I almost forgot how effective "retail therapy" can be ;)

I bought a gorgeous new winter jacket today. Fake suede with fake fur trimmings, soft brown color, warm and snuggly and not heavy-looking at all. The thing with winter coats and jackets is that they often make you look very bulky - and I hate that. This one doesn't, even though there is enough room beneath it for a thick sweater. Oh, and it's washable, too. It wasn't an absolutely necessary purchase, because my old olive green one is still in one piece - but it's starting to look a little shabby and I'm not sure how it will hold up in the washer, so... I have a black one, too, but that one's a size too big, since I bought it when I was 25 lbs heavier than I am now. So it does make me look bulky. Otherwise, it's a nice coat and I still wear it - I just need a brown one AND a black one, because I am color-conscious like that.:P Same with shoes. Need a black AND a brown pair for every season. Btw, I just replaced about half of my shoe collection as well. I get ridiculously attached to old clothes/shoes and stuff, but there does come a point where even I am no longer comfortable showing up in public wearing something that might fall apart any second, LOL. So I recently inspected my fall/winter footwear and decided that at least three pairs have to go. They were all scuffed and creased and torn inside and just plain ugly - not to mention uncomfortable. So now I have three new pairs of shoes. All in fake suede, by the way. I seem to be terribly partial to fake suede, for some reason. There is just something about soft suede boots... something, I don't know... elven, perhaps?...;) One of my new pairs does incidentally look like something Legolas might wear.:D Also, I seem to be all about comfort these days. No more heels. I don't care how short I am - no force on earth could make me wear high heels ever again. Just a little bit of a platform, perhaps. And nice soft edges all around, so I never have to toss a brand new pair of tights into the garbage after wearing them once. I am also becoming increasingly partial to long flannel nightgowns and fuzzy socks and furry slippers and... jeez, is this the onset of Middle Age or something???... *panicks a little*

Yeah. A very significant post, this one. Better shut up, change into one of those aforementioned flannel nightgowns and go to bed.:P