Friday, September 11, 2009

The 80s! good for something

I finally went clothes shopping today. Here are 4 reasons I'm glad the 80s/early 90s are back in:

- I can find cheap large earrings again
--> As mentioned before, I've started back into Earring Wear-ahj. (Cheap earrings are much lighter than quality ones.)

- I can find knee socks again
--> I used to have a great collection, but I wore them til they were destroyed and then I moved on to other things. But today I got a yen for knee socks again. Not a lot to choose from, but a start. (Oh and I bought a great pair of legwarmers too! Only worn together for photographic purposes.0


- I can find good leggings again
--> I tried buying some leggings from Old Navy a few years ago, but they're awful--they don't stay up! Make me mental. Au Coton used to be the place for leggings, but they disappeared along with the 80s. However I found great ones at Zellers today. Leggings are just more comfortable than tights, and warmer. And I have such long legs that even "extra long" tights don't stay up well--I prefer things with no feet.
(Look at the zippers on the ankle! Heh heh.)


- I can find big purses again
--> We have to bag check employees at work, so I'm very up on purse trendiness. I remember when every girl at work had purses so small my standard joke was "to make sure you're not stealing a bookmark." Then I saw them grow and grow, and now some of the bags are as big as their torsos. (Too big... come on, you'll never find fuck all in a bag like that.) But I've decided, for my vacation, to see if I can live without my backpack and just use my laptop bag and a purse. So I bought a snazzy faux snakeskin, in a red that doesn't clash too much with the red laptop bag. (Red is, like, a neutral to me.)

I sewed on "grips" to the handles, so my purse won't slip off my
shoulder. Which is my HUGEST purse peeve.

Quote of the Day

"There's only so much you can learn in one place
The more that you wait, the more time that you waste"

Listening to Madonna's "Jump." That's a pretty good line--I'd never noticed it before. Of course it should say "the longer you wait" not "the more"... but song lyrics aren't known for their Supreme Grasp of the Eng Lang.

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