First, for the important news of the week. It snowed in Boston. Twice. Yeah!! Now for the truly mundane. Had a minor shopping trip last week with a friend of mine (ok, not really minor in the fact I was actually IN A MALL but work with me). I realize I’m not the fashionista I once was when I worked for the company from hell. But given what was FOR SALE I maintain that wearing Dansko’s, khakis and sweater, shirt or t-shirt depending on the occasion is the most sane way of dressing.
The first thing that scared me?
Um, at least it's orange?
This odd item was at Lord and Taylor. We were pretty sure it wasn’t a single leg warmer for an elephant. It appears to be a tube dress for an adult. Ok, growing up when this was fashionable-the-first-time, I shudder that we are returning to the economics of the Ford/Carter/early Regan eras based on what we are being shown as acceptable in the fashion world. Let’s face it: dress well, feel good. Putting that on, even if I was a size negative 2, I wouldn’t feel good. I’d feel lost, misguided, wondering if my friends were secretly plotting to get me on the auditions of American Idol so they could mock me. As I wondered how such a garment could impact the primary season, my friend pointed out the obvious, most people are too fat to wear that. Uh, yeah. Sad thing is, most people don’t have her common sense. I’m still not convinced it wasn’t a dog blanket for a German Shepherd or something. Ok, I really hope it was a small dog apparel item gone wrong that somehow wound up with a designer label.
The fashion crisis only became worse when we went into DSW. Ok. SERIOUSLY? These are the “styles”. Note, if you have a kid, urge him/her to become an orthopedic surgeon specializing in ankles. In about 20 years, there is going to a be a BOOM in the need for ankle replacements.
Hi, I'm here for my PT appointment. . .
For the evenings!
The great shopping debacle led me to realize this is wrong with this country. We are settling for bad fashion people! How can we possibly accept the current slate of GOP candidates? How can we take them seriously? I mean, look at their hair!
Psst, next time dye the sideburns
Hey, Mitt, can I borrow some of that gel stuff?
Stacey and Clinton are around somewhere. . .
Proving that one popular night-time pundit is right: a vote for Herman Cain, is a vote for well, the best dressed GOPer (and hence, not on the ballot).
Of course you can trust me! I won Thumbs up 7up!
31 and holding 