To not know how to have any kind of 'glam' in my life now that I am a SAHM.

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I have been a sahm for two years now. I love being a sahm, no complaints there, but I have become more and more aware that I spend all my days in leggings with big jumpers, generally covered in sick, or at least a bit of smeared in food.

Today for the first time in as long as I can remember I met a friend in town. I realised that I don't have perfume and couldn't find a whole pair of earrings. In town I couldn't even think of a shop to go to buy any earrings.

How did this happen to me? I used to love shopping for clothes and being stylish? How do I change this routine and get back to being a stylishly happy Mummy? Particularly when so much of our week is spend in the village hall or at someone's house for a play.

If you are a sahm do you have any tricks to stop yourself getting carried away in a life of drudge style?

tia

Do you have any time to yourself without the children? Can you go out in the evenings at all?

I am a SAHM and I found myself in a similar situation.

I've adapted a more realistic wardrobe that isn't horribly frumpy but isn't impractical either, at least not in my opinion.

I tend to buy simple cotton or jersey dresses and longline tops which I where with either leggings or thick tights. Sometimes I like the 'fashion' style tights with patterns.

I stick to a simple colour palette of jewel tones, so that everything tends to go with everything else, which saves time.

I also tend to buy supermarket clothes, usually from Tesco or Sainsbaries (apologies for crap spelling, I rely on my spell checker and it doesn't do supermarkets apparently!) That way it doesn't matter really if something gets stained beyond recovery because it wasn't a major outlay in the first place.

There is something about wearing dresses that, in my view, just lifts you a bit. The thick tights/leggings mean it doesn't matter if I end up crawling on the floor as no one will see my knickers anyway!

I have a bear minimum make-up look which takes about 2 minutes to put on.

I also keep my perfume by the door so I just spritz it on when I'm about to leave the house, saves time!

It think you'll find that the fog does pass as your DC gets older. I wish you all the best!

I wear jeans 7 days a week, but still when I remember wear make-up and earrings. That way, even if your clothes aren't desperately stylish, you still feel as though you don't look frumpy. I agree with pp^^ that a dress and thick tights/leggings are better than jeans for making you feel a bit more glam.

I'm a SAHM AND pregnant so I have the unglamourous double whammy. Put on a bit of mascara and paint your toenails, it works wonders. I also have little girlie touches around the house that cheer me up when I'm having a 'stuck indoors on a rainy day with threenager and too much housework' day like my primark candles which look five times more expensive than they are, two of my favourite photos are in sparkly frames in the kitchen, etc.