Don't you see? No actually, I do not

24th September 2011 at about 8 am.

That is the last time I have looked into a full length mirror and have been able to see the clothes I am wearing. Here at University, I only have a little mirror above my sink, and if you stand on my bed you can sort of see stomach/top of legs, i.e. the closest I've come to knowing what my outfit looks like. As someone who is rather clothes concious and doesn't look great in everything, this is proving to be a bit of a pain in the arse. But at the same time, it's not all bad.

Whilst I am aware that I have lost a little bit of weight (there are BILLIONS of stairs here and no access to a re-filling biscuit tin), I do feel better in my appearance, and I think that may be due to the lack of over-analysing myself in a mirror. So is the full length mirror the source of worrying about how we look in that dress? My little theory is that when you're always looking at yourself in a mirror, you see the good angles and the bad angles. So say in the morning you see the good angles and go "dayumm I look mighty fine" (or something along those lines), this image of hotness gets stuck in your head and for the rest of the day you worry about staying at that level. You want to appear to others as your mirror reflected in the morning.
Now, take away that mirror and you have no self-set standards. You get dressed, go out without a set standard, manage to focus on other things, come back and be a bit of a honey badger* because you don't give a shit. You become comfortable in your own skin, living as you in your rawest form because your crazy over-analytical, need to look good at all times, woman brain ain't got nothing on you.

However, there is a down side to this abandonment of full length mirrors. There is always the worry that

1. You will go out in an unflattering outfit. 
2. You'll have your skirt stuck in your knickers without you realising
3. That is a little too much cleavage and leg, yes, you look like a slut

Fear not! These problems can be avoided! For 1, buy clothes that actually suit you. For 2, just do a casual hand sweep over your butt to check, and for 3, we all know the 'cleavage + covered legs = yay' OR 'no cleavage + legs = yay' rule.

It would be interesting to see if having no full length mirror for a week or two makes other women feel better about themselves...or maybe I'm just constantly drunk?

*if you don't understand the honey badger reference, watch this