As in: indulge me.
Having shown you a photo of me not at my best (last post), it is only fair for the sake of balance and my vanity to show you a photo of me at my slimmest:
The indulgence must come from those of you who have seen it before. The rest of you can marvel that I now come as a three-for-the-price-of-one package.
And take this as a warning: if you too want a figure like mine as it now is, indulge in as many Maltesers as you like.*
*Pompous syntax is free.
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I am a little fat. I like food; what can I say? I have dull hair: mousey. I don’t wear much make-up and have no need of a dressing table. If I look like a bag lady, I chose my own clothes. If I look nice, the Hub picked them for me. Despite all this, I am a little vain. This photograph is from 2003. I had to go back that far to find one of me that I liked. But I don’t really care: my husband still thinks I’m beautiful and if he doesn’t, he loves me enough to lie about it. I’m lucky. I have two boys. They never lie to me. Still, you can't have everything.
The Laughing Housewife 
You still have the same fantastic smile!
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Blush!
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What a terrific butt! I’d keep a print of that picture on my fridge, and salute it every day as I reach by!
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I don’t know if you’ll believe this, but I never noticed my backside in this photo until you pointed it out. I only ever look at it to remind me of a time when I could eat as much as I like and not get fat.
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Fat, schmat! I have fought that emotional and physical battle with myself my entire life — ever since the 5th grade when I was the heaviest kid in the class at 125, (How horrible!!!) That’s my mom’s legacy, and I refuse to participate in it any longer. I am trying to be as fit as I can be — let the numbers take care of themselves. I sense that you can also be fit, and you’re already happy, so please cut yourself some slack. Clothes are never slack enough! 😎
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I make fun of my size but I don’t really worry about it: not since I read that after a certain age, a woman must choose between her face or her figure. Skinny = gaunt after fifty. I’ll go with plump = healthy. 🙂
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That’s great — I’m going to paste that on my wall, somewhere!
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But the smile is still the same.
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😀 😀
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Wow! Spray-on white jeans, huh? 🙂
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I could get into them without a fight 🙂
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Lovely happy photo. Were those jeans washed in OMO? 😉
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Hehe! I loved them. I wore them to death then kept them for years after I outgrew them, until I met someone even skinnier than I had been. She gave them a loving home.
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I am very impressed. 🙂
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Isn’t the current challenge contrast? Is that what you are aiming at? 😀
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No; I’m always weeks behind. I have my own rules for prompts: use them when I’ve got nothing else to blog about 🙂
But I like your reasoning; makes me look smart.
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In which case I’m surprised you use the prompts at all 😀
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They’re fun. Take me to places I wouldn’t otherwise go – like showing that horrible photo of my third arm.
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I’ll say it for everyone, damn woman were you hot. The eyes and the smile as you know are unmistakable regardless of how short your hair is, I do like your hair short, I had a similar hair cut years ago, your hair is much nicer than my crazy mane. I was pouffy which wasn’t the look I was going for with the hair which is why it is always in a ponytail.
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I’ve always had it short or bobbed, until the last few years. Stopped cutting it because I couldn’t afford to go to the hairdresser. Now, I have promised to keep it long until a friend of mine gets married, so I can do something fancy with it for the wedding.
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Seen it before, and I’m still green with envy.
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Well – the maltesers sound like a pretty fair alternative!
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😀 🙂 😀
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Anyway – wasn’t that a pic of someone in their anorexic phase???
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😀 I was never anorexic – I liked my food too much. Just naturally skinny. Now I’m unnaturally unskinny.
Never bulemic, either – I loathe vomiting.
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How healthy and beautiful. What a shot! I, too, feel nostalgic when I look at my old photos. What happened in the meantime? Lol.
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I love looking at your old photos when you share them.
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This reminds me that I need to round up the old photos and digitize them. You look good there, all right! Too bad I never got shots of myself in a bikini. I had a white and blue striped one that was really something. Now I wear a swimsuit of a decent cover-up nature.
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I never wear a costume at all…shudder 🙂
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I had a very similar outfit, but my top was pink and I never had curves….(sob)
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I always thought of myself as boyish until my butt was recently pointed out to me 🙂
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You sure know how to make a dirty old man’s day!
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Ewww! Al!
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You have a wonderful ability to laugh at yourself. Wish mine was as good.
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Practice, practice, practice.
Or is it ‘Practise, practise, practise’?
I can never remember. Though I do know ‘separate’ contains a rat.
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Still catching up on sleep. 🙂
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Wit wit woo! I remember when my bum was up there. *sighs*
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lolololololololol 🙂
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Beautiful Tilly. I too was svelte at one time, but alas, my heinie never looked so good. Dianne
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Everyone is suddenly fixating on something I wasn’t aware I had. Weird.
We were all svelte at one time. Sigh.
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NO, your butt is obviously not too big in those white spray-ons.
A friend of mne, whose fiance is a photographer, just completed some ‘tres tasteful’ nudie shots, she tells me … so she can one day remember how fabulous she once was … of course she is chokkers self-criticism now.
Same lovely smile Tilly, cheers catchul8r molly
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I had a friend do the same thing. Ugh. Not for me, even if I was suddenly skinny again.
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Wow. Impressed.
The smile’s the best bit, though 🙂
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😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
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beautiful then and now, Tilly! Same twinkle in the eye, same smile…
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You people! Making me blush! Stop it 🙂
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Girl, you rocked that body! You know Tills, you can get fitter when you’re ready…. I know it from my experience. You are beautiful; now and then. 🙂
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Get fitter…?
You mean…exercise…eat healthily…?
Wash your mouth out with soap!
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😆 You are ridiculously funny!
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I truly don’t care how gorgeous you are on the outside. What is important to me when I meet someone is are they trustworthy, do they have self respect and do they have good manners.
AND I hate the fact that I look terrible in white pants!
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I do have good manners; can I be gorgeous now? 🙂
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Well …. ok if you insist 😉
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Oh, I remember the skinny pants… I can’t believe they made a come-back, although you look really good in them.
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Thanks. I LOVED them. I had them for years and they never got stained. I think they had some sort of dirt repellant. Or I never moved while I was wearing them.
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I remember you. I will confirm it, she was Hottttttt and she had a great ass.
See you were wearing my clothes as well, ……. the top not the pants.
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Is this the hub for real? Dude, you were hot too! Together you were both rocking it… 🙂
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It is 🙂
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Whaddyamean, ‘was’?!
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Wow you’re beautiful! 🙂
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