Detail your latest clothes and slap related purchases here #2

[RubyToogood]

Purple camo. Say no more.

Useful for hiding in the branches of copper beech trees, ready to drop on the heads of the enemy. Also for swarming through beds of Sambucus Nigra.

 

[Manter]

Useful for hiding in the branches of copper beech trees, ready to drop on the heads of the enemy. Also for swarming through beds of Sambucus Nigra.

I have some of that in the back garden. I am going to check behind it very carefully from now on….

 

[moose]

I have some of that in the back garden. I am going to check behind it very carefully from now on….

BOO!

 

[Biddlybee]

 

[Fez909]

just picked up some Levis 511 in TK Maxx for £40

They look like they're this colour, but it's difficult to tell:

TK Maxx seemed to have a lot of good stock, and not many people. The shoes/boots were really well-stocked, too. Not much in the sales, though, considering it's January.

 

[ouchmonkey]

bought a proper, old skool, blue nylon + vivid orange lining snorkel parka, like what I had as a kid
bargain £7 in charideee shop
I am delighted with it

but also slightly concerned it represents a very actual mid life crisis thing

 

[ouchmonkey]

this geezer actually looks older than me though - so I reckon I'm ok with it now...

 

[ViolentPanda]

bought a proper, old skool, blue nylon + vivid orange lining snorkel parka, like what I had as a kid
bargain £7 in charideee shop
I am delighted with it

but also slightly concerned it represents a very actual mid life crisis thing

Nah, if you were having a mid-life crisis, you'd have bought either a Chopper (if you had your parka in the '70s) or a Grifter (if you had your parka in the '80s) bike to go with it.

 

[Looby]

bought a proper, old skool, blue nylon + vivid orange lining snorkel parka, like what I had as a kid
bargain £7 in charideee shop
I am delighted with it

but also slightly concerned it represents a very actual mid life crisis thing

Nah, that would be leopard print cowboy boots or something. [emoji6]

 

[Greebo]

Don't make me describe some of my dad's midlife crisis outfit choices - talk about trying too hard.

ouchmonkey IMHO it's not about the parka, it's more about the nuances of how you wear it and what with.

 

[May Kasahara]

ouchmonkey I so want one of those parkas.

 

[gaijingirl]

me too...

 

[spanglechick]

ASOS sale

 

[Rebelda]

Another for the parka ouchmonkey. I have wanted one for ages.

Dancing shoes spanglechick! They're fab.

 

[Rebelda]

My purchases have been boring. Merino pants and vests. Except I don't think they're boring, I think they're very exciting warm, but not sweaty. Although I wore one of the vests unwashed last night to commute and got rained on and had to sit through a lecture smelling faintly sheepy

Being -- allegedly -- an adult, I believe I'm supposed to call them base layers, not vests, and that makes it okay amiright Voley monsterbunny ?

 

[Biddlybee]

I can't imagine wooly pants can we see pics?

I used to have a parka like that ^ (when I was little* and not so long ago) proper actionman parka.

I *think* I gave it to kittyp when I didn't wear it very much anymore... I wonder if she still has it?


*I think my 70s one was light blue.

 

[colacubes]

I have a black parka like that

 

[Rebelda]

I can't imagine wooly pants can we see pics?

Not in this forum you can't They're these - not wooly exactly, they feel like cotton. But they don't do that horrible damp/smelly thing when you exercise I have an icebreaker pair that feel more obviously like merino, but still very thin. I have been looking for a solution to my 'underwear for exercising in' problem for about 10 years.

 

[Biddlybee]

The solution is to do no exercise (I change when I get to work)

They look comfy, like vest material. Where does the sweat go then?

 

[Rebelda]

The solution is to do no exercise (I change when I get to work)

They look comfy, like vest material. Where does the sweat go then?

There is that They're a bit nice for sitting around in too

I dunno I think it just dries really quickly. Or, y'know, elves.

 

[ouchmonkey]

ouchmonkey I so want one of those parkas.

me too...

Another for the parka ouchmonkey. I have wanted one for ages.

apparently so have I, although I wasn't particularly concious of it - I put it on last night and zipped it all the way up like Kenny in South Park
then waited for the missus to turn round and notice.
she said "oh ace you've wanted one of them for ages"
guess I must have mentioned it without thinking much about it...

IMHO it's not about the parka, it's more about the nuances of how you wear it and what with.

there is this issue to consider, I open the floor to any helpful suggestions...
I was going with outside, when it's cold/raining (yet to see if it's waterproof or needs treating)
sadly, I don't have a chopper to ride in it, I had a Grifter as a kid - maybe not concurrently with the parka

 

[Greebo]

apparently so have I, although I wasn't particularly concious of it - I put it on last night and zipped it all the way up like Kenny in South Park
then waited for the missus to turn round and notice.
she said "oh ace you've wanted one of them for ages"
guess I must have mentioned it without thinking much about it...



there is this issue to consider, I open the floor to any helpful suggestions...

Maybe your missus had noticed you looking at pictures or adverts featuring them? At least at this time of year it can be justified as sensible non-rural outdoor gear, instead of just posed in. As for checking the waterproofing, stand under a shower in it with the zip fastened and the hood up? Not joking - that's what some of the bigger outdoorwear sellers do.

As for the nuances, I suppose the main thing is to not wear all the same clothes (cut the same way and in the same colours) which a yoot would wear with it. A bit like the nuanced differences between typical teenager/young adult jeans, adult jeans, and pensioner jeans. You might not be able to describe it, but you'd probably recognise it.

 

[Biddlybee]

There is that They're a bit nice for sitting around in too

I dunno I think it just dries really quickly. Or, y'know, elves.

Oh, that kind of exercise

Pant elves, I need to order some of them!

My boots are going back. I like the others more, which is good as they were cheaper

 

[Rebelda]

Oh, that kind of exercise

Pant elves, I need to order some of them!

My boots are going back. I like the others more, which is good as they were cheaper

Heh, I didn't mean *nudge nudge wink wink* exercise. I've started wearing vests ffs, I think I've resigned myself to not getting any of that kind of exercise

Show us the other boots!

 

[wayward bob]

Love the robe/smoking jacket I have one but it's silk so looks sezy but not cosy. Where's yours from?

toast - still pretty spendy even in the sale but i know i'll get plenty of use out of it. they have s left :thumbs :

today's impulse buy

 

[Biddlybee]

Heh, I didn't mean *nudge nudge wink wink* exercise. I've started wearing vests ffs, I think I've resigned myself to not getting any of that kind of exercise

Show us the other boots!

(I got another one too)

 

[Treacle Toes]

(I got another one too)

 

[Rebelda]

Cor Biddlybee they're wicked! Stompy and sexy.

 

[wayward bob]

(I got another one too)

 

[gaijingirl]

(I got another one too)

I so want those - are they the fly ones? Rubytoogood has a few pairs of Fly ones in that colour - I just love them.