fashionable and late, that's me.

I've been noticing some interesting fashion statements recently, and not just on teeny boppers, homeless people, or my father.

For example:

1) My boss wore the same shirt three days in a row. And if it had been a black shirt then I could have just pretended it was a different black shirt because-don't-we-all-have-a-million-of-them-anyway? But no, this one was lavender. And it made an appearance on Thursday with a repeat on Friday. (Secretly, I like to think she got lots of action and didn't make it home to change.) And this would have been fine. We've all had those days. But then it came back on Monday. I'm assuming it got laundered in between, but maybe it didn't. Who's to say? I felt almost compelled to introduce her to the concept of the Emergency Shirt that lives in a drawer in your office for just these occasions.

Not that I know anything about that.

2) What's with the pants onesies I've been seeing a lot lately? Like these:

Or these:

Nobody I see wearing them looks remotely good, and they remind me of being a senior in high school, which isn't really what I want to be reminded of on the subway. Please, everyone, STOP WEARING THEM.

3) A co-worker came into my office the other day and said, "You have a date, don't you?" I didn't, so I asked why he thought I did.

"You're wearing earrings."

Apparently I only look nice when I have an appointment for smooching. Note to self.

4) Going to the beach on a cold day (i.e., this past Saturday) is a good way to make sure you only see the most bikini-worthy bodies wearing bikinis. Those who should consider other beachwear were considering other activities all together.

So was I in mine? Yes. Yes I was. Under my hoodie.

5) Speaking of what I wear...

I was at my friends' house over the weekend doing my laundry when they came home. I, of course, was dressed to the nines in a fuscia circle skirt and a black and white striped top, all supported by a good-looking pair of "neutral" crocs.

"Could this be why I'm single?" I asked. My friend reminded me that, while this was a perfectly acceptable "weekend outfit," perhaps I shouldn't go anywhere but home after leaving.