When did I go out of style?

As a teenager, I was about as far from fashionable as one could get. I mostly wore baggy t shirts and jeans. I was lucky if I did my hair. Thinking back, I was probably the Ally Sheedy character from the Breakfast Club --if you had to put me in a category.

Over the course of my college years, I gained confidence and began to be much more fashionable. I went from having an almost empty closet to an overflowing one.

Currently I've amassed a great selection of business casual and work clothes. Over the last year, they've sat in closet collecting dust as I haven't needed them. As a result, I now have a ton of t-shirts and boring/conservative tops, a dwindling supply of jeans and 1 pair of khaki capris. My options decrease substantially when it gets warm out. So even if I want to dress nicely, I can't really do with it without winding up overdressed or underdressed. My go to outfit is a light blue tshirt with multi color penguins on it paired with aforementioned cargo capris.....  Next to better dressed people my age, I feel like I look frumpy.

Tonight, I engaged in some much needed solo retail therapy. I wound up getting 2 pairs of bermuda shorts -- 1 turquoise plaid!!!! and 1 grey --(WHOA! Big leap. I can't remember the last time I wore shorts, let alone plaid ones) and 3 shirts - two tank tops and a tunic. I tried on way more than that to find the stuff I did.

I can't wait to wear it all!