I went shopping today. By myself. In the rain. And a credit card.

I wanted to buy winter clothes to prepare for the coldest winter I would have to endure so far. Coming from California, I have more \”summer\” clothes than winter clothes. I have 10 different colored long-sleeved shirts, two sweaters (one of which I don\’t like and wear only if I don\’t have anything else to wear), one down jacket, three pairs of jeans, one pair of sweats, one thin gray pants, one baggy blue pants, one winter jacket, and all my assorted button shirts, tank tops, t-shirts. I think I just listed my entire wardrobe. The strangest thing that I kept coming across was that most of the stores just didn\’t have my pants size. It was either size 10, size 12, size 14. Maybe I was just browsing through the sales rack too much, but what happened to people my size? Did the store just put out more larger sizes or did the smaller sizes just sell out? And why can\’t more pants come in \”short\” length.

Sometimes I think I treat myself too well. I spent over $150 today on clothes, gloves and groceries. And a pair of light bulbs.