Last summer I told you guys about my body weight woes.
http://youlookfab.com/welookfa.....ing-lately
Now, I have been able to maintain my weight gain. I got to a point where I think I should naturally be. My body is still adjusting. All I can say is that I have SO MUCH energy, it's unbelievable.

OK, I have inner thigh fat. Will always. What can I do. BUT I have so much energy!

Anyway, no need to tell you I've had a frustrating time in the past 2 months trying to dress. Nothing fit, it was all more than body con, it was bursting-at-the-seams body con. So discouraging. I tried to focus on work project instead, because dressing up, my dear pastime, had become too trying. And trying is the term. I did try and try, with never any success. Well yes, sure, because I was trying my old clothes, which had fitted a much tinier body. It's not all to gain 10-15 pounds on the scale and accept it mentally. That thing also takes up room physically!

I told my DH about my problem and he told me to buy a new pair of jeans. I reluctantly went to a good store. You know, the kind usually found on the third floor of shopping malls. Where, I thought, jeans would be better cut, and better suited for my 40+ body.

When I tried on a pair of jeans there to my size, oh my, oh my! First I was baffled that a pair of jeans I would have previously considered "Mom jeans" could feel and look so good... and even sexy! And Oh, my, I was finally comfortable, it wasn't digging into my skin like my previous pairs! I was so excited I bought three pairs right there and then. Here they are:

Pics #1- 5: classic straight leg cut . Here worn with a gray turtleneck. I usually avoid that look because it emphasizes my long torso, but I recently discovered that breaking it up with jewellery close to the neck (mocking a lower collar) helps in that regard, which I'm happy about because man, it's cold over here.

Pics #6-10: "skinnies" version grown-up. Here tucked into my heeled Gore-tex winter boots, which is how I will wear them for the next 6 months at least.

Pics #11-15: red corduroy! With that same cut as the first pair. DH hates them (of course) but I adore them. Maybe I'm wrong. But I found I've been wearing them over and over lately.

Thanks for looking, comments welcome!