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

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Like I said above, I'm starting to realise my friendslist may not be the most objective of sample groups! :P

I've never understood the concept of going shopping just to see what's out there, because for me shopping = I need something in particular, usually because the previous something has worn out/is too small/has a hole in it, etc.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Hee - maybe not objective, but a good balance for the popular portrayal of all women as shoe-mad. I do enjoy certain types of leisure shopping if I'm not going somewhere noisy/hot/crowded. I can lose hours browsing a bookshop, and I do occasionally brave a sale if it means picking up some DVDs on the cheap.

I suppose it doesn't help on the clothing front that I'm a difficult fit. I'm a petite with a big bust and wide hips, and going clothes shopping is never as easy as seeing a style I like and buying it. Ditto on shoes, due to duck feet.