Dresses

   News flash: I bought a dress.  That is a rare occurrence nowadays, though there was a time when I had a wardrobe of some pretty spiffy numbers.  I was single, living at home, and in quite  good shape both financially and physically,  so it was fun and interesting to shop at all the local upscale stores  that carried the latest styles and designs.  Almost every weekend, when I was teaching and still living at home, I would purchase a trendy outfit to wear to school that week.  At one time, there was a (secret)  pool conducted by the male teachers to chart which of us single female teachers went the longest without repeating the same outfit.  (Always a dress, because in the 60's, hard to believe, but pants, even pantsuits, were not accepted as items of professional wear.)  A sexist thing to do for sure, but kind of fun.  I was told I won the contest, can't remember how many consecutive days of different dresses, but I did have a lot of nice clothes back then. 
      The last dress of any kind I bought was a 2-piece number for my daughter's wedding, and before that a dress for each of my niece's weddings.  I wore those 3 dresses only one time each, for the occasion it was purchased, and never would have considered wearing any of them again.  I had lost both my touch for fashion, and the physical appearance to carry it off. 
    So it came as a surprise to even me that I bought a dress a few weeks ago, again with the intent of wearing it to a wedding. I'd previously bought a pants outfit, rather drab as befitting my present state when, as I was shopping for something else, I thought why not try a dress.  I selected about a half dozen off the rack, and brought them into the fitting room, where I tried them on and decided none of them would work.  When I brought  them to the "rejected "rack  outside the fitting room, I saw a dress that someone else had left there.  I tried it on and ended up buying it.  I have it at home, and am afraid to look at it.  A dress!  I have the feeling I may well revert to the safe old navy blue pantsuit.  Nowadays I'm not much for any kind of adventure.