I really liked this dress. Enough that I stood there looking at it for far longer than necessary, having that familiar little debate with myself. It was black. Simple. Very me. I could already imagine how I would wear it. There was only one problem. The fabric was thick. And perhaps in another climate, or another version of my life, that wouldn’t matter very much. But I live in the Philippines. We’re going through El Niño. Heat and I are already not particularly good friends, and my histamine sensitivity has made me even less willing to wear something that might leave me uncomfortable simply because it looks good. Still, I stood there. Because sometimes walking away from something we like is strangely difficult, even when we already know it isn’t right for us. We start negotiating. Maybe I’ll only wear it indoors. Maybe the fabric isn’t that thick. Maybe I’ll regret leaving it behind. Then I realized I was trying awfully hard to convince myself to buy something my body had alrea...
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nice naman, you're one of them narin.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Excited for the review! :)
ReplyDelete@Kitten: I don't want to think that I'm one of them. I'd like to think that you and me and some other bloggers are of a different breed. That our blogs still remain a personal account of our lives and not commercialized in spite of product review requests from companies.
ReplyDelete@Michelle: I'm excited to use it too!
ReplyDeletenot in that sense, i mean, now you get free gifts. haha!
ReplyDeletelooking forward for that review :)
@Kitten: Hahahaha!
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