continuing the saga of “buying a new wardrobe to go to south america,” I went to American Apparel today.
I went to Goodwill the day before and got a short sleeved dress shirt and a polo shirt and a blue tshirt with nothing on it, successful, but I couldn’t find hardly any tshirts (only one) without words on it, and I’m avoiding tshirts with words. for a variety of reasons. also this year, after working so closely with the poor and watching such films as “Life and Debt” which was very good but totally freaked me out because of the whole “made in USA” stuff not actually being made in the USA, I’m becoming more and more concerned about how the products I use are made and more and more frustrated that I can’t control any of it. sometimes I need things! also, my grey zippered sweatshirt that I got in middle school is quite literally falling apart at the seams and I’ve needed a new one but couldn’t find one that was just plain grey and not all embelished with patterned lining or made with stretchy fabrics and I suspected that at American Apparel I’d be able to find a normal one. I was.
I got a new grey sweatshirt that’s made for girls but isn’t all short and is 100% cotton! I also got some tshirts with no words in a variety of colors and sizes. nothing that I tried on or wanted to try on had spandexy crap. I mean, they obviously had stretchy clothes but that was all the ridiculous styles that are all trendy. true, I did pick up an oversize tshirt which is pretty trendy but it’s quite comfortable and would go well with some of my pants and I could wear in ecuador cause it’s modest.
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