In my State of the Closet post, I did some damage to my allotted space allowed here on my free word blog. Means at some point pictures are going to have to go. More than likely the majority of the clothes pictures will be a start, but I’ll wait until I reach the 95% portion.
Went digging at the website for the new school system. Am perturbed with a few things – most notably the dress code, which is more restrictive and conservative. It’s not that bad – no cold shoulder, which I don’t have, but they’ve also stated no leggings. Now my OLD school system said no leggings, but I wore them anyway with LONG tunics and no one said anything. Considering how many pairs of pants I have, this shouldn’t be an issue, but I don’t like my long tunics paired with anything but leggings or skinny pants. I”m going to be good for a few weeks and then see. They also state no denim of any color. Most places say no jeans and I do wear my black jeans and white jeans and khaki jeans.
And mint jeans and pink jeans. Also the denim tunic my sister gave me!!!!
But it’s very clear – NO DENIM OF ANY KIND OR COLOR! We’ll see if I can pass off the black, white and khaki jeans as pants.
Nothing off the shoulder. 😦 Nothing sleeveless. It’s going to be hotter than blue blazes and NO sleeveless. Thank God I have boleros and lose crochet cardigans!
No extreme fashions. What is an ‘extreme’ fashion? I hope it’s not this – 
or this
They say this is a dress. I disagree. This sucker barely goes below my fingertips! It’s a TUNIC! (Also dresses can’t be any shorter than 2 inches above the knee. I know a few teachers at my old school who would really have fits with that! We had one whose dresses barely covered her hoohaa!
I hope pointy toed shoes aren’t a no-no or ‘extreme’!
It will really bother me if they say this is extreme.
I’m quite certain my thigh high boots will be a no no!
In addition, when I applied for jobs, I checked before hand to make sure that not only do they take out for Teacher Retirement, they also take out Social Security. The list I got from the Department of Labor said they did. In dinking around the employee handbook, they take out for Medicaid (elderly healthcare that Obamacare robbed and made so inferior, our elderly are having a hard time finding doctors who will take it, among other things I won’t go into here!) but not Social Security (retirement) which I’m depending on in order to retire at 65. I am not happy with this and am thinking my eventual move closer to my family will be sooner (1 to 2 years) rather than later (3+) years.
Now that I’ve regaled you with all of that, how about some Guy Day, eh?
And there ya have it!!! Have a great weekend!
Thank you for Guy Day. I noticed that pic behind you in the music tunic pic
beautiful. Wait and see first step BOE then find house and move.
Thanks! My mom gave it to me and I want to say she bought it from I believe a Home Interior Party.
It is stunning and fits you to a T!! IMO!
Guy makes everything better.
YES!
I saw a post earlier where someone was making fun of Guy fans, where he was mean and horrible to Marian and their relationship wasn’t healthy and we’re all so crazy for loving him (Guy-Stans) and I”m thinking… you didn’t look very hard, did you, obviously all up in Marian’s ass where she put people in danger trying to one up Guy and Vaisey! Sheesh! I’ll take Guy over Robin ANY day.
See this negativity is everywhere!! Geez, I know you were not crazy about Guy and Marian but I loved them as a couple. Robin was douchey the way he subordinated Marian and Marian knew it! Guy rules!!!!!!
Oh she didn’t like either, even tho at one point, she was resigned to marry him because he DID have qualities.
But she used him and wrapped him around her finger. How many times did he save her life and how does she repay him? Tries to kill Vaisey KNOWING the entire county will suffer if she does. I GET why people ship them. I don’t ship them. I prefer to see Guy with Genevieve!!!! I LOVE Guy!
I love Guy and Genevieve too and shipping as you know is not my thing although if people want to then go for it. Marian I think loved Guy in her own way. Guy was much better suited for her in every way than Robin. Robin I always thought found her an object to covet whereas Guy thought of her as a woman and the more independent she became the more he loved her IMO.
I think in the beginning Guy loved her because she was the prettiest and the highest born and would be such a jewel on his arm. I believe the changed as time went on and he saw her better qualities, which there were some. But I think he was fighting a battle he would never win and was completely unprepared to lose.
