Movin' On Up - or at least into some different clothing.
Sometimes I feel like one of the Jeffersons as I segue through class gradations. My position is still shaky on account of having student loans and being a contract worker, but I'm pretty sure I'm moving out of the working poor into the working class, and I think I have the potential to move into the middle class within the next decade.
As a result, and perhaps due to my age, I feel less interested in wearing many of the clothes I used to like. For years I've been collecting bits of office drag and am excited to finally get to use them. My non-work time style is also shifting. I feel a little silly wearing punky goth now--like I'm in a costume, trying to disguise myself as a younger person. Today I packed up a bunch of clothes I haven't worn in over a year and I'm taking them to Value Village. I plan to come back with some new gap-filling pieces, perhaps even some (gasp!) purchased new. I know, I've become a shameless clothes whore. It's only a matter of time before I want a walk-in closet.
As a result, and perhaps due to my age, I feel less interested in wearing many of the clothes I used to like. For years I've been collecting bits of office drag and am excited to finally get to use them. My non-work time style is also shifting. I feel a little silly wearing punky goth now--like I'm in a costume, trying to disguise myself as a younger person. Today I packed up a bunch of clothes I haven't worn in over a year and I'm taking them to Value Village. I plan to come back with some new gap-filling pieces, perhaps even some (gasp!) purchased new. I know, I've become a shameless clothes whore. It's only a matter of time before I want a walk-in closet.