Comments on: The Lady In Pink Is Younger Than You Think http://blissfullydomestic.com/life-bliss/beauty-and-fashion/the-lady-in-pink-is-younger-than-you-think/35232/ Fri, 25 May 2012 12:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: UkrainianGirls http://blissfullydomestic.com/life-bliss/beauty-and-fashion/the-lady-in-pink-is-younger-than-you-think/35232/#comment-23750 UkrainianGirls Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:48:30 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=35232#comment-23750 I think that it is a very interesting and amusing article. Practically all its main points are true. I think that it is a very interesting and amusing article. Practically all its main points are true.

]]> By: Nancy Sutherland http://blissfullydomestic.com/life-bliss/beauty-and-fashion/the-lady-in-pink-is-younger-than-you-think/35232/#comment-20861 Nancy Sutherland Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:19:34 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=35232#comment-20861 What a great post! I was attracted to the title of course, because I am a Mary Kay Sales Director and actually knew the founder of our Company. She always said that "a woman who tells her age will tell you anything!" Age is not defined by your years on this earth, but how you feel inside, and what you have learned along the way! I'd love to meet that pink lady! What a great post! I was attracted to the title of course, because I am a Mary Kay Sales Director and actually knew the founder of our Company. She always said that “a woman who tells her age will tell you anything!” Age is not defined by your years on this earth, but how you feel inside, and what you have learned along the way! I’d love to meet that pink lady!

]]> By: Judith http://blissfullydomestic.com/life-bliss/beauty-and-fashion/the-lady-in-pink-is-younger-than-you-think/35232/#comment-20705 Judith Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:54:33 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=35232#comment-20705 I love my boots! I'd wished, when the girls were little, that they made colorful boots for grown ups --- and now they do! My inner child is 6 -- and I let her out to play now and then! :) I like your line: "Sometimes, seeing ourselves as we think others see us can be a good thing. As long as there's not a mirror nearby." I tell myself that my inner glow and confidence can make nearly anything look good! I love my boots! I’d wished, when the girls were little, that they made colorful boots for grown ups — and now they do!
My inner child is 6 — and I let her out to play now and then! :)

I like your line: “Sometimes, seeing ourselves as we think others see us can be a good thing. As long as there’s not a mirror nearby.” I tell myself that my inner glow and confidence can make nearly anything look good!

]]> By: Susan52 http://blissfullydomestic.com/life-bliss/beauty-and-fashion/the-lady-in-pink-is-younger-than-you-think/35232/#comment-20695 Susan52 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:06:54 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=35232#comment-20695 Judith! I want those boots! LOL They just might go well with my current favorite hoodie, the one I described in <a href="http://blissfullydomestic.com/timeless-bliss/i-heard-it-my-way/" rel="nofollow">this Timeless Bliss post</a>. Judith! I want those boots! LOL They just might go well with my current favorite hoodie, the one I described in this Timeless Bliss post.

