Do the clothes maketh the woman?

My Mum gave me a top recently. It's a sensible, practical, iron free, button up blouse. Perfect for the office. She gave it to me because she's lost some weight and thought I might be able to put it to some use. Thanks Mum.

I've worn it a few times and most of those times, people have said, "That's a nice shirt." or "I like your shirt!" I wore it today, because it was clean, needed no ironing and was the first thing I grabbed when I reached into the wardrobe.

As usual, my top drew the regular comments, but as I caught sight of myself in the mirror, I decided that I looked quite plain and matronly in it. The fact that I had a cardigan over the top (it gets chilly in my office) probably didn't really help much, but it wasn't just that. The cut, the colour....and possibly the bad hair day I was having, really didn't make me look like the young go getter that I fancy myself as.

I've decided that people compliment either clothes.....or people. In this case, they're saying "That's a nice shirt", but by no means are they saying "You look good in that shirt!" So the shirt is going to the back of the wardrobe and will probably eventually be given to the Salvo's, so that a woman of a more mature age can wear it and be told she (not the shirt) looks great.

To alleviate my distress at the realisation that my shirt made me look 57, I went and bought some new shoes. Now I am happy.