Decisive! But not implemented.

I even have opinions about clothes, although I have no idea how to translate that into an outfit or anything. I sometimes know what things are trendy, and I often don't like them. I thought asymmetrical hems were silly because my legs are the same length, and so were pointy shoes, on account of how my toes aren't pointy. Last spring, when every shirt was a floral print with an empire waist, I wondered why we were all supposed to wear maternity wear. When Angelina Jolie is pregnant, we are all pregnant?

Tracy and I were looking at this coming fall in the usual mall stores, and I can't think whose death we are mourning. All blacks and whites, with the occasional vibrant heather or beige. Or maybe we're moving into an opinionated season, offering only the extreme choices of black or white? For the fall elections, perhaps?

I would like to dress better, but that would involve shopping. People who like to shop, who shop recreationally, can know what their options are and what looks good on them. When they see something especially nice, they can buy that nice thing and accumulate a wardrobe over time. Other people, people who shop maybe twice a year, have to buy whatever is in the stores on that day. Even though I know of items of clothing I would like to own, and even though I would like to be more appropriately dressed for any occasion that requires more than jeans and a sweater, it would require frequent small doses of shopping to own just the right clothes. When would a short trip to clothing stores ever come before playing catch or porch sitting? I don't even mind spending money on clothes, but spending time? When? How?