Every few springs I walk through the clothing stores and see nothing I want to wear.
And this is one of those years. Yuck, meh and phooey come to mind at the sight of racks of pastel-coloured tops and bottoms and busily printed skinny jeans. Mind you, I’m willing to give skinny jeans a try now that I’ve lost some weight but not when they look like the fabric was torn off my grandmother’s favourite upholstered chair. Those pants are what you might call butt enhancers. Who wants to have her butt enhanced? Most women are trying to hide the fact that they even have a butt. 
Thank you, I’ll pass.
And pastels are just way too 1980’s. Back then, before CKNX-TV brought in an expert to determine our best colours, I wore those pastels and prints and wondered why I always looked sickly. This season blouses, sweaters, jackets and pants are all in pastels. To my eyes, a pastel just looks like a colour that wasn’t willing to go all the way to its full potential.
Lucky for me I have a whole closet full of clothing I haven’t worn in a year or longer so they may not be new to the world but they’re new to me and they don’t cost a thing. If I had to rely on what’s new in the stores this year I’m afraid I’d have a very hard time finding anything that didn’t make me look two axe-handles across in the rear or like I just came from some sort of life-saving medical treatment.