laughing at myself

I sort of need a spring jacket ... although that's always debatable here in the sunny south for two reasons: 1- will you wear it enough to justify the money spent, and 2-there are no coat racks in the south ... meaning any jacket you wear, and may want to take off, is with you constantly. It's especially debatable this year since it seems summer has come quickly after a very cold winter.

But anyway, I was in one of our favorite stores recently and noticed a prominant rack of spring jackets. They "had my name written on them." I'm a "no frills"sort of dresser and love the safari, khaki look. I noticed several other racks of that kind of jacket. "Must be 'in,'" I thought to myself (I'm generally clueless about fashion.) So I grabbed up a couple and went to the dressing room to have a look. And I loved them! Suddenly the coat really came into focus. It was an almost exact replica of a jacket I had 30 years ago! And probably wore for 20 years, I loved it so much. Once on our way home from Africa, we stopped for a few days in Holland. Even though it was summer, temperatures felt cool to my Africa-warmed skin and I had to buy a jacket. I was amazed how fashion had changed in the time we had been away and the baggy/safari look was in (the 80s) ... and the jacket I found to purchase was "me."

I never could part with it. When I finally gave in to the fact that it was terribly out of style, I wrapped it in tissue paper and stored it in the attic. I guess there's only so many fashion styles possible, and they do return. For once saving something has paid off. The jackets went back on the rack and I'm up in the attic today to get my (better made, by the way) jacket.

not my photo nor my jacket but I like it