The Dress Barn

Now here's a place I don't head to too often.... the Dress Barn. But on Friday, I went voluntarily hunting for, well, a skirt. I surprised even myself. When I was a girl, we always went dress shopping about this time of year, and even after I got married I would perhaps yearly go find a new dress. As the years have gone by dresses and skirts have been less and less appealing to me. So the store, The Dress Barn, held a lot less appeal then say, Best Buy or Bed Bath and Beyond or something like that. Actually I had been in the Dress Barn a couple of times because I have a daughter in law who really likes the place and I just like hanging out with her...so at least I have experience!
Generally I tell people that if they see me in a skirt or a dress they can ask me, 'Who's funeral?' So what's with the exception now? I'm taking a big overseas trip next month with my daughter and I thought this might be one way to look a little less 'American.' (and I heard that to get into some of the cathedrals etc it's more cusomary to wear a skirt...)Probably all it will succeed in doing is to make me look a little less like me. You know, the jeans and t-shirt wearing girl. It probably won't get me to wear toenail polish with my sandals or much make up for that matter, but I'll play it by ear! I'd rather get that new wide angle tamron lense for my camera than a skirt but it's too late now. And the Dress Barn? Well, there were definitely lots of dresses and skirts. I kept saying, 'Are these really in style? Is this really what people are wearing?' Sheesh. I have to get out more.