If you’re a regular here then you’ll know I’m in the closet to all. Both my SO and I are both retired so are around each other a lot. Like others who move into retirement finding the time to dress seemed daunting at the start but as each gets into their own daily rhythms spaces start to appear that allow for a little me time.
Once a week I usually get a 4-5 hour window of home alone time and can dress fully sans makeup but for the most part it’s a pull on skirt and a tee. Something I refer to in my diary as being PF, Partially Femme. Occasionally time might permit forms and a pair of heels.
Anyway I began to realise that I was PF more and more frequently as my SO’s daily diary filled up with regular commitments and I was left home alone. Hence I decided to keep a track of it. So last Saturday I set the stopwatch function on my smartphone running as I started to dress. Back to drab, pause stopwatch, a bit of PF time, resume. That way I got a running total of time spent with my legs hanging out the hem of a skirt.
Holy moly, after the last PF period on Friday I was left staring at a total of…………this is the X factor results dramatic pause bit…………..over a 7 day period, 28 hours! An that’s an average of 4 hours a day. I'll take that thank you.
So perhaps if you’re one of those who face moving into retirement and are worried it could have the potential to seriously curtail your dressing, take heart. Things have a way of sorting themselves out.
So as I type this, knickers and bras are in the washing machine, I’m in a blue dress with a pair of strappy heels, forms, wig and with four hours I can call my own. Tick tock.