Evolution of the Platform Pump

I sat in church this morning and picked out my new friends based on their clothing ... yes, I do judge a girl by her outfit and so should you. It is an efficient way to assess whether we would have anything in common. Not that I am that shallow, but I know I won't have anything in common with a girl in velcro sandals.  (I found two friends!) While searching for friends, I scanned the blue-haired crowd and pondered on the fashion of retired women. It's all over the place. There is a plethora of ventage clothing; pieces from various decades scattered the pews. At what point do women quit keeping up fashion? When did it become trendy in the retirement community to not be trendy? Is it that they quit caring or that they just liked a specific style and stuck with it? Since I can remember, my grandmother has sported the monochromatic look. She has been highly fashionable this season ... way to go grandma, you have had one season of stylishness out of my 26 years! Even though she makes all of her clothes I don't think she ever truly cared about fashion. She just accidentally fell into a season of style. Then their are the women who don't feel the need to change because "styles ALWAYS come back around," and they do, but they are usually a much better version of their former self. My in law refused to get rid of the paneling in her house because it would come back in style; yet after two years on the market ... the paneling had to come down.

This morning after I mentally made friends with the smartly dressed girls, I vowed to be eternally chic. I looked down at my shoes with sense of pride in my vow, and seconds later it hit me, my vows were broken. I am fully aware that the platform pump is out of style; yet I bought two new pairs this season. Why? Why would I make such a fashion faux pas on purpose? The platform pump maximizes my height ... and who doesn't want to be tall? Yes, styles do come back around, the sliver shoe is now the "it" pump. However, I don't want the silver pump because the heel isn't as high, and if it were, it wouldn't be comfortable. Ms. Simpson enlightened me when I bought my first pair of platform pumps, and I never looked back. The bigger the platform, the better. Yes I am fully aware that my shoes resemble stripper shoes, but are you fully aware of how smashingly hot they make me feel? The truth is I don't want to conform and go back to the silver shoe. I forever want the tan pump. Will I conform? Maybe if Joan Rivers chastised my outfit, but then again probably not. Trends will come and go and come back again, but true style is timeless, and I guess that is what my retired blue-hair ladies realized decades ago.

Heels or flats? Heels ... I think better in heels. ~ Victoria Beckham

YOGA

I went to a yoga class today ... we started in savasana and pretty much stayed there the WHOLE time. I'm not sure they knew what vinyasa was. I looked around the classroom, and quickly realized I'm in an old people yoga class. Do I stay or leave? I watched the only other younger woman leave. She was probably 15 years older than me. Most of these women were at least in their 60s to 70s. I decided I would stay and make the best of it. Then felt slightly like a total jerk because I kept trying to do WAY more advanced moves. I just wanted a challenging workout. Of course this was the highlight of my day. Where do you go to make friends when you are unemployed, not in school, haven't found a church you like yet, and basically have no connection to the community at all? I wish there was a lemonade stand that sold friends.

The lowlight of my day was getting frustrated with the goal of finding a job. I teach elementary students, and in a retirement community that profession is a real hot commodity. I have started my search for a new career because it doesn't look like the education profession is going to pan out here, even though I paid approximately $1200.00 to get certified to teach in this state. Open for suggestions and direction in life. I feel like I just graduated college and am in that "now what" phase of life. Yet, I'm in my late 20s, and should really have it figured out in life.