Women's Clothes

61/2016

There once was a time, back when I was in high school, where I had lots of pretty clothes.  My mother was an excellent seamstress, and she made most of the things that I wore.  And then I got married (first time) and we were poor (understatement) and I wore clothes that were cheap as well as looked cheap.  

After my divorce, I was able to begin buying clothes.  Price was still important, but I no longer had to buy clothes that had been discounted numerous times.  I was in heaven. 

Jeff and I've been married a really long time.  And from the first date until 2013 I was a working woman.  Initially, back in 1974 pants were forbidden from the work force, which is really a shame.  Women wore panty hose, dresses and heels - all year long.

Eventually, some kind of evolution came about and women were allowed to wear pants in the office and Casual Friday was invented as a day where you could even wear jeans!  We've come a long way baby.

And now I don't work.  My clothing needs are minimal, but my desire for clothes unfortunately hasn't.  I try and buy my "stay at home" clothes from one of the two "marts".  But I still yearn for the clothes I can no longer justify owning.  I am donating more clothes to Purple Heart next week.  There's no sense hanging onto things that I no longer need - and to be honest - no longer fit! (Sad but true).

A catalog arrived yesterday with the most amazing and beautiful clothes I've seen in a long time.  Ah, but then there's the prices, which make my head swoon.

For example, a sleeveless tunic is $79.95 - really?  A tank top is $49.95, which is a lot of money to pay for a tank top.  I understand that the clothes in the catalog are more high end than I buy now, but who would pay so much money for a tank top?  I guess someone who's still working that's who.  A "casual" tee is only $44.95 - well sign me up for half a dozen of those!

I try and I'm not always very good at it, to buy cheaper clothes since I don't really go out much anymore.  I have a pair of dress pants that I think still fit and an assortment of tops, non of which cost anything close to $44.00!

Thanks to a brain that doesn't work as well as it once did, working in an office is off the table for me.  I would crush under the pressure of trying to do a good job.  What was once a mind that could juggle different tasks and different people all at the same time, is gone.  I believe that my brain is as good as it's going to get, and I have to live with it.

I haven't been to a mall in a very long time and while I would love to go browse, I know that some of the clothes would be pretty and I would want them.  So, I'm clearly better off buying cheaper clothing to wear around the house, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.  

P