Thanks everyone! It's so interesting to read your mother/daughter stories.
Viva, when my best friend Wendy and I first started wearing eye makeup, my mother used to say we looked like "painted hussies!" We still laugh about that one.
April, that's terrible that your mother said that. My mother and her sisters were all the curvy ones, while I was the "string bean."
Staysfit, I always wondered how my mother even knew what a sack of potatoes looked like since she grew up in Philadelphia. Not exactly farm country! But she would have been a little girl during the depression, so maybe that's it.
Firecracker, my mom and I actually laughed about it at the time, too. Not being critical, because that style of dress back in the day tended to look like it was wearing me.
Nebraskim, ouch! I used to work with a woman who would ask the "do you like your hair that way" question. I always tried to think of a good comeback - a "right back atcha" - like, "Oh, I LOVE it! And how do you feel about yours?"
Elizabeth, maybe that's it. I tried this top with white jeans, but the ones I have are too big so that didn't work. I do have slim fitting black ankle pants like the model is wearing, I should try those.
Sisi, the top would be too sheer without the unerlayer, but I could shorten it. Maybe a bit of alteration is in order? I'll pin it up and see.
Everyone else, thank you for the compliments! I'm blushing!