Y’all…it’s been a legit…five years since I last bought clothes. Maybe four. Four or five years. The wardrobe is BARE. Slim pickins.
I finally bought some new stuff. It was really stressful for some reason. I really had to push myself to do it, and most of it—all of it, actually—was online shopping which is extra stressful. So much trying on, not fitting and returning. BUT…
I have some nice shit, now. Finally. Some genuinely nice stuff. Thanks to my friend Ali for his guidance. He really, really helped me find some good stuff. Most of it is super basic: a pair of nice boots that can dress up or down depending on the rest of the outfit, new chinos, the first jeans I’ve bought in fifteen years, basic *nice* shirts, an overcoat…that kind of stuff. Nothing too crazy, but still. Whew. Overwhelming for me at times.
I’ve just never felt good at clothes. I’ve relied on Liz, to be honest, to help me find stuff, to dress me. I’ve always felt very inept when it comes to dressing myself. But, I want to change that. I want to make dressing well a larger part of my life. Even if mostly I’m just sitting around at home in sweats and a graphic t-shirt, I want to have the stuff when I go outside of my house that says: that guy can dress himself. He’s an adult. Up till now, especially in the past decade or so, I’ve dressed like a child.
Wish me luck.