Channeling Bridget Jones

One of those days…a day when I’m not comfortable in my own skin, when I look at my baggy jeans and clunky shoes and down vest and think, “You should try harder.”

When I wish I was the type of woman who has her hair professionally colored and highlighted, who buys underwear that’s sold off a rack and not in a package, who can walk gracefully in heels, who can look good in a low cut shirt.

The problem with planning a romantic weekend in London is that it reminds me of how far I fall from the carefully marketed and packaged ideal sexy woman. I think one of the reasons I love the Bridget Jones movies is that Bridget is such a mess. She makes trying too hard look silly, and she succeeds in spite of herself. The movie’s message is that being a bit of a wreck is endearing—well, at least some of the time.

So I guess I should quiet the critical voices in my head and tell myself it’s OK not to be thin, beautiful, and perfectly turned out. In spite of wild hair, cotton underwear, and comfortable shoes, I can have a “v. good time on my holiday mini-break.” Right Bridget?

March 9, 2007

Comments

[Angela]

We all have thoughts like these. I battle them often. Funny, because I'm often so quick to see something beautiful in everyone I meet, but I don't seem to turn those kind eyes on myself. Oh, I wear cotton undies, too. They rock. Though I might switch to a slightly more cool/hip style, like hipsters or something. You know, just to say I tried.

[V-Grrrl]

Thanks for the kind words and wisdom....

[bubandpie]

That's why I loved the Bridget Jones books and the first movie - because Bridget is a mess, and she is endearing. In the second movie, though, she was just a mess. (That's not nearly as good.)

[V-Grrrl]

Bridget is resilient. She rises out of humiliation and is willing to try, try, try again--or get shagged. Whatever. ; )

[javacurls]

First of all, what's wrong with wild hair, cotton undies, and comfortable shoes! lol!!

V, I think you're the total package! E is so lucky to have such a beautiful, funny, and smart wife!!

[Flubberwinkle]

The moral of the story is that Bridget ended up with a guy that looked like Colin Firth.
:-)

p.s. Cotton undies rule!