Thursday, October 3, 2019

Thursday Out for a New Do

I have been getting deluged with emails from wig peddlers lately, which put me in the mood to get a new do. But instead of ordering a pig in a poke online, I decided to visit my local wig merchant, Tonkin’s Wigs.

When I was a dyed-in-the-wool brunette, Kathy Tonkin plopped a blond wig on my head and it has been my go-to wig color ever since. Yeah, I know you’ve seen me in other colors for extended periods of time, but I always go back to blond (for more fun). Kathy has an excellent eye for what wigs look good on which girls, so I felt confident that she would do me good again.

Shaved, showered, made-up and dressed-up, I was out the door at 11 AM and arrived at Tonkin’s 10 minutes later. I had not been in the store in five years, but when I walked in, Kathy recognized me immediately and we caught up on old and new times.

I told Kathy to have her way with me and she said she had three wigs that she thought would look good. She was correct — all three wigs looked good and I wished I could buy them all, but we both agreed that one looked better than the others, a Noriko wig called “Sandie." 
   
I wore my new do out the door and drove to Goddess, a consignment shop for plus-size women. I am looking for a new winter coat, but I have a problem: my sleeves aren't too short, my arms are too long. I have had some success with sleeve length with small-sized plus-size coats, so I drove to the strip mall on the east side of Waterbury where Goddess was located. 

On the way, I passed another strip mall and noticed that Goddess was now in that strip mall, so I made a U-turn and went to the new Goddess location. Turned out that Goddess’ location was not the only thing that had changed, it was no longer a plus-size consignment shop! It was now a “chic boutique” and they had no coats, plus-sized or otherwise.

I was only about 10 minutes away from the Westfield Mall where there were three plus-sized clothing stores I have shopped at before: Fashion to Figure, Lane Bryant and Torrid, so Meriden, here I come! What a mistake! The Westfield Mall was so depressing. Lots of empty storefronts including Fashion to Figure, not to mention the long-gone Payless Shoes. Torrid had no coats and Lane Bryant had a limited unattractive selection. Macy’s had loads of coats, but each one I tried on had too short for me sleeves.

A little frustrated, I left the mall. The weather was now so miserable (cold and raining) that I decided to go home and that’s what I did.
     



Source: JustFab
Wearing JustFab




Femulating in the early 20th Century
Femulating in the early 20th Century

12 comments:

  1. Try Burlington Coat factory. In the past, I've gotten a raincoat and a wool overcoat there, both with good sleeve length.

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    1. Thank you for the tip. There is a Burlington Coat Factory store just down the road from me. Why I did not think of checking them out is a mystery! LOL

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  2. great choice and very becoming!

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    1. Thank you, Joanna. (Miss your blog!)

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  3. Excellent color and shape for you!

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  4. Payless sells on Amazon now. Search the old brand names (Dexflex, etc) on their site.

    As for Winter coats, keep an eye on sales at Lands End and Eddie Bauer. Not the height of fashion, but they are serious about tall sizes.

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    1. Thank you for the tips! A nice scarf makes a dull winter coat fabulous!

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  5. Stana -

    Goddess changed over to a chic boutique at least a year ago. I miss the old store, and I will miss going there when I pass through the area.

    M

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    1. I had no idea! Their original store was just down the road from me and was very convenient. When they moved to East Main Street, they were less convenient and I had not shopped there in awhile. And so it goes! I will miss them, too, Marian.

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  6. Stana -
    Norico has always been my go-to wig. Very nice quality. I love wigs and have a “ collection “. The Paula Young web vendor has good prices and will sometimes ship free. Whenever I become “overstocked” , I’ll put 3 or 4 together and donate to a local wig shop which can distribute to the needy.
    Love
    Eve T

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    1. Noriko is my favorite, too, Eve. BTW There is a Wig Tag Sale group on Facebook where you can unload your overstock, too!

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