Pre-Black Friday Shopping
Nov. 24th, 2008 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebWe went to the local outlet mall this weekend thinking this would be the last sane time to go for a while. It was definitely sane except in the store that was going out of business.
I'm still not thrilled with outlet malls. I've decided that just like at real malls, the only place to shop is at the clearance racks in the back.
In several stores I wished I were big enough to be able to buy something in men's sizes. Their clothes tended to be much nicer. They were less likely to have logos sewn conspicuously all over, they were more likely to have pockets and lots of them, and they were less likely to have stylish touches that would make them go out of date by, oh, yesterday or whatever. No ruffles, for example. That's pretty weird because in the olden days I was glad to be female because I get more interesting clothes. I had decided that guys only get to be creative with their ties.
I got two shirts, a purse, and a lid that turns out not quite to fit one of my pans.
One of the shirts was super cheap and a nice blue cotton knit t-shirt that will be good with khakis and a black jacket.
The other was merely cheap but is a long-sleeved jersey-knit turtleneck in cranberry color. For some reason I have this idea in my head that I should wear a cranberry colored shirt for Thanksgiving. For the longest time I had a cranberry colored cable knit sweater but eventually that wore out and elongated itself into a very odd shape, so finally I quit wearing it. I can wear the new shirt with blue jeans or khakis and a black jacket.
I also got a purse. Robin loves shopping for purses even though he doesn't carry one himself and he's figured out that I like a fairly small purse with a zipper (so it can be upside down). I didn't want any of his favorites, one for some bizarre irrational reason (woven grass reminds me of insect carcasses). But I did get a very inexpensive ($13) multicolored striped canvas purse with leather trim. What sold me is that it is slightly larger than my current purse, which is slightly too small. (I fear any purse would be slightly too small, though, the way any paycheck is slightly too small.)
I'm still not thrilled with outlet malls. I've decided that just like at real malls, the only place to shop is at the clearance racks in the back.
In several stores I wished I were big enough to be able to buy something in men's sizes. Their clothes tended to be much nicer. They were less likely to have logos sewn conspicuously all over, they were more likely to have pockets and lots of them, and they were less likely to have stylish touches that would make them go out of date by, oh, yesterday or whatever. No ruffles, for example. That's pretty weird because in the olden days I was glad to be female because I get more interesting clothes. I had decided that guys only get to be creative with their ties.
I got two shirts, a purse, and a lid that turns out not quite to fit one of my pans.
One of the shirts was super cheap and a nice blue cotton knit t-shirt that will be good with khakis and a black jacket.
The other was merely cheap but is a long-sleeved jersey-knit turtleneck in cranberry color. For some reason I have this idea in my head that I should wear a cranberry colored shirt for Thanksgiving. For the longest time I had a cranberry colored cable knit sweater but eventually that wore out and elongated itself into a very odd shape, so finally I quit wearing it. I can wear the new shirt with blue jeans or khakis and a black jacket.
I also got a purse. Robin loves shopping for purses even though he doesn't carry one himself and he's figured out that I like a fairly small purse with a zipper (so it can be upside down). I didn't want any of his favorites, one for some bizarre irrational reason (woven grass reminds me of insect carcasses). But I did get a very inexpensive ($13) multicolored striped canvas purse with leather trim. What sold me is that it is slightly larger than my current purse, which is slightly too small. (I fear any purse would be slightly too small, though, the way any paycheck is slightly too small.)