I'm 40. I've recently finished bf child two and will have no more babies. I'm a full time mum and due to illness will now be at home for at least another 18 months, possibly two years.
I have lost more than a stone but probably won't lose more now I am being treated. I had a really good selection of decent casual trousers and tops in my cuddly size 16 (a german 42 in my fave brand brax trousers) but I am now smaller (which is good) and am drowned by my tops. According to the Boden site (where I have just ordered a sale skirt) I am a size 12. My M&S size 14 skirts fall off. I'm 5'3" so "normal" weight but not slim and with chunky legs.
I previously happily bought £80 trousers, albeit mainly in the sale. Now I have to accept my budget is a lot less but I don't really know where to start. I live in a nice town with nice shops but a severe shortage of cheaper places. Gap and M&S are the options. I'm not well enough to travel to my nearest big city for shopping atm so need on-line ideas.
I am so utterly out of touch to my 40-yr-old middle class shame I can only think of looking at boden and john lewis online. I fear this shows a shocking narrow minded approach to clothes .
I need help!
Clothes MUST be washable as even when ill I am a roll-on-the-floor-with-my-boys-mummy. And quite frankly I spill my own food never mind theirs. I don't give a monkeys about following the latest trends but I don't want to look dowdy.
Can you kind mumsnetters give me some pointers?