Yes I think that is very well said. Those are great ending lines!! Marian made Guy a better man IMO.
Quite proud to be a Guy-Stan!
You and me both!
I don’t understand this ‘stan’ thing… I know it’s an insult of sorts but the whole thing just sounds like made up mumbo jumbo!
Is it wrong to wish he were real and would walk in right now and masterfully have his way with me? I think not.
I would be his bitch and playtoy in a heartbeat!!!
By the way, it’s apparently from an Eminem song about an overzealous fan named Stan.
As I’m NOT an Eminem fan, it goes over my head and means nothing!
Me too Sue me too!!!! Guy rocks!!!
I loathe that expression “stan”. It sounded like an insult before I even knew what it meant!
Guy deserved more than Marian, but he risked so much for her and to be with her, that I wanted her to choose him over Robin. I thought that Guy grieved for her on a much deeper level than Robin, who moved on quickly with Kate while Guy was in a hell of his own making. So much for him being a cardboard cutout baddie. That we care so much about him speaks volumes for the way Richard played him.
Exactly Mezz that we care so much is totally credit to Richards acting. I never bought him saying he wanted audience to feel creeped out by Guy. My reaction was quite the opposite I loved Guy the more I saw him!
I think the first season, in the beginning, yeah, he wanted the audience to be completely creeped out, but then the direction of his character changed… and the rest is history!
Well maybe for me the first few episodes b/c my dad had warned me that I wouldn’t like Richard as Guy at first but I loved him the more I saw of him and his interaction w./Marian grew and grew and that is what I focused on.
I fell in love with Sir Guy of Gisborne, when he fell all over his tongue trying to invite her to the faire. That first blushed and eye fluttered ‘m’lady’ did me in!
I always thought he was so sweet and tender under the leather garb and sneers
He COULD be. He could also be a complete shit!
The way they sling it as an insult, well it hit a wall because to me it’s just a made up word for a made up ship. Why should anyone ELSE care about what I like, think, or fantasize? Please.
Guy became such a beautiful, complex character who grew MUCH more than Blobbin or Vaisey. In the end, HE was the hero. At one point, I had hoped Marian would choose him, but… in the end it bothered me that there was no one waiting on the other side for Guy, unlike The Jerk, who had Marian, despite he was already moving on with Kate and Isabella.
Guy deserved someone who LOVED him, accepted him for not only his glorious nape curlz and gorgeous blue eyes – and those peaches! – but also his warts and his past. Hence, why I am Team Genevieve!!!
“Blobbin” you and Guylty are on a roll today! Thank you both much needed for me.
Seriously? Well, I’d happily stan Guy any day. (Eh, I actually do… *lol*) Sure, he’s the baddie of the piece. But only if you look skin-deep. Underneath there is definitely more conflict going on than under Robin’s bum-fluffed mug. But well, each to their own…
“Bum fluffed mug” 🤣🤣🤣 wonderful description Guylty spot on!!
Hehe, I love to find ever new insults for Forest Boy.
Forest Boy is brilliant too!🤣🤣👍👏👏
Not my coinage, though! Credit to those before me.
ok but thank you for using it. The visuals alone made me smile!!
WhatKatyDid has a LOT of nasty euphemisms for Blob-head.
Speaking of, has anyone heard from her in a while?
Blobhead *roflmao*
Nope, haven’t. Hope all’s well.
I do to. I should drop her a note after I reboot. Last I heard from her was after she got home from her NZ visit.
If you’re in the mood for some Guy and Marian, this is a lovely video……
Thank you for “my love”. Speaking of Marian, one of the the scenes that showed her true colors to me is when she allowed the guard to be tortured when she was the one who gave the info to Robin and she heard him being tortured. Yes such a sweetie. She was a bit** who used Guys love to suit her own purposes. He was fine when he saved her neck but this did not matter. She kept on using. Guy with Genevieve is a superb couple, standing up to each other and unconditional love, which he deserved. a good strong woman. Marian showed the height of her selfishness when she tried to kill Vaisey, as you said, knowing the whole of Nottingham would be destroyed. Funny Richard said he did not feel Guy really meant to kill her that he was going in for a clutch out of anger and ended up stabbing her. He said they talked about the scene for two nights and it really bothered him. There was too much to say to each other.
