I’m wearing the wrong leggings again!

Every morning when I’m getting dressed for pilates I open my drawer of leggings and stand there gazing at them. They are all rolled up neatly in rows, a rainbow of colours, patterns and plain. I stand there trying to decide what colour I’m feeling like today. How difficult can that be? Just pick a pair and get on with the day Belle! But no, decisions, decisions.

I have two rows, the front row for leggings that fit me and the back row for pre menopause, bought on impulse, should throw away. Even in the front row I have leggings for when I feel slimmer than other days. Maybe I should start another row for fat days and slim days. Notice I don’t say thin days!

My eyes cast over the back row, spotting a new pattern or colour that matches my mood for the day. It’s been a while since I’ve worn them, it’s feels like I’m wearing something new. 10 minutes into the session doing the Roll Down I then remember why I had put them in the back row. The waistband is too low, the legs have lost their stretch or the knees have gone baggy. Picture Nora Batty from Last of the Summer Wine, that’s me.

My choice from the back row this week was on Tuesday, the pale blues and bursts of crimson and pinks called to me. Deep in my sub conscious I went back to my early 20’s when my boyfriend’s mum had made me a matching duvet and curtain set from fabric I had fallen in love with at Bridport market. What was I thinking wearing a pair of leggings where the waistband sits well below my tummy button and pretty much on my hips? That was so my 30’s and definitely not my 50’s. I can’t pull them up without them being too tight in the crutch and I do actually look like I’m wearing a pair of leggings made out of curtains.

They have been returned to the back row of the drawer until I have forgotten why I don’t wear them and the whole process can start again!