Supersizing of America & a rant

[GLC1968]

White sunglasses? Is that the latest?

No, no...that was the trend in the 80's. Only the dumb trashy chicks wore white sunglasses and drove white cars...at least in my neck of the woods.

I did wear heeled boots with jeans...but not anymore.

Now I'm off to Patagonia - funny, but I was perusing their site yesterday and had no idea a sale was starting! I too love their dresses and skirts but have not had luck with their pants or shorts.

For pants/shorts - I'm having luck with Royal Robbins, actually. (REI carries them) I also like Mountain Hardware, but they can get pricey.

[Crankin]

I do wear heels with jeans, but that's for "dress up," i.e. going out with DH, etc. And, they are not super high heels; sometimes the jeans would be too long still! I have a pair of short boots with 3 inch chunky heels that I wear with some of the longer pants I have for work. I couldn't do it when I was teaching, too much standing, but now I sit most of the time at work.
Going to look at Patagonia.

[SaNdEe]

Being all leg makes it super difficult to find jeans that don't look like I'm "waiting for a flood" - things are much better since high school in the 1980's (incidentally, the Grease Sing-ALong is in Ocala, but I digress, BTW my name is Sandy).
I was thrilled with the new longer leg-lengths!
But even I have had a few jeans to wear heels with (in the South, heels are the weapon of choice to keep DH interested)

[Selkie]

No, no...that was the trend in the 80's. Only the dumb trashy chicks wore white sunglasses and drove white cars...at least in my neck of the woods.

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I'm glad you said it, not I. Those chicks usually drove white VW Cabriolets, right? Now a lot of the ones who "made it" by marrying $$$ drive white Lexus SUVs (with tri delt stickers on the rear window---a reminder of their glory days). Sorry, that was *&^%$y, but I readily admit to being an anti-elitist (an elitist anti-elitist? I have my own snobbishness but it's premised on different values).

I don't remember the white sunglasses trend in the 80s---I was a punk rock girl then, so I probably didn't notice.

[Selkie]

I do wear heels with jeans, but that's for "dress up," i.e. going out with DH, etc. And, they are not super high heels; sometimes the jeans would be too long still! I have a pair of short boots with 3 inch chunky heels that I wear with some of the longer pants I have for work. I couldn't do it when I was teaching, too much standing, but now I sit most of the time at work.
Going to look at Patagonia.

Crankin, I was referring to those "Sex in the City" type heels---really high ones with the pointy toes. FM shoes, to put it crassly. There are 20-30 year olds who wear them to work with those skin tight, low rider jeans on Fridays.

[Crankin]

I pretty much knew the type you were talking about... I like the look of high heels, but my body says otherwise. Yea, sometimes I have had to tell younger colleagues, "no crack showing, please!" (and this is when I was teaching 11-13 year olds!). And, I love low rise jeans, but I know the limits of this!
Eh, my DH has a Lexus SUV. We keep it because of its ability to haul 4 bikes, a canoe, suitcases, and 4 adults. Besides, around here, the type of person Selkie refers to drives a white Cadillac Escalade with private school stickers on the back. Lexus is a pretty common car around here, so those Cadillacs really make a statement.

[SaNdEe]

Florida is an interesting place - below the "deep South" - so while many steriotypes are found here, there are enough transplants from other places to keep it interesting.
The heels look here has been moving more towards the Latin-style (more elegance than trash). However, I can rarely wear heels since my feet cramp terribly if I do - I much prefer my comfy old lace-up boots, but those don't really work in the office . . . plus, I'm taller than my DH if I wear heels!