I don’t think Guy meant to kill her. I don’t. I think he loved her up until that moment and continued loving her even after. I don’t think she was the one for him. Hell, I don’t think she was the one for Robin either. I understand why fans have shipped Marian and Guy, I do. I don’t ship them. I’ve read Marian/GUy fanfic. I’ve read AMAZING Marian/Guy fanfic. I prefer to see Guy with a woman who will stand up to him, stand up with him and not use him for her own purposes.
I like Guy with Genevieve!
So agree with you Zee!
I agree, which is why I didn’t like the way the Marian character was written. I think Zee’s Genevieve and Guy are perfect. Satisfactory character development that isn’t really ‘fantasy’ either because people can love each other like that. Well maybe not all the hot ways Zee accounts for, but I think you know what I mean. haha
Guy was, in many ways, a very needy person. I know WHY he was initially attracted to Marian and I understand WHY he became reattracted to her after she publicly humiliated him. So I wrote a character for him, who was strong, but could also give him power and forgiveness that he needed.
I wear a lot of jeans-cut pants. They are not denim. They are jeans-cut, which fit my body well and are acceptable as business casual with a bit of a heel or a boot. As long as the material isn’t actually denim, maybe you’re okay.
I have a black pair that if I tucked the shirt in, they’d look like black jeans. They’re NOT denim. But I have a pair of WHITE pants that are denim and a pair of khaki pants that are denim. Also the pink distressed pair and the minty green pair with the cut outs around the ankle. They are denim. I wouldn’t wear the pink pair to school, but I have worn the green pair, as well as the white and black and khaki. I wear them with long shirts so you can’t see.
I’ve invested too much money in my wardrobe. Like I said, I’ll be ‘nice’ for the first 2 weeks before deciding what I can and can’t get away with. Sleeveless, if I HAVE to wear a cardigan or jacket or bolero will kill me. I have them and I wear them if I have to, but…
Yeah, I’d play by the rules for a bit and then see what others are wearing. Then you’ll see what’s acceptable in that culture. You don’t want to be too much of a rebel until they see how great you are at your job.
I’ve been thinking back over my career and apparently, I’ve been a bit of a rebel in every school. I think I REALLY need a great admin report when I leave in a few years. I know the admin at THIS school won’t give it to me . I had a really narrow window to work in because of it.
I have enough clothes to work with anyway. I suspect I can get away with the black ‘jeans’ because they really aren’t jeans to begin with. THe leggings (or knit skinny pants) are the question. My tunics are so long, however, but we’ll see…
Could it be the rule so people don’t wear ratty looking denim pants? I don’t know, but maybe it all depends on how professional you look and I know you are trying to do that. So maybe you’ll be alright. Fingers crossed. 🌼
Nooo. They just don’t want us wearing jeans everyday. There has long been a push that because Teachers ARE degreed professionals, we should look the part. However we’re on our feet, in the floor, doing a lot of movement… and we’re paid shitty unless you have a Masters and Doctorate pretty early. We provide a LOT of items for our classrooms. Not only our own stuff, but our kids stuff as well – paper, pencils, I”ve bought lunch for kids, breakfast for kids. I also spent probably about 300.00 for teaching materials in my classroom this year. It adds up.
That makes sense, but from the pics you show, your style is professional, so I hope you aren’t too stymied. Let me know when you have a new mailing address, (if you want) and I’ll get you some comics for your new students reading pleasure. 📚
The day I move, I’ll give it to you!
I tend to wear leggings more often than not. I can camouflage that they’re leggings with the long tunics, so I’m hoping that I wear them that way, it’s not so obvious.
We used to have a woman wear leggings when she shopped in one of our stores and every time the staff saw her headed in, I could tell because they would groan loudly and then when she walked in, they would avoid looking at her. It was pretty obvious, but she didn’t ever seem to catch on.
The problem was, she would wear the leggings with a very short top or a tucked in top and it was just not a flattering look at all. But I do think the boys made more of it than they needed to.
Typically older women in leggings isn’t a good thing. I think they think it makes them look thinner, when actually it accentuates the belly rolls. That’s why I wear tunics – has to cover my ass, preferably to mid-thigh. Practically every picture I’ve posted, I’ve been wearing leggings.
