AND ON A RELATED TOPIC:

Yesterday I discussed eras.  Today I want to tackle phases!  Similar in concept to eras,  phases are stages through which we pass.  No one knows what sets off a phase, or how long it will last.  Or how you will feel about it in retrospect.


For some reason, I am in the middle of a full-blown ORANGE phase.  I have no idea where it came from.  I can't get enough orange . . . . .as in the color orange.  I don't remember liking orange before.   I'm also in a phase where I can't get enough cabbage, but I'm not sure it's related.


So today I was killing time before going off to choir tonight.  I went to DSW to look for some new Sketcher sandals.  I bought two pairs of the same style, one black, one brown last year.  Best sandals I ever had.  Have seen the same style in even more colors on friends, so I decided to go today to see if I could supplement my sandal supply.  I have the worst time finding comfortable shoes.  It's been an issue my whole life.   So when I find those that fit and that are comfortable, I'll buy pairs to store in my closet for when the first ones wear out.  And if I find them in colors. . . . . . well one of each, please.  


So I'm at DSW and there are no Sketcher sandals there anymore.  Word must have gotten around.   But as I am prone to do of late, I started going up and down the aisles looking for one thing. . . . . . . anything orange.  Shoes, scarves, purses . .  .which is about all they have there.  I have recently bought a bunch of new clothes, and orange seems to be the theme.  


Lest you think my new phase is limited to clothes and shoes, let me remind you that the front door of my new house is orange, the couch is orange, and I have two new orange chairs in the front yard.  The word "madness" springs to mind.


I didn't buy anything at DSW.   So I went to Kohls, where I have bought several orange items in the past.  They had Sketcher sandals but not in the size I wanted.   But I found some orange sandals I liked from another manufacturer.  I had $10 in Kohl's cash. . . how could I resist?  Not only that, but Kohls sells a lot more than scarves, shoes and purses.   There was a whole store waiting for me to stalk down all the orange items.  I resisted orange towels, orange pots and pans, orange jammies, orange slippers, orange jewelry. . . well, you get the idea.  Luckily I just bought the sandals.  Surely a miracle now that I'm mortgage free.  Of course, I'm always limited by the amount of space I don't have at home to put things.  WHEW!


Now that I'm committed to sandals, I'm going to have to go back and get my pre-Chautauqua pedicure (see blog entry from last June or July about my red sparkly toes!).   Of course there will be no red sparkly toes this year.   Nope. . . . you guessed it. .  . ORANGE.


I have no idea how long this will last, but if I get over this phase soon, the thrift shop is going to have plenty of clothes for the Halloween season!