#JusJoJan - 27/1/31 - Glamourous

Welcome! I’m here with our twenty-seventh prompt for Just Jot it January 2025. Our prompt today comes to us from the sensational Sadje. Thank you, Sadje! You can find her blog HERE.  To find out more about the challenge and see who else is taking part go HERE to the lovely Linda's blog.

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 27th, 2025 is “glamorous.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!

Well, having checked out the full definition of glamourous I don't think I've ever truly deserved that description.

I like to dress for comfort.  Currently it's early(ish) morning and I'm still wrapped in my comfy dressing gown.  I like coming down first in the morning and having some quiet time away from Hubby's snoring lol.

But my outfit for the day will, no doubt, consist of either comfy jogging style bottoms or jeans with a comfy top.  So different from when I was working and had, as a School Business Manager, to look smart.  Hmm yes smart, but not glamourous.

My go to shoes will be trainers or, in the winter, boots.  I have 2 pairs of boots that I wear a lot.  A warm comfy pair and a smarter pair if I'm going out but both are flats.  I do own an even smarter pair with a low heel but I'd only wear those if going somewhere that required little walking.

I stick to safe clothing although I have, twice, done one of those personal shopper appointments at a department store and bought a few things that I would never have looked at if on my own.

I think the best lesson I learned from one of those was that if an item has a belt, e.g. a long top, to tie it at the back rather than wrap it around and tie at the front.  Such a simple thing which many of you are probably shouting at your screens saying "of course - didn't you know that?" well no I didn't!  But it does create a much better look.

Left to my own devices my entire wardrobe would probably consist of blue.  Different shades maybe but blue although there is a fair amount of pink in there too.

I'm not sure what possessed me to buy a green dress for the wedding we went to in Spain a couple of years ago.  I did know I'd be photographed with my sister-in-laws some of whom can definitely do glamour better than I ever could.

But even for a wedding I still went comfy and although the sandals are quite sparkly, they're still flat!

Of course for my own wedding I went fairy tale wedding dress style:

For our younger son's wedding I toned it down a bit.

I tried for glamour at our other son's wedding.

I made the mistake of going for a pair of shoes that definitely looked good but were almost impossible to walk in and have only been worn for that occasion.  They're still sitting in the wardrobe though, I really should donate them to a charity shop!

For our daughter's wedding I went the full Mother of the Bride outfit - the most expensive outfit I've ever bought!  Another worn once outfit still sitting in my wardrobe that I should part with.

But today it looks like I might be able to get out for a walk - it's been quite windy and rainy the last few days so I'll be needing these:

Good old reliable wellies.  They might not be glamourous but hey - they are purple! (And muddy.)