I want nice house clothes

[Bathsheba]

I've been a SAHM for over 5 straight years now and have gone through several styles including:

Cargo pants in a variety of colours: taupe, pale grey, navy being my favourite. NOT army print... ewww.Wear it with T-shirts. Avoid wearing loose tops with cargos... it becomes unflattering. Cargos are good with babies, lots of pockets for all the bits and pieces. Trans seasonal.

Soft worn-in stretchy denim jeans. I find light blue denim is more functional when you are doing house work... baby powder and bleachy spills don't seem to show up on them as much.

In winter I like corderoy with hand knits. At the moment I am "wearing to death" a black square-necked tunic style vest (goes down to the hips in a straight line) over a variety of long sleeve tops.

I don't generally wear skirts around the house in winter. I find that stockings/tights are too expensive to replace unless I am working.

I rarely wear trackies Mon-Fri. They are more of a weekend thing.... and I never wear them to the shops. Call me a snob but unless you have actually been playing a sport or been at the gym I think trackies are best just worn at home. Also when I wear them I feel lazier. I wear them as a cue to relax.

I think the main thing is that you wear comfortable clothes that allow a fair degree of flexible movement if you are doing the domestic duties thing. I Try not to be too precious about my "at home" clothes. I buy most of them second hand. I generally only buy brand new clothes if they are for special occasions/going out.

Also with shoes I try to avoid wearing runners all day. I'll pop on a pair to walk my DS to school... but take them off when i get home in favour of leather slip on shoes... ETA: but yep, not slippers, for the same reason Nelle mentioned.