And lo on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:27:11 +0100, Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull>  
did spake, saying:

> Yesterday, my mother decided that sitting at home watching TV was making  
> her back hurt too much, so we should all go out shopping instead.
>
> (Does that logic make ANY SENSE to anybody here? Cos it makes no sense  
> at all to me!)
>
> Suffice it to say, mum spent all day complaining about how all the  
> walking was making her back hurt. And making me spend my money.

Yes perfect logic.

> But that wasn't the expensive part. After that, I decided to buy myself  
> some "casual" shoes. (Since I only ever leave my house to go to work,  
> I've never owned any shoes except office shoes. Last time I was out with  
> my friends, they pointed out that you can't actually wear office shoes  
> with jeans.)

As the Doc points out you can, but it does depend on the shoes

> This is where things became expensive. £55 for a pair of Sketchers, and  
> another £25 for some other things. Total bill £125. Ouch.

Again this is about what I pay for a pair of shoes.

> The trip to "Mark Expensive" was actually the *cheapest* event of the  
> day. A mere £40 was spent there. But visiting Burtons and River Island  
> was significantly less frugal. IIRC I exceeded £100 on both counts. o_O

Last time at S&M I picked up a couple of pairs of trousers for £15 apiece  
and a jacket for £30ish and that's about right for something vaguely  
decent. My last trip to Merry Hell, to run in my shiny new car, I spent  
about £200 which is a typical amount. Then again I needed some new  
bedsheets and only had a choice of S&M and Debentarts 18 frickin' quid for  
a piece of cloth oh sure it's a cotton-rich, high thread piece of cloth as  
woven by the lost priests of Atlantis, but sheesh.

> In summary, I now have a collection of various crumpled out shirts and  
> faded jeans. Trouble is, I have absolutely no idea whether this makes me  
> look like the height of fashion or a total moron...

If in doubt turn to the wise words of the Monestry of Cool

> ...a very impoverished moron at that! o_O
>
> Life is fun, eh? :-/

Ah you know what they say, you've got to spend money to make money...  
unless you're a stockbroker or banker in which case you've got to spend  
other people's money to make yourself money ;-)

-- 
Phil Cook

--
I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
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