Since the job market has forced me to become semi-retired, I have noticed a new trend in clothing. Well, not everybody’s clothing, just mine. From years of wearing business suits and dresses, I have morphed into sweatshirts and comfy pants. I just happened to glance in the bathroom mirror…Holy Moly! Not a pretty sight!
Don’t get me wrong, I really do take a lot of pride in how I look but without a definite schedule, I seem to have gotten, umm, let’s just say 'too comfortable' on the days I don’t have to be somewhere in particular.
Back in the days before pantyhose, I wouldn’t be caught dead without a girdle and nylons. I never burned my bra but I cremated my girdle many years ago! Fear not, however, you won’t catch me in Walmart in my jammy bottoms or with my midriff oozing over the top of hip hugging jeans!
I know I’m not alone in my ‘casual attire’, so what do you like to wear when you're hanging around the house?
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I am a real fan of cargo pants because they give me pockets for everything I want to carry around. So I wear those almost all the time these days. The top varies with the weather, but right now I have an undershirt and a turtleneck over the ubiquitous cargo pants. Socks and crocs complete the ensemble.
First off, be careful how you dress in Walmart! There are people secretly taking your picture with their cell phones and posting them on that website, I forgot what it is right now, but it is specifically for the odd looking people who shop at Walmart. It is not sponsored by Walmart, of course!
If I know I'm not going out anymore for the evening, off comes the bra, I throw on jogging pants and an old sweater that the zipper is broken at the neckline, socks and slippers. That's how I spell RELIEF! Aaahhh.....
Pretty much the same as you right now, but once the weather warms up, it will be t-shirts and comfy capri pants!!
I live in Jeans. Love them. Mine are the low rise though I have no midriff ozzing over the top. :-)
I like the layered look on top. I usually wear a long sleeve tee with a short sleeve tee over. I wear that around the house and when I got out!
We could be twins. I am the queen of comfort. Once I retired I found comfort clothes and have never looked back. 30 years of wearing a white uniform went out the window. At one time I had more nurse's uniforms than regular clothes. I love jeans and sweatshirts now - not the sloppy grunge look, but the easy breezy casual.
In the winter, I'm in SWEATS all of the time. I do manage to dress when we got out--but when I'm home, I'm comfy!!!!
I have seen those horrible looking jammie bottoms in Walmart here. GADS!!!!
Hugs,
Betsy
My nice warm flannel pyjamas! With a t-shirt and a pair of leggings underneath and finished off by a pair of warm woolly socks (that my grandmother knitted for me). And before you ask: I don't wear pyjamas to bed: way too hot!
I'm retired as well, and I find these days I wear whatever is handy. Colder days it's old, well worn sweat suits. Warmer days, old, ragged-out jeans or shorts and a shirt befitting the temps. No need dressing up to do laundry, houswork, dishes or taking care of the 'girls' (Doxies).
Definitely my black sweat pants and a soft loose tshirt!!!! Oh and my house shoes!
Oh, yes, I've gotten very casual in my attire since I retired. Around home I mostly wear sweatpants and a t-shirt, but will put on jeans when I go someplace. If I have to pull out dress-up clothes for some special event I have a hard time putting it all together. Fortunately for me Fairbanks is a very casual sort of place and you can wear your jeans just about anywhere. I've got to go along with you on the jammy bottoms and oozing midriff bit--not a good look even on a young body.
Yep, for me it's sweaters/sweatshirts and the most comfortable pants I can find. Since I've been retired for ten years, I rarely get "dressed up" like I did before. I do my shopping these days at the Goodwill and I'm always amazed at what great stuff I find. So I keep a pretty good supply of pants and sweaters. Almost forgotten what it was like to "dress up" for work everyday!! Hope your week is going well, Sunny!
Sylvia
Like you Sunny, when I was working it was suits and heels every day. But now I live in jeans. Right now I'm wearing jeans, tee shirt and flip flops. I know it winter but I don't wear real shoes unless I go outside. If I'm going to Walmart I wear jeans, a nice top or tee and either boots with the jeans tucked in or my platform clogs (small platform).
