Oh my god they do my head in, no I’m not a naturist quite the opposite I actually like nice clothes. But being over weight and finding nice clothes, not even riding attire. Just day to day clothes that don’t gape at the neck or shrink upwards but still remain wider than the widescreen tv. And if you do find anything you do actually like you have to pay through the nose for it.

The other day I was in m&co which isn’t somewhere I normally go thinking they don’t do plus size ( but they had a cute kiddie jumper in the window) so imagine my surprise to see a nice jumper in my size. And then imagine my utter surprise to see it was £32. Ok I know I may be a little behind the times but surely that is too much for an average jumper.

It doesn’t help that being overweight you don’t tend to have these so called capsule wardrobes. You have things that fit and those that don’t! And invariably as each season comes around you find you actually have nothing suitable left because it shrunk or wore through. I have a friend that still wears tops she had in her 20’s the only thing I have left from then is a 36b bra, Don’t ask me why!

So there you have it basically I got soo pissed off with needing clothes and not finding anything i liked or within my budget, when on the next rail there was something I liked and reasonably priced but only went upto a size 20. And when I did find something I couldn’t help but think you’ve got loads of clothes in your wardrobe that if only you lost a little you could wear.

Talking of my wardrobe, I actually haven got as much as I thought after I went through it yesterday and took out everything that if I was honest I didn’t really like and if I was more honest I would never fit into. I had size 18 trousers that would come upto my armpits. I had polo type tops with stripes! don’t even get me started on the unsuitable riding clothes I have (ok I will but in my next post).

So after an hour of sifting and sorting I managed to free up 30 hangers. And that’s including hanging the four new long sleeved tshirts I just ordered from Evans. I got so sick of buying tops that shrink in the wrong places. And these worked out at £15 for 2. I have also ordered another couple of pairs of leggings from tesco at £7 a pair.

This will be the base of my wardrobe for now, sure I don’t entirely believe on putting off having nice stuff just because your overweight and if you can afford them then why the hell not. But for me right now I just want something I can wear day to day, that looks decent enough and doesn’t drag in the mud.

Obviously if money was no object I would be dressed top to toe in some kind of colour coded riding outfit, more on this next time.