About

Beginning in either late middle school or early high school I decided that I hated jeans.  Truthfully the reason had a bit to do with the fact that I was, as one of my girlfriends used to say “pleasantly plump,”  and just didn’t feel like there were any jeans out there that accentuated my assets.   I quickly learned that the better I dressed the more confident I felt.   In fact, when I was 15 I got a part time job (much to my mother’s chagrin) so that I would have disposable income to buy the clothes I wanted. 

Probably like many young ladies I was incredibly self concious and never wanted to be singled out as the person who was not appropriately dressed for the occasion – whatever it was.   So I began to think about what I thought the appropriate clothing for the situation would be and then I would step it up a notch. 

Today – when people meet me they often comment about how confident I appear to be as a person……could this be a residual effect of always trying to over dress?  I don’t know if anyone could ever trully find the answer to that question, as I am sure there are a multitude of other contributing factors.  Still – I strive never to be under dressed.