The grey dress from Hobbs, is my first choice. But it's a size ten and despite a week long diet of coffee and air...it still doesn't fit. Which is illogical. Because by the fourth day my jeans were needing a belt to stay up....
How little do you have to eat to get to size ten? How fat was I before?
In my black suit, I'd be mistaken for the funeral director.
My black work dresses are...worn...
This leaves the blue flowery dress or the purple silk.
The purple silk was worn to Wayne's funeral and is, frankly beginning to accumulate too many bad memories.
Sigh
Reflect it makes bugger all difference.
Reflect the Glaswegians won't be expecting much sartorially from anyone from Edinburgh anyway.
Reflect it would matter like hell to my (Glaswegian) mother.
Sob the hell out of the blue dress.
Which sort of decides things for the purple.....
How little do you have to eat to get to size ten? How fat was I before?
In my black suit, I'd be mistaken for the funeral director.
My black work dresses are...worn...
This leaves the blue flowery dress or the purple silk.
The purple silk was worn to Wayne's funeral and is, frankly beginning to accumulate too many bad memories.
Sigh
Reflect it makes bugger all difference.
Reflect the Glaswegians won't be expecting much sartorially from anyone from Edinburgh anyway.
Reflect it would matter like hell to my (Glaswegian) mother.
Sob the hell out of the blue dress.
Which sort of decides things for the purple.....
11 May 2012 at 11:43
[hug]
11 May 2012 at 12:16
It mattered at the time, but now I can't remember what I wore to my mother's funeral. Hugs to you, love. You're in my thoughts.
11 May 2012 at 12:59
Macy, I wish I could give you a huge hug!
Purple will be perfect. :¬)
xxx
11 May 2012 at 16:14
Be comfortable - it will be a long day. Purple is a good colour.
I think your little boy will give you courage to get through the day.
Warmest wishes.
11 May 2012 at 16:30
Shoes you can stand about in all day! Purple will be grand, even if you decide to never wear it again.
Wishing you and the Cherub strength and hugs
11 May 2012 at 17:11
Purple would be very suitable. And then afterwards you can put it away in a box along with all the bad memories and concentrate on the good ones. Thinking of you.
11 May 2012 at 18:27
If it would have mattered like hell to your mother you have your answer don't you......am sending hugs x
11 May 2012 at 18:28
Macy - the purple will look great. It's a good colour for a funeral. I really hope all goes well x
11 May 2012 at 21:49
Yes, I think purple is good. And what do Glaswegians know about sartoriality? There's a pretty odd assortment of clothing down Byres Road.
11 May 2012 at 22:30
xoxoxoxo for you and the cherub, sugar. you have my heart.
12 May 2012 at 00:22
What she wore, if clothes could speakl Purple with a new pair of shoes - cobalt shoes or red?
12 May 2012 at 08:32
How much time will you have to spend out in the open? How cold or warm will it be?
My husband's funeral was in November, and that was really what determined my choice of clothes more than anything else.
14 May 2012 at 08:07
I remember having the same dilemma with my outfit for my dad's funeral. Bought a fabulous Desigual coat with lots of embroidery on it, only noticing too late it had the words 'happy' in big letters on the back. People said my dad would have found that funny but I didn't want sniggers as I walked behind the coffin - so didn't wear it.
Purple is perfect.
15 May 2012 at 16:27
Aw, Macy. Off elsewhere feeling sorry for myself over my own problems and here you're going through this.
A big hug -- and a virtual night at the pub for the both of us -- from me.
Pearl