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Humph. So have Mondayistis and SAD on one day.  How unfortunate!  Suppose it’s not surprising to feel miserable when it starts raining outside when one feels miserable when it’s sunny outside, but whatever.

But I have decided not to let the arrival of autumn get to me.  I put on my new AA wrap dressand made the effort to put makeup on.   It made me late for the bus (well, the early bus, since I was trying to get to work early to do work I was not motivated enough to do last week) but it felt good to preen.  I’ve really gotten into beauty stuff these days, from reading beauty blogs and magazines to playing with all the craploads of makeup I’ve collected over the years, and more recently, on my Retail Therapy binges.

I also put on the mimco scarf I bought after my first counselling session last year. Dr S asked me to imagine a little girl, sitting alone on a set of swings in a park. She was crying, but won’t respond when I try to talk to her. What would I give her to comfort her? My answer was a scarf. 

Dr S said that was an interesting choice. Why did I give it to her? Because I thought she might be cold (it was cold and windy on the day in question), and scarves are good when it’s cold.  Apparently the little girl was supposed to be me (obviously), and my imputation of coldness was supposed to show how I felt… ie unprotected from the elements of life. The

My project for the week was to go and get myself a scarf. Not any scarf, not the first one I saw, but one that I was drawn to and just really wanted. So I got a pretty trendy, lambswool/chashmere pink and grey number that had little silver thread knitted through. It’s hot. I love it. And was my little security blanket last winter; I’m bringing it out for battle again this year.