I really don't like shopping, especially shopping for clothes. For some reason I'm comfortable shopping at a Goodwill or Value Village, but not in a 'real' clothing store. I often feel overwhelmed by all the possibilities, and am anxious that I won't make good choices. So it felt like a big deal when I decided yesterday to go to a mall and get some new jeans. All of mine are tired-looking, some are stained, and I wanted to end the year with a fresher feeling about my closet. It helps curb my shopping anxiety if I focus on looking at just one kind of item.
I ended up staying in Macy's the whole time, tried on dozens of pairs of jeans, and finally came home with six new pairs. Dark blue, light blue, burgundy, slim fit, relaxed fit, one with a floral design, and two pre-ripped. I have always sort of secretly chuckled at people who wear pre-ripped pants, thinking "You're in such a hurry, you couldn't wait for them to rip naturally?" And in a way, pre-rip is kind of a stupid idea. In one pair, my toe kept getting caught in the ripped place when I tried them on, which, if that continued, would mean the rip would soon become a big, very unfashionable hole. But I ended up getting a couple of pairs with the idea that I could sew on some colorful patches. I wonder if I'll actually do that.
I hadn't taken into account that Black Friday is now a week long and so included yesterday, but fortunately there weren't any of the frenzied crowds famous for fighting and clawing and shoving one hears about the day after Thanksgiving. And fortunately, absolutely everything was on sale. Aren't I accidentally clever?
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