First world problems
Aug. 3rd, 2009 10:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizbeeI need new clothes. I was looking through my luggage last week, and realised that (a) most of my clothes look the same -- long-sleeved black t-shirts, or, if I want to really shake it up, a long-sleeved grey t-shirt -- and (b) they're getting a bit faded and tatty.
Well, I thought, sooner or later I'm going to get a substantial tax refund. I'll go to Target and put some things on lay-by.
I had a plan. One pair of trousers (pref. tweed, but not jeans, and not that horrible microfibre polyester crap that Target seems to think is the only appropriate fabric for black work pants), two to three shirts (not t-shirts), a dress, a cardigan, two pairs of shoes and a bra.
Several hours later, I had a dress, a cardigan and one shirt. Apparently, I either need to lose or gain weight in order to fit into Target's trousers, and either way I'm also going to have to grow another four inches. There were millions of shirts, but most of them were too formal, too skimpy or too transparent for work, or they were simply not designed to accomodate boobs. As for shoes, apparently people with small feet just don't need them. Although, one thing that amused me -- for $19.99, you could buy canvas trainers so trendy they come without laces. Or, for $14.99, you can buy identical canvas trainers, with laces.
I've been poking through catalogues for other stores, but I'm in a bit of a pickle -- I'm about a decade too old and many cupsizes too big for Supre, but I'm not nearly preppy enough for Myer or David Jones. You people on my flist, you're a well-dressed bunch. Where do you get your clothes? Online options are welcome, at this point. Otherwise, I'm just going to buy a whole lot of new long-sleeved black t-shirts.
Maybe I need to learn to make my own clothes?
Well, I thought, sooner or later I'm going to get a substantial tax refund. I'll go to Target and put some things on lay-by.
I had a plan. One pair of trousers (pref. tweed, but not jeans, and not that horrible microfibre polyester crap that Target seems to think is the only appropriate fabric for black work pants), two to three shirts (not t-shirts), a dress, a cardigan, two pairs of shoes and a bra.
Several hours later, I had a dress, a cardigan and one shirt. Apparently, I either need to lose or gain weight in order to fit into Target's trousers, and either way I'm also going to have to grow another four inches. There were millions of shirts, but most of them were too formal, too skimpy or too transparent for work, or they were simply not designed to accomodate boobs. As for shoes, apparently people with small feet just don't need them. Although, one thing that amused me -- for $19.99, you could buy canvas trainers so trendy they come without laces. Or, for $14.99, you can buy identical canvas trainers, with laces.
I've been poking through catalogues for other stores, but I'm in a bit of a pickle -- I'm about a decade too old and many cupsizes too big for Supre, but I'm not nearly preppy enough for Myer or David Jones. You people on my flist, you're a well-dressed bunch. Where do you get your clothes? Online options are welcome, at this point. Otherwise, I'm just going to buy a whole lot of new long-sleeved black t-shirts.
Maybe I need to learn to make my own clothes?
