I always forget how cheesy I get on Valentine's Day until it happens. I go along turning up my nose at sappy romantic ads on the radio, eschewing lingerie stores and admiring the haughty looks sported by Prada models...and then I wake up on February 14 and get frantic when I can't find my undies with the little pink hearts on them. I settle for pink lace--which usually lies at the bottom of the drawer--and wish I still had those socks from fourth grade with the plaid hearts on them. I can barely believe myself. Snap out of it, cheeseball!
Nevertheless, I did go around all day today with way more pink on than usual, and feeling very satisfied with myself for having on appropriate underoos as I pasted sparkly hearts on a totally absurd card for my very un-cheesy boyfriend. I guess clothing isn't always a part of our grand scheme to make impressions on people...it can be really just for fun, and for our sake alone. I sure wasn't trying to impress anyone with my hidden heart socks in fourth grade, but I sure did get a kick (HA!) out of them. And despite my supposed lack of caring about the officially designated day for L.O.V.E., I've definitely fallen into its trap; I'd never commemorate the L-word with my underthings on any other day.
Do you, dear readers, commemorate things with your clothes too? Do you wear ironic Christmas sweaters or green St. Patty's Day socks? Or are you way too cool for that?
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I kind of have a plethora of Christmas socks... they are a regular stocking stuffer and just accumulate. I try to see if I can get through all the pairs. I definitely do colors for holidays. Though today I only did heart earrings... kind of ignoring V-Day.
In high school I had QUITE the collection of hilarious socks. If you go to Old Navy post-insert holiday, then you are sure to find hilarious insert holiday socks on super sale. Then you can be super-ironic by way of high school socks and wear them on the INappropriate holiday. My favorites were this pair that had champagne bottles on them for new year's. I think they might still be around, just waiting for use on President's Day...
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