Unfortunately this was not for pullups or anything remotely productive. This morning I woke up in quite the hurry since I had forgotten that my residence was going to be sprayed for bugs (pesky carpenter ants) and I had to get gone for most of the day. The first thing I noticed when I woke up, aside from “that was a seriously messed up dream”, was that the internet was down. Again. Oh well, no time for that. I had about 5 minutes to get myself and my crap all together and out the door!
“Tablet in knapsack, some notebooks, OH, gotta get the wallet… nearly-dead phone? check. OK– wait. Get dressed first, then go.”
Yup. Fun morning. With 6.5 hours to kill, I took a rare trip to the mall to look for some summer shorts. I have a pair. I wore them today, in fact. However, they are short shorts. They are the shorts that people accused me of not wearing at all in a past episode of OpenAlpha. I’M WEARING SHORTS. I JUST WEAR LONG HOODIES. SERIOUSLY. Who do you think I am??!? *cough*
Despite my random twitter posts about dresses the past little while, I strongly dislike shopping. It’s pretty much a ‘hate’, really. Hate, loathe, despise, dislike, frown upon, etc. This, obviously, does not apply when shopping for tech, games, sports, or food. Those are awesome. Clothes are frustrating. Today I set a new personal best for cursing in my head. All I bought after a few hours was a cinnamon bun. On the plus side, I helped a Grandma pick out a Nintendo shirt for her granddaughter — “She, uh, she likes the green guy.” “This one with Luigi or this one with Yoshi?” “Oh! Yes! The dog thing.” — and a lady shorter than me grab stuff off of high shelves for a while. I rag on myself about my height but I know I’m still 5″4.5. That 0.5 is important. I don’t wear heels since I’m fantastically uncoordinated when not on skates, so I just go about my days quietly sighing at the 5″6+ lucky ones. And then I meet lovely ladies like Sandra that are up to around my elbow and realize, yeah, not so bad. At least I’ve got long fingers! The corollary is that I have long toes which, apparently, creep out some people. Nuts to them. Not that I wear open toes shoes in public a whole lot, either. Flip flops suck but I have some sporty sandals that have survived with me since grade 8. I love those.
Basically, clothes shopping sucks and even my newfound love for all things Stacy London, Clinton Kelly, and What Not To Wear can’t make it any better. Maybe a free five grand+ and shopping with them would force me to revise my opinion of the pastime but that’s not going to happen! Thankfully. Man, if you could nominate Canadians for that show my Mom would have thrown me under the bus years and years ago. In the meantime, I still have one pair of shorts and one pair of track shorts and nothing even closely resembling a skirt or summer dress. Could be a long summer. No idea how I’m going to survive in LA next week. To end on a high note, the internet is back! Yay!
tl;dr version: clothes shopping sucks. Someone else should do it for me.
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I hate shopping for clothes too. That’s why I end up buying tshirts online from time to time. I loathe actually having to go to the store to buy pants, etc though.
However…I’m all about shopping for electronics. Sounds like a match made in heaven, no? :)
We could always get you on “Style By Jury”.
You were plenty stylish in Boston, so don’t sell yourself short. (Not the best choice of words considering how wee you are, but there we have it and I swear to god I am 5’7″ no matter what you think.)
Shopping for clothing is a horrible chore, and I have to do some before LA, too. IIRC, I had a little bit of help choosing new shirts at PAX…I wonder if I have that girl’s number.
L.A. is dry. Loose cotton works best.
Unless is rains. *dismissive exhalation*
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For the record, so we’re 100% clear: LA is the part of Hades that the Olympian deities were busy trying to pawn off on one another when they drew lots.
But yes: Shopping for clothes sucks.
Aww man, don’t bad mouth LA, thats the best part of GTA! (~_^)
I remember when you said you loved dresses as a little girl. I think it was an Christmas photo of you sitting in that funky position. Not so easy to buy a dress when you don’t have mom and dad to do it for you. Just buy some dress even if it don’t completely appeal to you, think impulse buy. Use that impulse buy to get you started, but remember, with great impulse, comes great responsibility. ;)
I hate clothes shopping too. But since I started to exercise in early February, trying to get healthy, I have dropped from an 46 to 42 (Inch) waist. As a result I have an new found interest in clothes. Just this last 2 weeks I have been able to fit in to Levi 501′s. Have not worn 501′s since mid 20′s. The way you like dresses is the way I like 501′s.
So c’mon Jenn, buy that dress thats out there waiting for you. If I can buy 501′s after 16 years or so then you can do it. Have fun shopping in Hogtown (Did I get that right?). ツ
“I rag on myself about my height but I know I’m still 5″4.5. That 0.5 is important.”
Totally! I’m 5″9.5. ;)
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