I have discovered a California living drawback - - wardrobe. Now, at first glance, this may appear silly. Warm weather. You can be easy and breezy! Flip flops and t-shirts galore. However, I lived on the East coast long enough to miss a couple of things. And I admit from the start that this problem, or drawback rather, may just stem from a personal problem but I am willing to share anyway.
On the east coast, most people look forward to buying clothing for the different seasons. Most of us get excited at the thought of buying new summer clothes. Or better yet, we look forward to spring when we can finally start wearing our sandals (showing off our new pedis) and shedding our heavy winter coats. Then, after showing your skin and being hot all summer, we begin to look forward to the idea of shopping for "fall" fashions and buying a new winter coat and sweaters. Well now, by living in sunny California, I feel like I wear the same damn clothes all the time. I am so sick of my wardrobe. The spring/summer clothes that had when I left the east coast feel like my entire wardrobe. I feel like I wear them all the time. And because the seasons don't change (unless you call going from 70-90 degrees a change), I don't have a "justification" for a shopping spree to "renew" my wardrobe. Now of course, I am a woman. I have bought some new items - here and there. However, I am just accustomed to the idea of buying "new" items for a "new" season and then eventually retiring the rags that I just wore for 3-4 months straight. And then, here is the really cool part of the east coast wardrobe culture. Because you don't look at the "last season" clothes consistently for another year, they feel like new when you pull them out again. Its like magic. The old becomes new (supplemented of course, by some new season stuff). Now, I feel like I am still stuck in the season of summer 2004 and 2005, and we are in 2006. Ugh! I say all of this to say .... I'm going shopping. To hell with California and its lack of seasons!
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