What am I gonna wear?
/So this is something that women typically struggle with on a regular day–rummaging through the closet to find something to wear when getting ready to go out, but I find it much harder nowadays. It’s kind of related to regaining my social life. After I had Aiden, I lost a lot of weight while breastfeeding (as expected). Unfortunately, that weight loss was countered by my extending my maternity leave, staying home and eating junk food to maintain the calories needed for nursing. Hey, it is what it is, BUT I’ve since put on a few more pounds and am not comfortable in most of the clothes in my closet now. I have work clothes, but when it comes to dressing casually and being cute–that’s where I’m lacking.
I’ve never really been the most stylish, but even now more so putting together outfits really isn’t easy for me anymore. I find that I’m either overdressed or underdressed or that I just look, eh. I’ve been trying to replenish my wardrobe slowly, but every time I intend to go shopping for myself I end up purchasing more items for Aiden than myself. It’s just one of those things that happens for a mom I guess (either that or there’s another bill due that takes priority). The issue is I want to look cute again. I don’t always want to look like a toddler mom! Can I be MILF-y?!
As I admitted in my first post, my appearance hasn’t really mattered to me since Aiden was born. I just went with the flow of the day and most times was too exhausted to pull myself together to look cute. My regular self-maintenance (I really think it’s different from self-care) wasn’t taking place and I let myself go. But now it’s time for me to get it together and make moves towards getting back to where I was. It’ll take time and money of course, and who isn’t up for a good sale. For me, the key is to buy a few items at a time rather than outfits, but I’m open to any suggestions out there.
Has anyone else lost their sense of style throughout mommyhood? Even if it’s not mommyhood and you’ve gotten consumed by other things you’ve been working on…