I don’t have a hip or cool bone left in body. Not to mention I now have actual hip pain to remind me that my youth is leaving and old age is on it’s way. Not that I mind being 40, I don’t, I’m fine with it, just like I was fine with 10, 20, and 30. It’s the loss of my coolness that I mourn. You might argue that I was never really cool or hip to begin with, but in my mind….rock star, baby!
Today, I was shopping at Kohl’s, my favorite store (see what I mean), and I noticed grandma on the other side of the clothing rack looking at the same shirt I was admiring. Now, I have to admit this is the second time this has happened to me. You would think I had learned my lesson the first time and not gone back to that blasted store, but remember I’m getting older, so my memory is in question. There I was admiring the clothing with the jewelry sewn onto it, thinking when exactly did I stop shopping at the cool stores? Can I blame my husband? (I always try that first) No, I think it was my children. Not only did they destroy my shape, they stole my money.
Off I go into the fitting room. Another thing I didn’t used to have to do, try on the clothes. I used to know what size I wore and it always fit. Now, maybe the arms are too small, or the shirt shows the belly, or it’s too tight and shows my rolls. I’m painting a pretty picture, eh? So, I have narrowed the pile down from 25 to 4, and now I am agonizing over a jacket. Do I really like it? Is it worth the 18 bucks I’ll have to cough up to pay for this clearance priced jacket. Hm, what to do? And then I think, what? I’m agonizing over 18 dollars? I have completely lost it, I better put this jacket back. I pay and out I go to the parking lot. Guess what? I forgot where I parked the car.
Cool, hip, youth. Good-bye. I will really miss you.
Ya know, I love Kohl's. Hard to say out loud - much less put in writing - but, there, I've said it. In fact, I am loving Kohl's so much that I visited three different ones on Su, M and Tu. Most of the Simply Vera (Vera Wang) stuff is HIDEOUS, but the trousers fit so well! And I've had a run of good luck with the Apt 9 sweaters on the winter clearance. And last week (one of the same three Kohl's, just a differnt week...), I got a truly fun and AWESOME pair of jeans for $4! I wore the awesome jeans, an Apt 9 sweater (well, it might have been a dress, but it was too short for me to wear as a dress so I wore it as a sweater) and a so-hideous-it's-cute Simply Vera coat out to dinner on Saturday night. I felt fabulous and, actually, rather 'hip.' However, we were going out with a bunch of almost 60 year olds...
ReplyDeleteAnd, the big difference between you and me, I never had a hip, cool bone in my body. Preppy in the '80's, business clothes in the '90's. Sadly, I may be at my hippest now.