people that have childrent that are starting school/preschool this year, be honest, are you thinking about what to wear on the school run?

[carriedababi]

or even mums of older children.

i've been starting to get a few things sorted for my dd, ordering name tags, sorting her wardrobe trying to make sure she has everything she need for september.

but i've also found myself thinking, what should i get for myself!

just thinking of things like new dresses,tops, coats, kaybe some new boots.

i haven;'t worn a watch for 3 years since i had dd, but i need to get a batterie in my old watch, so i've dug out a rather expensive one from day of yore.

they are sort of things i'd like, almost need but not quite need iyswim!

but to be honest, i think i want people to think myelf and dd look nice.

we are lucky that we have alot of family around and quite alot of friends, but i realise i'm about to enter this whole new world, where i'm going to mix with the parents i will probably see regularly/everyday for the rest of dd's schooling and i suppose i want to seem nice, friendly and look nice

Nobody said they hated you .... add drama queen to shallow

oh god yes, would be gutted to not have that appellation!! It's my trademark!!

but no, no - did not mean anyone had said that, was just inviting people to, iyswim.

Different strokes! I like a nice outfit and try to look reasonable on the school run but I certainly don't get up early to glam up. I guess I'm lucky that in my corner of SW London (which by the boutiques on the High St and property prices is considered super swanky) nobody gets competitive about stuff like that. It's pretty down to earth.

I also work - only part-time, but it helps having other things to worry about...

A few years ago I would have read this thread and thought WTF???

But since joining mumsnet I have seen a few threads about bitchy, judgy school run mums and those suffering on the receiving end.

Its still seems bizarre to me but it does seem to happen. Round here noone gives a toss but if I lived in a different area perhaps I would worry too.

Sometimes I am fully made up and dressed other days I am in a trackie and fuggs. I am always clean - thats non negotiable.

Vanity - most of us have other stuff to worry about.

Its just as Marsha said earlier on - its just as easy to pull on a nice pair of boots as an ugly pair

But I don't think people do judge people in terms of 'ooh she's scruffy - she's therefore a bad person or in mama's world - a cancer surgeon with bigger things on her mind'

I notice people who dress well but don't really notice the opposite.

LTEC - you look lovely in those pics on your blog.

I usually am dressed for work channelling Cruella DeVille so don't worry about dressing for the school run. Wellies and jodhs feature heavily in the wardrobes of other mums so I just wouldn't make the effort just for the school run tbh. There are a couple of recently moved from home counties mummies who do mostly Boden which is fine. I give them a year max and they'll be in jeans. It is a very unappreciative fashion audience in the shires.

lol at the suggestion people that like to look nice have nothing to worry about.

i am very lucky i have a pretty easy life atm, i can do what i want when i want.

today we went to the cinema then out for lunch with friends, tomorrow we will see how we feel and do whatever we fancy,that's the good part of being a free spirit.

like i have already said i swing from being a bit slobish and beiing what some would call overdressed, i suppose thats the way i'll carry while trying to make a bit more of an effort on slobbish days.

and i do sort of need a few new clothes for a/w anyhow

I havent' read the replies, but don't worry folks, so long as you're the slimmest and the youngest and have the best hair you needn't worry about what you wear!!

Oh! whoops, that's just the cunthree. Might be different in the city! you have to worry about slim, young, hair, clothes ...

I am so joking.

Relax!

People buy new clothes for new jobs etc, do people call them shallow too?

Well no because a job is sort of important and interesting where as a walk to school is just that. If it's the highlight of your day and something that needs dressing for then honestly I would think you were depressed if you were a friend.

lol

have some sauce to go with that HUGE chip on your shoulder!

I bet you'd know which brand/label would best accentuate it though eh ?

lol no i wouldn't have a clue about labels!

jezz your soooo touchy about it

have a chillpill

Since I usually drive, I had to buy a warm, practical coat, wellies, hats and scarves, otherwise I would freeze on the school walk.

Other than that, my usual clothes were fine.

Nowt wrong with being practical.

carrie no, not paranoid in the least thanks. As I said right at the start, my DCs left school yonks ago- they are now 23 and 21. I was giving you the benefit of my wisdom- that in a few months' time you wan't even think about the school run as an issue re. clothes.

If anyone is paranoid it's you dear...worrying over what others will think of you by wearing the "wrong clothes."

lol

i've already said i'm not worrying about it.
and i never sadi anything about what will people think of me if i wear the wrong clothes

good grief you really are making stuff up aren't you.

don't get so wound up about, dear.

I got up at like 6am on DS1's first day at infant school! It slowly got worse after that... Some days I'd look groomed, others I had honestly just pulled jeans on over my PJs.

I felt so much better on my "groomed" days though - friendlier, and far more likely to stop an chat to people! I think it matters how you FEEL you look, so I completely empathise with this thread.

I'll be mainly wearing skinny jeans, long flat boots (have a pair of black gloss Hunters for the rainy days - cannot wait!), nice polo-necks, and the really lovely military jacet my brother got me at a jumble sale for 10p!

Good luck, OP. Hope it goes well and you make loads of lovely friends.

lol beautiful, i think that's brill you can't wait for a rainy day

It had not crossed my mind until I read the subject of your thread. DD1 starts preschool about 8 weeks after DC2 expected so I fully expect to be a saggy, seeping mess in a sac.

long thread by people with nothing else to think about
maxi dress on the school run thread
yeeha! anther one
gosh more folks who like looking for clothes for the school run
obviously not brain surgeons then
perhaps it's because it's fun?
and the coat
OP I hope some nice friendly and chatty style and beauty school run enthusiasts turn up for you. As you can see there is a lot of enjoyable discussion about this very subject.

wow, thanks for going to that much trouble to find the links flyme todunoon.

Well they were so easy to find actually and that is just a tiny selection. I have no idea why you have been jumped on as it is a classic MN regular.

Interesting points made. Particularly about the professional ladies being if anyone complimented them at the school gates on their outfit (they being above such shallow concerns etc etc.)

I am a WOHM and I guess would be counted as one of said 'professionals'. I do not work in the fashion world, however I hear women at work everyday commenting on each others clothes - they do notice new clothes, or an outfit worn in a different way, or a new haircut. Don't get me wrong, its not the main source of conversation, but it is one topic - and its really nice to get a compliment.

The bottom line here is that this is Mumsnet, so many of us, if not all have babies, small children, school age children.. And it is style and beauty.
If these two things are not relevant, why are people posting???

I'm not a naysayer becuase i think such things aren't worth thinking about...
I just don't think i will manage to be organised enough at that time of the morning to cope with what i am wearing as well as getting DS to wear his uniform. for those who can manage both - i salute you!