It wasn’t so much belly rolls as ‘Camel Toe’ that was making them cringe.
oh ew!!!! Again – long long long tunics!!!! I bought a dress recently that was so short, I decided it’s really a tunic and I have tunics longer than it!
ok but you should wear more dresses. You have lovely gams and should show them off more!! And skirts too maybe maxis or A line skirts which are my favorite. Imagine the possibilities with your montage of blouses and gorgeous dusters and kimonos now
I don’t wear skirts anymore because I have no waist. But I do have several dresses I love to wear and do wear!
there are a godzillion skirt styles out there that you would rock! But yes you should wear dresses. The pics you post in dresses are my fav!!
I really liked the big Daisy dress I wore the last day of school. It has a little cap sleeve. My other dresses are sleeveless. If they’re going to be sticklers on the whole sleeveless thing, I might get 2 or 3 more little cap dresses like my Daisy Dress.
You could pair the sleeveless ones with a cardi and touch up with necklaces. Infinite possibilities and fun in the process!! You’ll be fine.
I have some boleros – white, burgundy and teal – as well as a black and a beige loose crochet cardigans. I mean, if push comes to shove, I can still wear these dresses anyway. I CAN make these things work.
You can make ANYTHING work you are very versatile…
When I buy something, it’s under the impression that I can work it with more than one thing.
Except for the side legged orange pattern pants. Those go with one thing and one thing only!
Honestly, I could wear a different out every day and not wear the same outfit twice in a school year! I had clothes I didn’t wear last year… my In Your Face Orange outfit…
Love your wardrobe choice and I do hope you can sneak some of those lovely outfits under the radar.
I think eventually, I’ll be good. I do believe, however, that the taupe and black scrolled leggings with the lace up army boots won’t fly.
Hahaha, 🤣 I’m crying laughing, you said: “We had one whose dresses barely covered her hoohaa!” 🤣 One of my brothers loves dating women like that! 🤣 (wipes tears from eyes)
No really – she wears her clothes WAY too tight and she’s NOT a small woman. When they first hired her, she was walking down the hall in her 7 inch spike heels and dropped something. When she bent over to pick it up, the art teacher and gym teacher (both male) who were walking behind her said she was wearing NO UNDERWEAR!!!! She’s come out of her tops as well.
I will layer clothes before I let my lady bits and my girls become public fodder!
Agreed! No one needs to see the/my girls.
I don’t want ANYONE looking at my girls or girly bits.
Except a certain tall Brit…
Even if I had the chance, I doubt I’d ever be inclined showing that tall Brit anything. I’m shy that way. haha
I’d have no problem stripping… except in a dark room!
Haha, and to think, when I was a kid, the nuns spent years trying to teach me to sit with my legs together. I was such trouble, but by the time my hubs got to me. . . well I’ll spare you that hilarity. (Stupidly, it never occurred to me how skimpy a bikini was when I’d wear them back in my younger days.) Still, bikini’s aren’t nude. Needless to say, I’m not gonna be seen in a bikini now, much less in the nude. (Horrors)
When I had a figure and was younger, we had to buy my bikinis at the mix and match places. I’m 16 years old, living on the coast of Florida – everyone has a bikini! But I wear a D cup and have a 22 inch waist… size 8 bottom. Even one pieces didn’t fit right.
Chiming in I never wore bikinis always felt self convey
Now no freakin way!!
OH no way in hell will you catch me in a 2 piece of any kind. Not even a Tankini!!! But back then….
Ouch Talk about top heavy! I hated it when I got to size D cup a,d would try to sweat off as much as I could. We just aren’t all built the same.
Mimi that’s all I ever dream about now a days showing the tall Brit all everywhere and anywhere… in any mood.. he .. is.. in or I. am ..in..
Well he is a treat for our eyes and ears. I cannot deny that. 💕
Oh yes yes yes!! Creamy dreamy Richie!!
Yep me for sure!! My boobs are tucked away and the lady bits haven’t been seen since the last HP movie! 😜😝
I got 2 new bras and I’d forgotten how HIGH the girls are supposed to be! LOL!