Raleigh has several consignment stores but one downtown is filled with low priced designer clothing. You may not be able to see the “Get Dressed” sign but you’ll see this mannequin posing outside on West Street (the one in the yellow dress…the other one is me). Sometimes you can see the train go by above across the street. It’s a neat part of downtown Raleigh.

But unlike a boutique, Get Dressed is a very large warehouse with more than just a few articles of clothing. Normally I’m not a fan to look at previously worn clothing, but some of the stuff there is really cute and designer branded. And a lot of vintage stuff – you know what’s out is in.

I felt very nostalgic as they were playing 80’s music (probably on a record player…are u old enough to remember those?). As I walked past the dolled up mannequin at the entrance, I turned left to the open entrance and saw a couch and lots of vintage clothing…

And they were playing Talking Heads “Psycho Killer”. I had a quick flashback of Annie Potts from the record store scene from “Pretty in Pink” movie… and her outrageous dramatic clothing. If you can ignore the lyrics, title, and video that are super morose, ironically the music is upbeat and catchy. It puts me in a bob-my-head-around good mood… like that new Pink song, “Please Don’t Leave Me”…da da da da! …

These days in Raleigh, I kinda like to have my own style. A few years after the turn of the millennium, I packed my bags and stuff and came to the Triangle. Do you remember the big worry of the computers possibly not adjusting to the ‘00? For that new year’s, I bought a cheesy polyester dress, the kind you find at a boardwalk shop that had “Y2K” all over it! I was just being in the moment!

But normally, I like to really mix and match textures and add colors and accessories. As you get older (and wiser ), you get more bold, and don’t really worry or care too much about what other people think or what ‘clique’ you belong to and those mind consuming activities in your teens and 20’s. That’s how we grow…oh boy, I sound like I’m 80 years old! Anyway, I’m NOT 80…and I hardly ever wear skirts any more. They’re just not very functional and I just the like the look of a tailored boot cut pant (it always so strange saying pant like you’re referring to one leg or half the pants). I like capris too (the modern day highwaters…remember those?). Short pants officiate spring for me. OH, by the way, Happy First Day of Spring! I already got a head start with putting away my heavy sweaters. There were only two of them …but hey, you know it is the warm south here.