My favorite outfit is...a Black Long Sleeve V-neck Tee Shirt and "Comfortable" Jeans or Cargo Pants. Somtimes the pajamas stay on late or go on early!
Yes, Sunny, I have noticed that kind of dress in different places that I've been. Mostly it's the Ladies that wear these pants and blouse's that look like PJ's. They also look as if they just got out of bed! Seems to me that people out there just don't care what they wear or what they look like.
As for me? Yes, I do care what I look like, but not to the point that I want to impress anyone when just doing general run around.
My "uniform" has changed, also as the years have passed. At one time, while working as a Machinist for 30 yrs., I had to wear dungarees or Dickee's Pants with a scale in my breast pocket, safety shoes, and safety glass's. Now, I wear a green shirt, black pants, and black shoes. My everyday Uniform to work as a cook.
Hello Sunny
I suppose it depends on the weather - its summer here in Melbourne at the moment so some days its shorts andd tshirt round the house, if its cooler its could be cotton cargo pants and a tshirt. Shoes tend to be non existent. Round the house you'll see me in bare feet,thongs/flip flops or sandals.
Like you after years of uniforms, skirts and heels, unless its going to the city or a restaurant its comfort all the way.
Take care
Cathy
Around the house, T-shirts, comfy pull up pants, socks, no bra if I can help it but then some neighbor rings the doorbell........or I am caught outside by the postman. I should dress better.
By all the comments it looks like we have created a retirees uniform:"Frumpanista"
I wear as little as possible in this heat. Shorts and T-shirt, no shoes.
The elastic waistband is what has brought us all to slobness. Nothing I own is with out the EW.
Comfort is king here, loose and nonbinding rule.
Oh, you don't want to see me now! Braless, of course, with a wife beater tshirt, leggings, house shoes and robe. It is a sad scary sight.
Most off time at the farm is spent wearing anything with pockets. One for camera and one for treasures I find. If it's wet I wear rubber boots outside, if not, flip flops.
Warn me when you are coming and I will try to dress better.
During the cold months, I put on long underwear, a turtleneck and sweats...a jacket, hat, scarf or gater if it is really cold and double mittens. If I am teaching my class, going to chorus or doing something during the day...it's jeans, a turtleneck, sweater or sweatshirt and a cozy vest. If I'm not going anywhere, I live in my barn clothes all day and take a shower after evening chores and get right into my PJs. Being comfortable is very important. I'm retired...what the heck.....
I definitely wouldn't win any best dressed awards, that's for sure. Any thing comfy is just fine by me too. If someone knocks on my door, I just run and hide :)
Casual attire is one benefit of retirement. I usually were sweatshirts and pants around the house in cold weather, tee shirt and shorts in warm weather.
After a life at the university, it was very difficult to have anything to wear at home. I had work clothes, a couple of pair of jeans and a couple of sweaters. In the last six years, that has changed. I live now on the top of a mountain and I might not leave home to go "down the slope" for a week or more. Don't need to. But it has to be a constant effort on my part not to just wear sweats or PJ's or go around the house with no makeup and my hair in a pony tail. But I try, cause it just makes me feel better. And, I think I am more creative and productive when I am not just slouching around. Plus, who knows when the UPS man is going to show up???
I always used to wear business suits, and high heels too. And of course a matching bag. Where I work now, people dress in more comfortable clothes, so I wear slacks and flat shoes. It's Heaven..! *heh*
At home, I like to wear a cotton shift -- braless, of course. :-)
same as you. sweat pants, t-shirt, sweat shirt, two pairs of socks and slippers. what a sight!! :-) it is cold here in Michigan!!
My middle name is casual! I love sweats and T's and then capris are my very favorite..with pockets. I love my crocs and my snow boots..and warm slippers. I have been known to stay in my jammies all day once in awhile too..a real vacation from a bra day:)
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