guess what I found?

I was updating the quarterly shirt and top census the other day, and here's the report on the wildlife and nature study section:
navy cashmere sweater with strange intarsia orange-red beaky bird, skinny legs. Bird's legs, not mine.
navy silk blouse with little hens
white cotton shirt with ladybugs - bugs are different shades of red and pink.
green tee with rhino (seasonal)
gray tee with herd of deer (probably seasonal)
black tee with white rabbits (sort of seasonal)
I was inspired to go through this exercise because I found myself thinking about the socks that got away - they were navy and had little white hens on them, reddish berets and all. Who wouldn't want them? By the time I decided I did, they were gone. it was suggested that I had hallucinated the socks, which is really terrible. Imagine hallucinating socks when you could hallucinate Ryan Gosling at the next table. Well, anyway, I saw them the other day on someone who'd moved faster then I did, and did they look awful. Who knew socks can pill? So to all of you out there who are waiting for those socks to pop back on a website or turn up at a warehouse sale, relax. You haven't missed anything.

 Anyway, you would think I don't need any more fauna-bearing clothing. That's what I thought, too.
And then it started to rain as I was walking past Anthropologie.
You guessed it. I was overcome by the magical powers of a giant hedgehog.
Well, even little hedgehogs can hold me in thrall.
As it happened, even though the sweater was in a window, it took three tries to find a salesperson who could grasp the concept that I had seen a sweater in a window of this store and wanted to buy one just like it. This is why I shop on the web - until that gets frustrating and then I go into stores. Oh, some people are just not meant to have an easy life.

Do you have an inexplicable attraction to something that has no role in your real life?

Details: comes in sizes xs, s, m and l, label says 100% cotton.

16 comments:

  1. I have an attraction to Minnie Mouse pyjamas which is reaching fetishistic levels. I just prefer them to all my silky, satin PJs. Every time the postman catches me in them, I know he says a prayer for my husband.

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    1. I take it that means Mr Sulky doesn't indulge in Mickey Mouse jammies?

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    2. I sometimes let him wear his Donald Duck t-shirt. The excitement never ends!

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  2. It sounds as though the socks might have been a lucky escape!
    I do like that hedgehog sweatshirt...

    I have an incredible urge to buy orange shoes, even though I have no real occasion or place to wear bright shoes.
    I've also (at the ripe old age of 45) suddenly got the urge to wear pointy stiletto pumps. I've never had the slightest interest in pointy pumps, so why I'm suddenly craving them is anyone's guess. Mid-life crisis, perhaps? My feet are wide and short, and my ankle is still recovering from surgery, so there's no way I can wear them. But I do really, really want some.....preferably patent orange ones.

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    1. Only if you have a limo, Ruth!

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    2. When I saw the socks in-store, they had a truly silly price tag on them, so the lucky escape was due to wallet freeze, not karma.

      I'm still waiting for the platonic ideal of nude heels, so I understand dreaming about shoes.

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  3. well I defy anyone to resist a hedgehog, so I can only say "of course"!

    I am pretty much resistant to nothing, but I would say, it has a bird on it, and if that bird happens to be a hummingbird, well, all bets are off! Have a great day!

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    1. There does seem to be a lot of birdwear around this spring. Last year it was catwear. What do we learn from this?

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  4. I like how big the design of the hedgehog is printed on this. You could wear it under a blazer and watch people stare at your torso to figure out what in tarnation you're wearing. Could be amusing?

    Waiting for fairygodmother to bestow navy Chanel jacket. I'd wear it all the time, no one would have the slightest idea or interest in what it was except me-- great. Will not happen, but idle fantasy.

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    1. I'm sad to hear that still another item is on backordered in the fairy godmother department.

      I lucked into a nice leather bag at Loehmanns once, the leather was interesting, all one color but striated, and the hardware was inobtrusive but nice. It lasted for years. One day someone said to me - in an airport - "I'm loving your bag, there are few things nicer than an unmarked Vuitton." Kind of the reverse of your Chanel fantasy.

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  5. Hedgehogs are always so cute. I think I've managed to avoid critters, unless you count a shoe or a flower. My boobs distort most of the animals in a torturous manner. Would hate to have PETA down my back.

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    1. I was mildly surprised at the size of the wardrobe zoo, although it's really large flowers that highlight the boobage for me, and not attractively either.

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  6. Sometimes you just have to enjoy , and not ask why...

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    1. good idea. When mr hedgie arrives, well just sit around and let mellow feelings float thru the air.

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  7. I do like animal wear but on my aprons. I'm wearing my piggy apron right now and I love it. I need a hedgehog apron, I've just realized that!

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  8. hi, Dani, a hedgehog apron sounds very chic indeed.

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