]]> By: Judith http://blissfullydomestic.com/life-bliss/beauty-and-fashion/the-lady-in-pink-is-younger-than-you-think/35232/#comment-20686 Judith Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:21:57 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=35232#comment-20686 Some of my baby boomer friends say that it's a hormone thing, that post-menopausal women gain a kind of courage and confidence .... I don't know if it's hormonally based or not, but I am definitely much more my self, more comfortable in my own skin (imperfections and all) than I ever was before. I find myself buying clothes that I really like (I'm a "winter" in terms of color season) and the jewel tones of royal blue, emerald, ruby, deep turquoise, are the things I buy now to go with my neutrals (lots of black; it's good on me) I play more with style, though I do NOT attempt the current teenage trends, and I will not wear spaghetti straps or anything I can't wear a decent bra with! LOL It is harder to find clothes that really fit (that's an important criteria now .... saggy jeans do NOT look good on me anymore!) but I'm more content with some basic pieces that do, and mixing and matching them. I still wear jeans and my hoodie some days, especially when I'm dog walking or yard grooming or house cleaning. That was my high school and college "uniform". But I'm starting to wear slacks more often and prefer blouses to t-shirts. They make me feel better about me.... so that's what I wear. The latest outfit that made my kids smile/wince? I have a long, ankle-length black raincoat that I love (it really keeps me warm and dry), and I paired it with my new rain boots: black, with pink/shite/red polka dots. Why should the little kids have all the fun? Some of my baby boomer friends say that it’s a hormone thing, that post-menopausal women gain a kind of courage and confidence ….
I don’t know if it’s hormonally based or not, but I am definitely much more my self, more comfortable in my own skin (imperfections and all) than I ever was before.
I find myself buying clothes that I really like (I’m a “winter” in terms of color season) and the jewel tones of royal blue, emerald, ruby, deep turquoise, are the things I buy now to go with my neutrals (lots of black; it’s good on me) I play more with style, though I do NOT attempt the current teenage trends, and I will not wear spaghetti straps or anything I can’t wear a decent bra with! LOL
It is harder to find clothes that really fit (that’s an important criteria now …. saggy jeans do NOT look good on me anymore!) but I’m more content with some basic pieces that do, and mixing and matching them.
I still wear jeans and my hoodie some days, especially when I’m dog walking or yard grooming or house cleaning. That was my high school and college “uniform”. But I’m starting to wear slacks more often and prefer blouses to t-shirts. They make me feel better about me…. so that’s what I wear.
The latest outfit that made my kids smile/wince? I have a long, ankle-length black raincoat that I love (it really keeps me warm and dry), and I paired it with my new rain boots: black, with pink/shite/red polka dots. Why should the little kids have all the fun?

]]> By: Susan52 http://blissfullydomestic.com/life-bliss/beauty-and-fashion/the-lady-in-pink-is-younger-than-you-think/35232/#comment-20660 Susan52 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:23:58 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=35232#comment-20660 Way to go, Judith! Isn't the freedom to be yourself refreshing? I'm glad I'm old enough now to realize that. Thanks so much for the comment! Way to go, Judith! Isn’t the freedom to be yourself refreshing? I’m glad I’m old enough now to realize that. Thanks so much for the comment!

]]> By: Judith http://blissfullydomestic.com/life-bliss/beauty-and-fashion/the-lady-in-pink-is-younger-than-you-think/35232/#comment-20626 Judith Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:09:54 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=35232#comment-20626 Susan, you've nailed it! I wore a knee-length, denim pencil skirt a couple of times recently, not because it was especially flattering to my 55 year old hips and thighs, but because it made me feel the age of my daughters (23 and 28) -- or maybe younger! And this past summer, I bought some skorts in black, navy, denim, and khaki because I was tired of wearing long jeans or slacks. And I've been wearing longer skirts for 2 decades. And regular shorts seemed to make me look awful, so the skort was a compromise. It was a skirt that was shorter than I would normally wear,but it was casual like shorts. I wore them nearly every day and I loved them. Though I do admit I heard a woman from my church say, "There she is in that short skirt again!" and I didn't stop wearing them! I'm with you .... sometimes I just dress to match my insides and please myself, whether others think it appropriate or not. Susan, you’ve nailed it!
I wore a knee-length, denim pencil skirt a couple of times recently, not because it was especially flattering to my 55 year old hips and thighs, but because it made me feel the age of my daughters (23 and 28) — or maybe younger!
And this past summer, I bought some skorts in black, navy, denim, and khaki because I was tired of wearing long jeans or slacks. And I’ve been wearing longer skirts for 2 decades. And regular shorts seemed to make me look awful, so the skort was a compromise. It was a skirt that was shorter than I would normally wear,but it was casual like shorts. I wore them nearly every day and I loved them. Though I do admit I heard a woman from my church say, “There she is in that short skirt again!” and I didn’t stop wearing them!
I’m with you …. sometimes I just dress to match my insides and please myself, whether others think it appropriate or not.

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