Not like the other girls...

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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...

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I have a handbag. Just the one (though soon to be two) as it's handier for travelling into town with in the tube and for just going out and about to the pub, restaurant r a quick trip to the shops. Keys, purse, inhaler etc. are too big to fit into my pockets.

Shoes, bah! I tend to wear boots whenever I can and hate shoe shopping. I have quite a few I've bought off the internet as going into shops I thoroughly detest! As long as they are comfortable and don't clash too horribly with what I'm wearing I don't care! I'm a size 2.5 so finding them in shops anyway is a bally nightmare and I end up usually having to get a size 3 (too big), which is part of the reason I plump for boots as it doesn't make such a big difference then. I have 4 pairs of boots (2 need repairing), a pair of walking boots and 5 or 6 pairs of shoes ranging from 15 years old (they still look fairly new so just goes to show how often I've worn them!) to 18 months old.