Better: Short or long skirts?

It's been a slow week.

I stopped by the auto parts store where there "used to be" a male clerk who wore a skirt to work, so I could buy a new taillight bulb for the antique car.  Last time I stopped in, she wasn't there - on a Tuesday.   This time, she wasn't there on a Friday, either.  So the odds are beginning to indicate a possible job change occurred, for whatever reason.

Too bad I never got to meet the individual...   Maybe I should stop by the other parts store in town...who knows, that may be her new employer!

When I showed pictures of my new skirt outfit to my mother (she knows about my dressing - but forgets everything before I hit the front door on the way out), she told me that she didn't care for it because it was too long.  I expected that response, based on what I previously heard about my tan long skirt outfit when I recently re-showed her pictures of it..  But I told her that longer skirts are in style right now.  (She obviously doesn't keep up with the news, watch much on the telly, or see what other visitors to the nursing home wear.)    Needless to say, she didn't believe it.   So while there, I went on-line to some of the women's sites where I shop, and "voila!"  the proof...long skirts predominantly comprised the first few pages of women's skirts.   In addition, I showed her that there were some of the shorter skirts for sale, but she seemed to prefer those over the longer ones.

"If you really are going to wear a skirt, then I like this type of outfit, probably with sandals having a bit of heel."  (You've seen all these before):

Over this:

And this outfit:

Over this:

"Why could that that be so?" I wondered to myself.

My memory of mother's attire in the late 50's is calf-length dresses  with heels almost all the time, the June Cleaver look.   No pants...  She was a "management wife" for Dad, with lots of fancy parties.  I was given the "privilege" (if you can call it that) of going dress shopping with her, since she couldn't leave me at home alone and elected to "not" get a babysitter for me, for whatever reason.  So I spent lots of my free time watching her model her various choices in front of the mirrors, and select her new dresses.

In retrospect I wonder if that "yesterday" was the seed which sprouted into my preferred gender of "today"?   There may never be an answer to that question, but it "could be."

Come the 60's, Mom switched to knee length and just-above-the-knee sundresses, full dresses and skirts.  (There are some pictures in my file of her wearing sundresses I'd love to be able to wear today.  However I'm too heavy, and the dresses are long gone.)    But at that point, I could be - and was - left home alone for her dress shopping expeditions.   That time frame was coincidentally the beginning of the miniskirt era.

Of course,  by the 1970's  she preferred casual pedal pushers/early capri pants/slacks over dresses.  She wasn't seen wearing dresses or skirts any more - except when needed for events with Dad's job, and that wasn't very often - he was in the process of retiring.   I was grown and on my own by that point, so my observations were quite limited.  

From mid 1990 (July if memory is correct) the rest is history... Heeerrrreee's Mandy!   I guess that makes her about 26.  Too bad her body doesn't look that age....

So, I guess for my Halloween visit to Mom at the nursing home, a shorter skirt will be better, especially after she made her preferences known and finally said  "I can see you're planning to wear a skirt, one way or the other.  So, don't hide those legs under a long one.  Make sure everyone can see them." My response: "Even though there may be more comments?"  She looked right at me and said: "You'll have to answer for those.  They're your problem."   Most likely I won't refuse that invitation...unless circumstances change.  So that's the plan for Halloween...even though maintaining modesty is more of an issue in my shorter skirts.  If I go that route, I'll wear dark panties, stand when possible, and hope for the best...

But I'm still planning to wear longer skirts whenever I can...they're cool and comfortable in hot weather...

Today at the pharmacy, a new-to-me clerk told me how much she loves my hair...it's not the first time I've heard that, but it is always nice to hear.  Too bad I need to get it colored right now, the roots are beginning to show.  I guess that's an integral part of having my own long hair (as opposed to many who are thinning or balding and must use wigs) and being fully gray.  Each type of hair (natural and artificial) has its own pros and cons...

Rest assured gray is not willingly going to happen - it would take major medical issues to cause it.  I'm not willing to meekly give in and let it "go natural" - which will add 5 to 10 years to my apparent age.  Who knows what the future will bring?

More later...

Mandy