The clothes Horse goes wild!

@TheHorse Buying clothes at all is splurging to me I have never been into shopping.

@wolfgirl569 What makes some love shopping and others not?

I like to splurge once in awhile.

I thought of you as I was writing this post. I know that some people are more into "nice clothes" than others. Of course my post is tongue-in-cheek, but there really aren't that many situations in my life where I have to "dress up" right now. If I went out to dinner with you and your husband at a "nice restaurant," I'd probably wear my "nicest" cargo pants, a French blue University stripe Oxford shirt from Brooks Brothers, and my nicest boots. If a jacket were required, I could accommodate that. As for my "spending" side, I did (fairly) recently buy a Martin D-18 guitar for $2000 (plus tax) and a 1914 Gibson A-4 mandolin for $1750 (plus tax). I was also a guitar matchmaker for two friends. One bought a Collings D-1 guitar for $2500 (a bargain, actually) and the other (the fella who lost his house and best guitar in the Paradise CA fire) bought a Martin D-28 for about $2700. You can see "where the money goes" for slightly aging ex-hippies who like to play music.

@TheHorse I totally understand. We used to have priorities, too, but now living is easy. Btw, a nice clean shirt will do for dinner most of the time.

@DianneN I'll remember that! (smiley face emoji) Living in California, we're lucky to have excellent Thai, Japanese, Indian, Mexican, etc. food all around, even here in the "bedroom community" suburbs. The dress code is basically "be wearing something, including shoes or flip flops."

@TheHorse ........No, my daughter gets them. Luckily we have a store across our main street.

Do you have your groceries delivered to you?

@celticeagle Ah, got it.

@TheHorse It depends what you buy, I do not wear jeans, I do not wear shorts. I usually buy a woman suite or a dress. I spend less (even a lot less) when I buy casual dresses or a pair of leggings with a long sleeve shirt to wear when I work in the garden. I would not go out dressed like this.

@LadyDuck What does the long sleeve shirt look like?

No way! (heh heh)

How long is long.

Are jeans expensive there? I buy my (Wrangler) jeans at Target.

@TheHorse I usually buy Levi jeans as I like the fit and I've found they last quite a lot longer before falling apart. They usually cost between £80 to £90. I could probably get Wrangler jeans for about £40 to £50. Must admit I've never tried them. Might have a look next time I need jeans.

@WorDazza As my butt expands East and West, Wranglers seem to fit better. But I haven't tried Levi's for years. Who knows?

I have some "dress shirts" and cargo pants for teaching. But I usually wear shorts and a t-shirt.

The Humanity! I used to wear Levis 501s. But now I just get my jeans (Wrangler, I think) from Target.

@noni1959 I get basic stuff like t-shirts there because they're cheap. I also sometimes buy shorts there, but they only last a year.

@TheHorse I own four pair and each one is from a different store. I never find good fitting clothes at Target.

I am hoping that LL Bean is a step above Target.

I don't, really. But I do hope LL Bean is of higher quality than the stuff I get from Target (it usually is).

In general I run from shopping. Especially with a female human.