The Inmates Run the Asylum

So I have a job interview on Monday. It's for a gig working in the office of a transportation company here in town. Living in the middle of nowhere, it's hard to find a gig with minimal commute time, but this is a good shot.

I do have one problem, though. Because of that despicable weight gain last year and my inability to lose much of it, I'm not sure I have any nice pants that fit. To be fair, I don't typically dress well to sit in front of my computer and pound out stories (while running my mouth on Twitter and playing games on Facebook) so I can't say for sure whether or not they all don't fit. But I'll be surprised if any of them do.

*sighs* My butt really needs to get smaller. I wish it wasn't so resistent to all of the exercising and vegetables.

I really need some money for a new wardrobe. It's not a girly thing. It's just that every few years I look at my clothes and think, "I'd rather wear something else". So I buy some new things.

Unfortunately, I'm at that time and don't have the money to buy new things.

This does not stop me, however, from wishlist shopping at Torrid.com.

It does make the longing worse, though.

I love gift cards. I got several of them for Christmas and one for my birthday (after the FedEx guy finally delivered it and Carrie found where he hid it...ass). And much to Carrie's ire, I can use all of them online with the exception of the food ones, because for whatever reason, Cold Stone won't mail me ice cream.

Anyway, one of my gift cards is for Hot Topic and I haven't been to the site in ages. I decided to go looking around for goodies I'd like to own. The clothing is too teenybopper goth for my non-existant style (I'm currently sporting my Camp Crystal Lake ringer tee and green army issue camo pants and not just because I did laundry today), but OMG! PLUSHIES! PINS! HATS I'LL NEVER WEAR!

And then I checked out the shoes. Call it morbid curiosity since Carrie says my shoe collection is horribly lacking. Now, I know Hot Topic is a popular place for people to shop, so this only leads me to one conclusion:

The girls buying boots at Hot Topic are either walking around looking like hookers circa 1985 or like they've just come from Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake's garage sale. Which I suppose is fine if you want to look like you'll have sex for money or like to give people flying elbows from the top rope.

I think there's some truth to the whole "ignorance is bliss" thing because I would imagine if I were more educated in fashion, I'd weep. But, since I'm just a different variety of fashion victim, I can only point and laugh and hitch up my camo pants.