looking like clowns.

I don't judge.

My T4 secondary is very strong, so I find myself fighting the urge to dress in very structured, bold straight lines (I think it makes me look thinner too).  

I have a good bit of T2 in there too, so I like comfy frilly, lacey stuff too. 

Which is why I MUST be a T1....all the possibilities, right?

(me circa 2005, dressed T4, size 12-14, LOVED this look and outfit, T1 son with balloon hat!)

As I continue to shrink evah-so-slowly, it will be good to shop thrift stores as I don't plan to stay in one size very long, so hopefully I can play a bit with styles and color combos that don't scream "bozo the clown".  

Some of my outfits on here are just over the top for my T4 secondary, so I need to somehow honor that without squelching my dominant T1.  

I notice I really don't care for much on Carol's site or in her Dressing Your Truth store for T1s, 

(although things have improved 100-fold since they started)

so I'm kinda on my own looking for what works within my world.

Then again, maybe I'll feel better drawing attention to myself with fun clothes and accessories 

once the weight is gone?

Shallow point of view, but probably pretty close to the truth.

(infamous 80's party circa 2005)

Any T1s have pinterest boards?  I'd love to see some inspiration for trendy, fun fashion.  

My fashion board on Pinterest is a hodgepodge, but feel free to follow along.

What to do with all those T1 accessories.

 First, you pick up one of these wood doohickeys at the ReStore that you hear tell are old playpen rails.

Then you lay it on your garage floor and take pics for the blog(s).

You might even consider posing it a little bit, for inspiration sake.  Or boredom. Either way.

Then you go to town with some liquid sander, spray paint, sandpaper and a drill bit or two.

And a lot of wee hooks.

Oh, and the thinnest dowel rod you can find.

And it becomes this:

 A nice way to display the plethora of jewelry you've accumulated since beginning to Dress your Truth.

And you hang it above your gramma's ancient sewing cabinet-turned-jewelry and accessory holder.  

'Cause you painted it to match.

You hide old high school buttons of yourself, and sentimental stuff in the drawers below.

And for the stuff that doesn't fit on your new handy-dandy jewelry holder, 

you just swag them over your vanity mirror like so.

It's awesome to sit at my vanity and see all my goodies at once.  

I can try stuff on and easily switch stuff out.

So what do ya think?  I'll show you the whole area once it's done.  

I still have some work to do on the vanity and bench.

What I'm Wearing.

A month or so ago, I happened upon 50% off day at Goodwill.  Love serendipitous shopping trips :)

 Here's the loot I came home with:

Shoes!

Purses!

Outfits!  Edie Bauer top:

Back has a cute drawstring waist.

J.Jill linen top.  I added a skinny belt in this shot.

And a fun scarf for this one:

  I've found some other nice little pieces lately at some other thrifty spots too.

Claiborne linen blouse:

Wraparound linen dress from Target clearance:

I wore a flower clip in me darling hair:

Pale orange linen wrap blouse from thrift.  Worn with my new DYT necklace:

And a blingy hair clip!

Other stuff I've worn this month:

Old Navy clearance cardi with Gap tank. Necklace from Forever 21.

New heart necklace from Walmart clearance (this is 18K gold over sterling, an economical option to pure gold, and doesn't get as 'brassy' as quickly as other fake golds.)

'Nother new necklace from the DYT store:

Worn with a new one from Antropologie:

I wear double necklaces a lot, actually.  Here's an outfit with the previous coral DYT necklace and one from Charlotte Russe:

And the fun earrings I got there too:

Lastly, a recent church outfit with yet another hat.  

I'm more into a groove these days.  Re-wearing outfits I really like, doing better passing over stuff  at the shops I know I prolly won't wear more than once (unless it's on wicked super clearance or something).

One last shot of my newly-sewn skirt and cloche hat I showed you yesterday:

Thanks for reading!