Those girls in their summer clothes…

I have too many summer clothes. I’m pretty certain that I could make it through the entire summer without repeating an outfit and that’s including changing clothes twice a day in some cases. I like summer clothes better than the rest-of-year stuff. It’s softer, prettier, easier to wear; it looks more playful and sexy and all that other fun stuff.

Rest-of-year clothes can be tight or itchy or just plain unappealing. Other than in summer one of my primary concerns is staying warm which means I’ll compromise being pretty and sexy (indulge me here, I realize that at my age those two things may be a tad out of range on the average day but let’s pretend for my sake that they aren’t) in the interest of being warm and that’s just no fun.

I have boxes and piles and tubs of summer shoes. Platforms, wedges, flip-flops, sandals, sneakers, you name it I have it in every color in every height from strappy to subdued. In winter I wear boots. Just the thought of it makes me cringe. I don’t like “shoe-shoes” they don’t feel like “me” so it’s either boots or sneakers to battle the three seasons that aren’t my beloved summer.

In anything but summer I rarely wear dresses. To be exact I wear a dress approximately every seven weeks for opening night where my husband works, that’s it. That’s the ONLY time I get dressed up once the long, heady days of summer have faded to fall.

I admit that I miss wearing dresses once summer’s gone but that doesn’t mean I’ll go out of my way to wear one in the non-summer seasons. I don’t want to have to mess with tights or pantyhose or goosebumpy bare legs. I don’t like the need for sleeves and coats with a pretty dress. It’s all too much bother except in summer when the easiest thing to toss on is a simple summer dress and flip-flops.

This morning I took myself out for breakfast (my summer staycation week is here) and tossed on a plain little tank dress and was fine but in a few short weeks that won’t be an option and dammit I’ll miss that.

Of course it’s summer sale time right now and guess what I want…more summer clothes! The only thing keeping me (and my bank account) safe right now is the weather is just too damn nice to waste time shopping in stores.

One might wonder why I live in the northeastern part of the US if I love summer so much, I was born here. My friends are here. That’s why. Would I rather be in Florida or some other southern state? Oh yeah, the thought of a brief and vaguely chilly “winter” is ever so alluring to me and yet I don’t see me leaving here anytime soon. DAMMIT.

Well, it’s off to the great outdoors for the day in “outfit #1”, that will be followed by a bathing suit which will be followed (most likely) by a summer dress and sandals. Oh summer and all that you bring (like summer clothes) I love you best of all.