I think I made it okay through the last few big church events. I wore pretty skirts and blazers and my hair was acceptable, if not great. A member of my faithful Booger Patrol helped me wipe away some stray Tammi Faye Bakker smeared eyeliner after a funeral on Saturday, and my feet didn’t hurt too much in the various cute heels I wore.
Then the weather turned really warm and muggy again, which has me standing in my closet fretting over what to wear. Summer blouses are too white, too cottony and beachy, or just wrong colors for autumn. I always feel good in a blouse or sweater with a blazer, but it’s too warm for that. So I’m left with autumny or wintery looking tops that are either too warm or too dark for this Indian summer weather, and I just feel bloated and sweaty and my hair is a wavy nightmare no matter how much product I use in it.
Today I wore a long, straight purple kind of dressy, Indianish print skirt I’ve had for about six years, with a black tank and black v-necked cardigan over it. I wore black Bandolino wedge sandals and a prayer wheel on a long silver chain. It worked fine for a Chamber of Commerce lunch but was too uncomfortable for class, and I noticed that the skirt is getting a little bit SNUG. Augh!
When you’re a chunky gal, it’s all about layers, and it’s just too warm for layers right now. I wore a striped, short-sleeved empire waist blouse to the board meeting tonight, with black pants and black flats. I forgot to take my hair down from a big, sloppy stupid hairclip I wear when I’m cooking, so rather than show up looking like Mad Hair Woman of Borneo, I tried to neaten it up and kept the clip in.
I hate transitional seasons. When it’s this warm I just want to be knocking around in shorts and a t-shirt. Blah.
I share sentiments and sympathy both for the change in season and for having to negotiate the heat in Texas. I share psamist’s experience of trying to be comfortable and professional – complicated by the fact that those who are more adjusted to the heat begin to turn off the A/C when the temp is in the 80’s as opposed to the 100’s, along with the general desire to reduce utility expenses. Ambient temperature becomes much more of a gamble during this season when the office can be chilled and the parishioner’s house stifling.
Just thinking – I watch my spouse get ready for church and he has the same basic uniform – pants, usualy dark cotton slacks, with an undershirt and long sleeve button-down in white, light blue, black, or burgundy. If he doesn’t have meetings, he will wear jeans. It doesn’t matter how hot it gets, that is his classic look, often topped with a chalice and a jacket for meetings. And he has the extra shirt ready to go if needed.
PB and psalmist – your solutions sound like good efforts. My remedy so far – have many outfits ready to go at a moment’s notice, esp. lots of blouses and camis.