Thursday Thirteen #98: Next to My Skin
It’s time for the Thursday Thirteen again, and IT’S TIME FOR MY BIRTHDAY this weekend. 43??? Yes, forty-three. I love you 43, cuz you’re not 23 or 53. (But 33 would be alright again. I liked being 33 1/3 — a long-playing record!) You know what I want for my birthday? Clothes. New clothes. Skirts, tights, dresses, lingerie, maybe a few new blouses and some shoes. And a personal shopper, because I hate trying on clothes — the lights, the dressing rooms, the back and forth, this is too small, this is too big…
Would that be the best birthday, or what? Just me, some silk, cotton and linen, and someone to say “Fabulous, darling”…
(Edited to say: My husband swiped my idea! And my pajamas!)
13 Favorite Clothing Items of Mine, Past and Present:
13. A leopard-print flannel shirt that had “Wildcat” embroidered on the pocket.
12. A mustard-yellow bowling jacket that was embroidered “Rita” on the pocket.
11. A vintage rayon dress I bought for five bucks in the East Village in New York, at a big clothing warehouse. Black, with a pattern of white swirls. Long, simple, slinky, with buttons up the front, short sleeves, a v-neck. I wore it ’til it was in tatters.
10. A short blue and white flowered cotton dress I bought at the same place, same day, same price. It kinda looked like a flapper dress. It was the perfect summer dress.
9. The sexy, perfect, tight little black dress I wore all through college. Sigh.
8. The turquoise tank top I wear all the time now.
7. My wedding dress.
6. The red maternity dress my husband bought me when I was hugely pregnant with our first baby and too fat for all the other maternity clothes (the “Pregnancy Kit” with shirt, skirt, leggings; the khakis; the shorts) he’d already bought me. Ditto the blue denim maternity dress with Winnie the Pooh on the front that I wouldn’t have been caught dead in any other time. It was so roomy, and had pockets. It was summertime. The weather was too damn hot. I wore it for a month straight.
5. My Ann Taylor jeans.
4. My Old Navy white dress shirt. Plain, one pocket. Goes with everything. I’m wearing it right now!
3. The sundress and matching scarf my mom made for me when I was six — it was a long granny dress, white fabric with a pattern of tiny blue and yellow flowers. She added turquoise piping and a matching scarf. It was my favorite outfit ever, to this day.
2. My Levi jean jacket. That I lost. And the Iowa Hawkeyes jean jacket. That I lost. And my new Levi jean jacket, that I hope to never misplace. (I have a history of misplacing jackets. I’m on my seventh fleece jacket as of this writing.)
1. My blue string bikini underpants that my ex stole when he moved out. Freak!
Happy Thursday!!!
Edited to say: Thanks, Tink, who reminds us: June 21 “we celebrate Litha, also known as Midsummer, Summer Solstice, Alban Heruin, Sun Blessing, Feill-Sheathain, Vestalia, Thing-tide, All Couples Day, Feast of Epona, Saint John’s Day, Ivan Kupala Day or Gathering Day.” Happy Solstice, all!
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Happy TT. I rented my wedding dress. LOL! :)
June 20th, 2007 | #
Happy Birthday! Sounds like a fun list of gifts – hope you have a great celebration
June 20th, 2007 | #
Happy shopping and happy birthday! And happy summer solstice!
June 20th, 2007 | #
Ewwww, that last one was tad creepy. Happy Happy Birthday, hope your hubby read your list tonight for ideas.
June 20th, 2007 | #
Happy Birthday. My husband just celebrated his 40th this past weekend and he wanted scotch, not clothes. Loved the list – but the last one – ewww – ever wonder what you ex did with the underwear?
June 20th, 2007 | #
Happy Birthday! Hope you get all the clothes you want. :-)
June 20th, 2007 | #
Hey! Thanks, you guys, for the birthday cheer. Christine and Jenny — he also stole my stereo, answering machine and all my college textbooks and novels. But he *left* his former girlfriend’s books. (The one before me. He apparently stole all of *her* stuff when she threw him out, but had lost interest in it?) Very odd dude. Chalk that one up to “what was I thinking?”
June 20th, 2007 | #
What a great idea for a TT – and Happy Birthday!
June 21st, 2007 | #
Oh, man – I have more than a few ‘what was I thinking?’ in my own repertoire, but no panty thiefs!
Happy birthday, says your elder (only by one year – but still!)
June 21st, 2007 | #
Afraid I’d not be a very good personal shopper for ya, so I’ll just wish you a happy B.D. anniversary.
:-)
June 21st, 2007 | #
And when do you wear your wedding dress again ?
June 21st, 2007 | #
I loved my wedding dress too. I wish I could fit into it again. Your EX stole your bikini bottoms – yeah freak.
Happy TT, come visit mine!
June 21st, 2007 | #
The old blue sundress I bought in Paris. And the body that fit in it *sigh*…
Hope you had/have a great birthday!
June 21st, 2007 | #
Happy Birthday, fun TT!! Everyone loves a great white dress shirt and denim jacket, and in fact they look great together and with that turquise tank underneath…even better…ok, just on a fashion thing today since we were deciding what to wear for our family photos tonight and the colors we’re doing are blues and whites so I have that on my brain!
An undie stealing ex…weird!
June 21st, 2007 | #
Great list! Hope your ex isn’t lending out your panties, lol.
June 21st, 2007 | #
Sending you birthday wishes!!
June 21st, 2007 | #
I want a cute little black dress! Right now I have my friend’s dress held hostage!
June 21st, 2007 | #
What a cute idea for a list! Love it.
June 21st, 2007 | #