Not like the other girls...

[graculus]

I've admitted for many years that I am a geek and have no issues where that is concerned. Next week I've got a couple of days off work and admitted that it's time for my biennial shopping trip for clothes since my underwear is starting to fall to bits - in general, if I need a pair of trousers, for example, the fact that a couple of local supermarkets now sell clothes has been sufficient for me.

However, the statement I made at work that provoked the most disbelief was this one: I have never owned a handbag.

Peeps at work - "But where do you keep your stuff?"
Me - "I have a briefcase for work, otherwise I use a daysack or my pockets."
Peeps at work - *stunned silence*
Me - "Do you really need a handbag and a briefcase if you're working?"
Peeps at work - "Probably not, but still... never?"
Me - "Nope."

And then I told them I didn't really care for buying shoes either. ;) E.T.A. Last wore a skirt in 1991, don't own a skirt or a dress and haven't for a similar length of time.

Help me, oh friendslist - surely I am not alone in this lack of slavish devotion to the cult of handbags and shoes? I always knew I was not a 'girl', even when biologically I was young enough, but even so...

Comments

[thefannishwaldo.livejournal.com]

I don't have a purse/handbag either. I have a backpack for work. I have a banana bag that I carry if I'm going on the bus or running errands. I do *own* a black purse for those times I'm going out somewhere, but like you, I don't see the point of carrying multiple bags at one time. I have a wallet, a cell phone, an iPod and keys that I need to carry when I'm not slugging around work stuff. One bag is completely sufficient.

Shoes... well, I don't mind having a pair of shoes that go with what I'm wearing. Mind you, that's often a pair of Chucks in a given color, or hiking boots... I own a grand total of one pair of shoes that could be called heels.