FRUMPY, LUMPY AND GRUMPY...

I am engaged in grumpery. The a.p.c. plaid tunic does not look charming on me - it looks like a Laura Ashley maternity smock from 1984 - and not in a good, ironic way. The plaid makes me think of a dressing gown my father once had - again in the 80s - and various home furnishings I remember people having in the 80s. This, in turn has caused an identity crisis - as in, the clothes that once seemed