Casual Friday!

That's right folks it's Casual Friday! after spending the entire week trying to think of something interesting to write about I've been reduced to talking about what I'm wearing today...I'm so sorry.

It's not so much what I'm wearing but what Casual Friday denotes that I'm going to ramble on about. Going back to the wonderful (sarcasm) days of high school, Casual Dress Day was the most stressful day any uncool gawky little nerd like myself could experience. "Where am I going to find COOL clothes to wear?" "Am I going to go down in history as the dorkiest dressed teenager ever?" and so forth. STRESS!

Needless to say Casual Dress day still holds the same stress for me now, but I'm coming to the acknowledgement that my work mates simply don't care what I'm wearing. Really, they don't give a fig. On average it takes me longer to get ready on Casual Friday because I'm trying to choose something that's appropriate, "cool" and will show my workmates what I'm really like outside of the office. And even though I now realise that they're accountants and they don't care or have very much fashion sense, I STILL go through the "what am I going to wear?" crisis.

So it usually gets me thinking about clothes and how they demonstrate to the world around us "who we are" and "what we like". My fashion sense is somewhat screwy, and I usually end up looking like some sort of "rock chick" even though I perceive myself as somewhat a mix of several genres. I spend a lot of time gawking at other people too, especially at shopping centres and public places of interest. This is not me admitting that I'm a freaky creeper, I merely take in what people are choosing to wear on any given day or occasion. A lot of the younger people are adopting the "indie" style and it leaves me wondering whether there will be any originality left one day. Everyone wears Ray bans, everyone wears converse shoes, everyone wears skinny jeans, plaid shirts, vests, boho headbands, the list goes on. And anyone who dares to show some originality in their wardrobe is either dissed and dismissed by the fashion world, or quickly copied and mass produced. I sometimes find myself caught up in the latest "cool" fashion trends but can't help but feel that I'm somewhat betraying my "inner self" (whoever THAT is). The HORROR!

Bleh. I don't honestly know why I'm ranting about fashion. It's not a passion of mine and it's not something I put very much thought into. I just think about it most of Casual Friday, when I freak out about my appearance the most and wonder what the world thinks of me.

Feel free to let me know what you think