Pleated skirts are in fashion (midi to maxi length)!! Well, at least in Japan.
I really like them & I have two in my closet.
I thought about buying a lighter colour one for the spring🌸 so I went to try on a few.
They look so nice, especially how the skirt twirls around your legs. Makes you feel really feminine💕
But don’t you think they make your bum look big??? I always felt that although I like wearing them.
I see some fashion blogs talking about how these pleated skirts make you look slim etc. It is true, they make you look slim from the front, but the bum still looks big from behind💦 Nobody really talks about it though…
When something is in fashion, you want to wear it! But we need to be aware of its flaws too. We need to think about the outfit taking its flaws into account.
Or you can say ‘Who cares about my bum? I still like these skirts✨” & that is fine too. In many ways, when I wear my pleated skirts, I feel like that.
Last Sunday was mother’s day in UK🌸 In Japan, mother’s day is in May – same as the American mother’s day.
When I was a child, I never saw my mum as a person. She was a mum👩👧 Of course, I love her, but I never even had to think about it. She was always there.
Now I think about it, it is quite something. There is no other person like a mum.
But then, my feeling towards her started to change at some point…. it became more complicated…
When did it change??? If I really think hard, I guess it happened when I was 16yrs old. Around the time my parents got divorced.
At that time, I saw a woman side of my my & I guess I was shocked. Maybe something I didn’t want to see. Of course, my mum is a human & a woman… what was I thinking?
As a teenager, I felt sorry for my mum, but at the same time, I felt a feeling of aversion – something I never felt before…
Once the scab came off, the original skin was still slightly raised and brownish.
After 2 weeks, it still is brownish although not dark brown like before. Also the skin where the plaster was covering is slightly itchy. I’m sure it’ll get better, but I’m glad I didn’t try it with the one on my face😅
There are many blogs (Japanese ones) reporting the success of removing SK with Casoda. However for my case, I’ll give 50points out of 100.
Yes, the colour has gotten lighter for sure, but when you want to remove it, you want to remove completely, No???
I guess people sometimes exaggerate to make the story more interesting, but I want to report what really happened. It is possible that I might have done something wrong, but then it is such a simple procedure, so I’m not sure how I could get anything wrong…
I went for my supervised play session again. Yes we played, played & played!! So much fun & good for your brain😉
I actually played quite well this week, but again made some silly mistakes.
The main one was when I was a defender. I wasn’t paying enough attention to the dummy’s cards & played the suit that the dummy didn’t have anymore. Of course, the declarer could trump me easily💦 What a silly mistake. I will not do that again.
My table was a really nice group though. Happy to make jokes, but also plays seriously. Nobody ever makes nasty comments. I guess that’s the most important manner in playing bridge.
“Don’t slag off each other!!”
I’ve actually started teaching my husband&children how to play, so we play at the weekend sometime. Great family game that we can all enjoy💕
Which fund manager/broker to buy ETFs from after researching the fees
Understand the difference between investment & speculation
Decide asset allocation (including speculation)
Decide country allocation
Now, you are ready to start investing. So when do I start???
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You can start today, tomorrow or next week. It really doesn’t matter. As long as you don’t put all your money at once!!
The safest way to start investing is to set up a monthly contribution of a set amount depending on the total amount you want to invest for that tax year. In this way, the market fluctuation risk is diversified over 12 months.
But then, I want to buy when the shares are cheap & sell when they are expensive! Yes, of course, we all want to do that.
How do you know when the market is cheap???
We can all look at the past charts and say “This was the cheapest point” That is very easy.
You might think now is the cheapest point, but how do you know if it is not going to get any cheaper from here? Or you could be right and the price might go up from here.
Basically, it is not worth gambling on the market timing. You just don’t know when is the best time to buy. That is why you keep buying over a period of time to diversify the risk.
If you feel strongly against the monthly contirubion idea, then you will be taking more market timing risk. I guess you could spread your purchase timing over 3-4times??
I’m going to explain this concept of diversifying the market timing risk next time. Maybe using some numbers – I will try anyway 😉
Yesterday’s banana republic skirt….I wore it with more casual shoes to see how it looks.
The outfit is exactly the same as yesterday. I only changed the shoes 😉
Yesterday was with these black heels.
They look very different.
I think the trainers are better for walking around the town.
Also I love wearing white trainers in the spring time🌸 So this outfit is exactly what I want to wear now.
I tried the outfit with the gold ballet flats too.
This is cute too 😀
I try not to own too many clothes, so being able to change the outfit just with shoes like this make me very happy💕 I don’t want to own too many, but I don’t like to feel that I’m wearing the same thing all the time!
A black tight skirt can make your look like an office worker sometimes….. but I wanted to wear it casually this year with a pair of white trainers etc. It is not easy to find one that can be worn casually though💦
Finally I found a perfect one. Why do I love this skirt so much 🥰
Depth of the side slit is perfect. Not too deep, but deep enough to give a sexy look. Also comfortable to walk.
Length of the skirt (just below knees). It goes well with heels, trainers, boots & flats (& flip flops in the summer)
Smooth feel of the fabric. Extremely comfortable to wear.
Shape of the waist to the hip. Perfect rounding shape.
Matching belt. It looks really cute, but you can also change it to a normal belt to give a shaper/more sophisticated look.
Except for a very very hot summer day (unusual in England), you can wear it all year around.
Washable!! Yes!!!
I wore it first with my pair of new Clark’s heels💕 I’ve got quite a few different outfit ideas with this skirt, so I’ll upload the photos a bit by bit.
BTW, has the sizing of Banana Republic gotten bigger? I’m sure the size I got this time is 1 to 2 sizes below what I normally get (& my shape hasn’t changed!!)
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