TIME MEANS NOTHING TO ME

Apparently, time means nothing to me. Here I am at 4:30 in the morning sitting at my computer and watching QVC on the nearby TV. Now, this would ordinarily be ridiculous and I would not tell anyone; but today is Fashion Day on QVC and even when I cannot afford to buy, I do enjoy watching to see what is out there, what is being worn, and what is being sold.

Now, QVC is not what you may think. It isn't a lot of junk being pushed by a few celebrity wanna be's, no matter what you have heard from the smart mouths on TV. The hosts are truely talented, as well as warm and friendly people you would actually enjoy knowing. Yes, some very funny (silly) things happen from time to time that are shown (and laughed at ) on (Talk) Soup; but for the most part, the shows are genuinely entertaining. And that is what I am looking for at 4:30 in the morning.

Besides, as I said, it is Fashion Day and that means good looking clothes and shoes and leather jackets and sunglasses and handbags (oh my gosh! the handbags), all at prices most of us can afford. It isn't like trying to purchase something at the mall. First of all, there is a huge selection and a lot of variety. While everything is up to the minute, there is still something for everyone. You can find whatever it is that you need or want, from soft silky sexy blouses to cotton gauze shirts or from well tailored pencil skirts in good men's wear fabric to linen slacks in a dozen colors: it is all there.

And it fits. The sizing is standardized through all of the various lines. Whether I purchase something from one of QVC's own lines or something from a well known New York designer, every garment in a size fits the same way. If I wear a size medium (oh for the day) in Denim and Company, I can wear a medium in Pamela Dennis or George Simonton. That means that if I see something I want, I can simply order it and not worry about whether it will fit. It will fit. And if, for the sake of argument, it doesn't fit, I can always return it for a full refund, no questions asked.

Besides that, the clothing is well made. I own several items of clothing  that I purchased in the early 90's that look as good today as they did when I first bought them.  And that is quite unusual for clothing. From time to time, they show some of the testing the garments go through before they are accepted for sale. If all garments that we can buy were so tested, we wouldn't need to buy as many things as we do. Instead, our clothing would wear and wear and not wear out!

The prices are wonderful even after I add in the tax and the shipping cost. I cannot buy a well made pair of dress pants in my size in a wonderful, wearable fabric, with a choice of half a dozen colors for less than $30 anywhere at the local mall. I can buy cheaply made pants in one or two colors (maybe) that last perhaps for a year; but a nice pair of well made slacks begins at $60 and may well go on to $200 for a good brand of clothing.  The highest price I have seen on a pair of slacks was on a pair of designer made lined summer weight wool slacks. They were $109. Try that at Macy's.

The whole thing makes such good sense. I have wonderful pieces of clothing that no one else has. I never see myself out in public. I seem to have my own personal designer who makes certain that I dress very well and quite inexpensively. So, this morning I am sitting here looking at things that are made just for me. I have quite a choice of styles and every style comes in a great choice of colors. Just how many garments do you think will be for sale in the 25 hours of today's Fashion Day? And each of those will be in my size. Every one of them comes in my size. And in a great choice of colors. Now, you know why I haven't shopped in the mall since 1990 and I am very well dressed.

Fashion Day doesn't end until midnight Eastern time tonight, and I do plan to watch most of it. I can sleep tonight sometime. After all, I'm retired. I don't really have to do anything that I don't want to do now, do I? So, I am doing exactly what I want to do: enjoying life.