Clothes for the middle aged woman

If I could sew, I would create a line of clothes for the middle aged woman. I absolutely cannot stand to shop for clothes. Take Kohl's for instance, you walk into the store and to your right is the ultra hip, cool styles. Walk straight ahead and you have business professional. Turn to the left and you have entered the land of cardigans and pants with elastic waistbands. I am not ready for the elastic waistband yet!!

I am caught between the ultra hip and the polyester blend. I feel stupid wearing the low cut, tight fitting "in" clothes, they make me look like I am trying to look younger. There is nothing more unattractive than a 40-ish woman trying to fit her wrinkled body into tight clothes, yuck!!! Then , on the other hand, I cannot stand the high waisted pants with the button down shirts. Is it appropriate for a woman in her 40's to wear low waisted jeans and pants? I mean, the muffin top is covered and I do not wear thong underware that hang out when I bend over (GROSS!!!)

There is no middle ground for us over 30's crowd. Now, personally, I dress like a bum most of the time (my signature 'do rag). I just prefer to be comfortable and quite frankly, sometimes I am lazy and do not feel like fixing my hair. Sleep is a much more precious thing to me than curled hair. But, on the other hand, I do like to dress up a little sometimes. That is where my problem lies.

This Saturday, my husband and I are invited to a Christmas Party, with adults, no kids. First things first, I cannot remember the last time we went to a party together, with no kids. Talking to adults is very intimidating to me since 80% of my time is spent with kids. Now I have to worry about what I am going to wear. Should go conservative or let loose a little? I would never ask my husband for advice, he would have me dressing like a hooker complete with hoop earrings and the 5 inch F___-me boots to match. Not exactly PTO mom material.

I am going shopping on Thursday night. I am hitting up J.C.Penney and CATO. If I strike out there, I am off to T.J.Maxx. I will let you know how it turns out. Wish me luck!