Nothing to Wear In a Closet Full of Clothes

The Full Empty Closet

I'm sure every woman feels like this at some point. You open your closet and your eyes see clothes but your brain doesn't see anything that you could possibly wear!  Basically your closet is EMPTY (in your brain)!

You pull out clothes and start to try on stuff and something is wrong with EVERYTHING you put on. So you change a million times. And the thing is... you have the perfect outfit in your mind but you DO NOT OWN the required clothing. That happens to me all the time! A top that you either saw in a store, or on a random person, or on your friend would go perfectly with the pants in your hand or the skirt you are holding. If you had that top your life would be complete.

Have you ever turned down an outing because you felt that you had nothing to wear? Some people do that... I'm not like that though, I'll WILL find something to wear but I take quite a long time debating what to wear! I love to go out so I NEVER turn down an outing with friends.  When the outing is planned in advance I think about what I am wearing for the WHOLE day if I'm going out in the night. And I must ask my friends "What are you wearing?" I like to wear what everyone else is wearing. I guess it's because I don't particularly like to stand out. So we tend to all agree on dresses or short pants or the "trusty jeans" (always a go to) depending on where we are going. I guess I believe that there is safety in numbers lol.     

When I'm dressing to go out I basically start to HATE every article of clothing I own and wish I could buy ALL new clothes but when I'm getting rid of  stuff I suddenly have a deep sentimental attachment to it and cannot part with it.

When you tell people you have no clothes they always say, "You have more clothes than ME!" My mother tells me all the time! "You have too much clothes so you have too many choices in what to wear! Actually it's strange, having a million choices confuses me to the point where I feel like I hate nothing to wear.

I guess it's a theory but in my mind I stare at the clothes but I see nothing that looks wearable. (Leave a comment if you know the feeling) But there are actually people who know exactly what they going to wear and what shoe they wearing it with. Unfortunately I'm not one of those women. 

I have NOTHING TO wear when I have to go out but I have NO ROOM for all my clothes! 

I hate being late, but I'm so good at it!

My dad used to say that I had two speeds slow and stop. 

PS. I'M IN LAW SCHOOL NOW! A profession where the Judges' time and the Court's time have to be respected. Wasting the court's time is frowned upon. As I sat in Orientation at my first day in Hugh Wooding Law School, a statement which was said by one of the course directors has resonated with me ever since that first day. "Sir, Hugh Wooding was never late!" So I have taken a page from his book. I may still be late to go out with friends but not in a professional environment.


This was me PRE- LAW SCHOOL

Hi, my name is Adana and I suffer from chronic lateness. No  matter how much I try, I just cannot be early. Being late comes a little too naturally to me. My grandmother used to call my mother "Slow boat to China" so I guess I inherited taking long to get ready from her! As my mother would say "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree". My father would usually tell me to start getting ready an hour before we have to leave the house and somehow that is still never enough time. I guess it's because I take my time and tell myself "You have time!" However, the time just seems to disappear and then I find myself rushing as if I only had 5 minutes to dress. 

Waking up is the beginning of the problem. I guess it's because I go to sleep so late. I'm a night owl. I just love to be awake in the night! So of course when I have to wake up I cannot! So I set my alarm it sounds at the set time and I turn it right back off! My mind usually says I will just take a 5 minute nap which naturally turns into a 30 minute sleep and of course I am now late and have to hurry. 

My clock shouldn't bother to tell me the time it should just say "LATE".

We all have that friend who says, "I'll be there around 7" and then shows up around 9. 

If you could ask some of my friends who is always the latest they will say ADANA! But I do have some friends who can beat me in being late. All friends will remain anonymous but if the cap fits!

That picture describes me perfectly! You are trying to hurry and people keep calling and making you take longer. I cannot finish getting dressed or put on make up if I'm on the phone. What people do not realise is that they are actually keeping me back with their constant calling. I know some people are agreeing with me... Can I get an AMEN! And to the early people who do the calling, I do value your time and I do try to hurry but it's a disease the first step is admitting that I have a problem. Please bear with me. However, address your attention to the photograph below.  

 "You remind me of Christopher Columbus in that you're always discovering things people knew about years ago!" 

That seems to fit me perfectly! So many old movies I have never seen people look at me with complete shock when I say I have never seen.. can't make a list too many to name. (Ask me in a comment)

I am actually late when it comes to jokes as well! I am quite slow at getting jokes it often needs to be explained to me. Not always I'm not a dummy lol.  

"If running late counted as exercise, I'd be fit by now!"

No matter where I have to go, whether it is school, church or an outing with friends, I am always late. My dad always asks why I take soo long to get ready and I really have no idea. It just happens...

People who are running late ALWAYS hope that someone else is later than they are, because you can take comfort in the fact that you are not THE LATEST! And everyone is not waiting on you alone! People who are late love company. (Please leave a comment whether you are a late-comer or not)

"Always remember, it's better to arrive late than to arrive ugly!"