Fashion Crimes

Have you ever gone shopping with someone whose style is completely different from yours?

I've just spent a lovely weekend with my friend -- the last few hours of which were spent picking through a Scarborough Winners.

CS loves to shop for sport. She even dresses for it -- with thin, easy-to-remove layers. Once, in 1974, she bought something full price. Since then, it's bargains all the way, baby.

Trouble is she's big into colour and pattern, two things I studiously avoid. She swoons over retina-piercing prints. She holds up lime green handbags for me to admire. She even has a soft spot for hooker boots...which is funny, since she's a Mother of four.

But all hail the successful shopping day. She had to buy a new suitcase simply to hold all her purchases, while her patience in picking through the merchandise turned out a few reassuring black and brown numbers, along with some Hello Kitty pajamas, for my wardrobe.