Starting on the wrong foot

Today's trousers: fancy jeans
oh, and by "fancy" I mean: they have no holes, they are dark blue, and they fit.
The shirt that accompanies them: blue oxford shirt which also fits.

It is the shoes which complete the ensemble which are the subject of today's sermon blog.  I'm wearing sneakers (uh, trainers).  I told one of my bosses I was going on a date, that's why I'm dressed so nicely (i.e. wearing clothes that fit).
He said, "Oh, did you bring date shoes?"
I said, "These are my date shoes."
He looked at them again.  "Oh." With accompanying grimace.

(Even friends of mine are worried that these shoes send the wrong message.  I think they send a great message.  That message is: "Listen, pal, I'm sure you're nice and all, but I can kick you in the junk and run like the wind!")

I did recently buy some new shoes but they are more of a second date kind of thing.

Look, I do ok in the summer, I just wear a dress all the time.  But today I had to wake up (that in itself a horror show), fix my mophead (I am not even kidding!), and get ready for work.  Then I am supposed to figure out clothes! Jeez! The pressure!

I'm doing the best I can.

However.... tomorrow I will be going to see my awesome friend STELLA and drinking all the drinks.  (With plenty of time to look beautiful!) Neither one of us are excited about this at all.

(yeah, that's my mophead AFTER it's been fixed, by the way.  yikes)

And the trousers go to...

Today's trousers: baby-poo brown plaid with a subtle blue stripe, jauntily mismatched with a blue floral shirt because it was what was laying on top of a box where I could see it this morning. 

Oh, M, how I enjoy your fashion sense!  So quirky, so devil-may-care, so COLORBLIND!

Yes, yet again I look like I got dressed in the dark... but I didn't!

These trousers are the ugliest color in my collection, but I think not the ugliest trousers overall.

The trousers are ugly, but the photograph is unflattering.
It's win-win frankly.

Oh. You wanted to hear about the date. 
1. I did not fall down
2. I did not spill
3. I did not mention Stalinworld as my ideal honeymoon destination
4. I did not mention Stalinworld
5. I did not mention my love of genocide as it relates to my research on cultural nationalism

Surprisingly we were still able to make conversation.  So we'll see. 
And: this is not me, but it could be

Who's wearing the trousers?

Today's trousers: green military-esque skirt with black shirt. Lookin' good for a date to a dive bar!

It's true, I rarely wear my ugly trousers for dates.  Well, not for first dates, I would not want to scare a gentleman off with my awesome fashion sense.  Plus, I would hate it if I were better dressed than he.  No need to make him feel inadequate right away, as my massive intelligence will surely do that at some point anyway.

And here I am contemplating said date, or possibly sleeping on the job.  I'm already tired.  And a bit out of sorts.  I am not sure this bodes well for the date in question.  But you know what?  It's another freakin' first date.  GAH! http://myfriendsaremarried.tumblr.com/post/30758271121/when-my-friend-asks-how-my-first-date-with-a-new-guy#notes