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

[obelix]

It's a good thing that I love shopping alone and don't particularly like shopping with other people since I have absolutely no girlfriends who like shopping!

The only time they want to go shopping for clothes is when they want to shop for themselves and then I get dragged along as fashion consultant. This means I spend the whole time picking out outfits for them and help them decide on what they should or, more often then not, what they shouldn't even contemplate ever buying or wearing ever again for fear of my going in their closet and burning it!

[graculus.livejournal.com]

They're probably equally afraid of you getting into their closet and arranging it in the colours of the spectrum... ;)