I could sit and watch old movies all day. I love the elegance of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. But not only did their dancing amaze us but I always wanted to dress like Ginger. How they dressed back then always dazzled me. The dresses, the high heels, beautiful waves of golden locks, long eyelashes…..simply perfection! What our elders must think of us now! It simply baffles me to see people doing their grocery shopping in their pajamas….have we gotten that lazy that we roll out of bed and do our daily errands not stopping to brush our hair or even put tennis shoes on? I am guilty of dressing like a slob….maybe not to the extent of wearing my Pj’s out  shopping. But I love my comfy jeans, soft sweatpants and oversized sweatshirts. I don’t necessarily see the point of dressing to the nines to do shopping. Unfortunately, times have changed and dressing in long dresses with petticoats, high heels and hair perfecty pinned up just doesn’t fit in today’s world. While we women dress in comfort, men choose not to shave, throw on a flannel shirt and toss on a baseball hat…..and if we are lucky the pants actually fit around their waist not around their rear ends! But thoughts of Carey Grant and Rock Hudson are never far from my mind. How handsome they were! So when I’m faced with seeing someone at my local grocery store decked out in their tweety bird Pj’s I think of what must be going through our grandparents heads. How glamourous they must have been! Do I think we’ll ever get back to the glamour of the 40’s and 50’s? No. But we can at least stop wearing the pajamas…do our hair…shave the beards….pull up our pants. It’s a start!

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