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

[leethet.livejournal.com]

If you looked in my closets you'd say a man lived here. All the clothes are large, plain (very few prints, and those there are are usually men's flannel shirts), half a dozen pair of large, flat-heeled shoes in brown and black, a couple of pairs of tennis shoes, colors predominantly black, brown, dark blue, grey. A lot of my clothes, especially shirts, and most of my casual/workout clothes are men's clothes (the sleeves are long enough, they're made better, they're less expensive).

I do own a purse or three (brown and black only) but I don't carry a briefcase for work and the wallet, keys, etc won't fit into my pockets (even though I too always wear pants and they usually have pockets).

Now it's true that if you dug down, there are a couple of pair of high heeled shoes, dresses, skirts and sparkly tops, but they're buried because I never wear them.