Girls Night Out

Now this is something I have been pondering for a while, but came more to light on recent night out. The issueI have is in relation to getting ready to go out, I must admit I am quite good., I take about an hour, in which I have a bath, get lotioned up, hair sorted, make up and outfit on (which I have usually decided before, saves a lot of time). I know some girls who can spend hours getting ready for a night out, fake tans, layers of carefully placed make up, but to be honest I think I look good after my hour and it also means when I have to take it all off after a night out it doesn’t hours and I can get my well earned beauty sleep.

After a few drinks and hobbling in agony because my beautiful shoes were practically ripping my feet to shreds, I went on a little rant to my friend about how easy boys have it. Not only do they get to wear flat shoes on a night out, they also to a degree (unless they are metrosexuals) take no time at all to get dressed up.

The top and jeans combo can’t be that hard to put together, whereas us girls have a range of different outfit options – dresses, skirts, trousers, shorts, strappy tops, glittery tops? Then there is the underwear options, can’t wear a white bra under a black top and vice versa, unless you are making a Carrie SATC fashion statement. Then shoes and what make up to wear, then trying to fit everything you need in to a bag the size of a small envelope, you also have the debate on whether to take a coat or not, as you will either be holding it all night or having to queue for it at the end of the night. A lot of texts go between me and my friends before a night out, what you wearing? You taking a coat? What kind of shoes are you wearing? Usually so you can plan, if they take a coat you will, if they are wearing their ridiculous shoes they can’t walk in so will you as you will be able to keep each other up for support.

I know I don’t have to wear heels out, but I don’t wear them through the week, they make me feel glamorous and make me feel taller than my 5ft 2 natural height. However, I do regret wearing heels quite frequently on a night out, when I stumble through my front door, not because I am drunk but because my feet hurt so much they decide they aren’t going to walk anymore. I know I can wear flats but I love shoes and have a load of beautiful heels I just need to numb my feet in future, and anyway I have my granny days to wear comfortable flats.

Although men don’t want to believe it women do dress for other women, they want to be complimented in the toilets or asked where a certain item is from, not ridiculed because they look as if they got dressed in the dark.

Now I have my friends wedding this weekend, where I am a very proud bridesmaid, but for some reason I have got 4 inch, peep toe glittery heels to wear, now I regret it already as I know I will be crippled for the whole day, when will I learn! I think I will be smuggling flats or kitten heels in to help my feet, vanity over comfort! I’m just glad the dress is floor length so no-one will be none the wiser – here’s hoping anyway.