Me and My Adult (so-called) Apron

My diet has been working wonders for me health-wise, but all this cooking at home has been hard on my clothes.  I finally broke down and bought an apron because I was too lazy to make one.

Source

I got this Me & My Adult Apron from Hobby Lobby.  The site says 9.99 but I don't think I ended up paying that much so definitely check your stores.  Anyway-it's plain and serviceable . . . but I take issue with the "adult" sizing.  Sure it gets the job done-but that bib area . . . would barely cover one boob.  However much weight I end up losing, I'm still going to have a broad chest and back.  Also, the neck loop is way too long which is odd because if my torso was that long, this apron would barely cover to my waist.  The proportions seem weird is all.

So . . . I'll have to make an apron anyway.

Check these out, they are gorgeous

I don't know if I have written about these Polish cookie aprons before but I really want one.  I think I can make one that will be broad enough across the chest and provide enough coverage across the sides.  The silhouette is simple enough, but I am also considering some alternatives for fastening other than the ties.  I want it to fit snugly and I don't want to worry about the ties loosening.  

Ideas:

• Pull over style with a fabric covered wide elastic band in place of apron strings
• Heavyweight cotton in muslin color-I actually really like that plain canvas color
• Hanging loops so I can hang it on the pantry shelves like my current apron

The New Housecoat

Y'all know what a housecoat is right?  Not quite a robe, not at all something you'd want to be seen in public in?

Well, as I continue on my journey of slowly but surely becoming my own mother, I have finally understood why such things exist.  Why continue wearing respectable clothes when you're at home and not planning to go anywhere?  Why give in to the schlubbiness of rocking the same pair of around-the-house sweatpants everyday.  (Calling them yoga pants doesn't change a thing) 

Put on a damn housecoat!  It's comfortable, it's usually patterned and therefore an excellent hider of stains making it wearable for, well, days.  It's a dress so from a distance it looks like you're trying harder than you really are.

Hence, my housecoat creation.  I could have gone all out with sleeves and snaps and piping and pockets for random munchies . . . but I couldn't bring myself to take it there.  Maybe I'll be ready for the big housecoat leagues in about twenty years.  For now, I would like to maintain some sort of semblance of youth.  However, in the interest of maximum schlubbiness, I kept it simple and made it work with just elastic.

As long as the boobage stays above the elbows I'm considering it a win.

Wherein Alton Brown Makes a Fool of Me

This. . .

Made me think I could do this. . .

But it didn't mention this!