Comments on: Just Rip Off The Price Tag And Wear It Already http://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/ Shatter the Template Lifestyle Mon, 21 May 2012 19:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Laurahttp://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3904 Laura Mon, 10 May 2010 17:16:30 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3904 Oh man, I am such a fan of buying weird costume-y type articles and then finding excuses to wear them. I mean, why WOULDN'T you want to have on hand a neon blue wig and elbow-length pleather gloves and a silk robe with a dragon on the back, you know, just in case?Although...when I put them all together like that it sounds more like just in case I feel like dressing up as some kind of anime dominatrix character. Which...maybe I do. Maybe that would be a good party theme... Oh man, I am such a fan of buying weird costume-y type articles and then finding excuses to wear them. I mean, why WOULDN’T you want to have on hand a neon blue wig and elbow-length pleather gloves and a silk robe with a dragon on the back, you know, just in case?

Although…when I put them all together like that it sounds more like just in case I feel like dressing up as some kind of anime dominatrix character. Which…maybe I do. Maybe that would be a good party theme…

]]> By: Edward - Entry Level Dilemmahttp://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3898 Edward - Entry Level Dilemma Mon, 10 May 2010 01:55:58 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3898 When I got married, my grandmother gave us several pot holders and towels. I had the same problem. They looked so great and new (vs the rags I was used to using, that I hung them up on the wall. Then one day I accidental got a huge grease splatter on them. Now I have no problem using them. When I got married, my grandmother gave us several pot holders and towels. I had the same problem. They looked so great and new (vs the rags I was used to using, that I hung them up on the wall. Then one day I accidental got a huge grease splatter on them. Now I have no problem using them.

]]> By: Chelciehttp://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3895 Chelcie Mon, 10 May 2010 01:06:31 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3895 I tend to keep little trinkets that are meant to be used.I have pretty little soaps given to me in junior high school that I've never used because, well, they're pretty little soaps! I also have a travel pack of rubber ducky tissues from around the same era of the pretty little soaps. How can you blow your nose into the rubber duckies? YOU CAN'T, that's how.And most recently, I was given a set of tea towels that have anthropomorphized food stuffs on them. I absolutely cannot wipe my hands on that smiling cupcake because what if I leave a stain? It will never be the same ever again!Maybe one day I will man up and use all of those little awesome gifts, but today is not that day. I tend to keep little trinkets that are meant to be used.

I have pretty little soaps given to me in junior high school that I’ve never used because, well, they’re pretty little soaps! I also have a travel pack of rubber ducky tissues from around the same era of the pretty little soaps. How can you blow your nose into the rubber duckies? YOU CAN’T, that’s how.

And most recently, I was given a set of tea towels that have anthropomorphized food stuffs on them. I absolutely cannot wipe my hands on that smiling cupcake because what if I leave a stain? It will never be the same ever again!

Maybe one day I will man up and use all of those little awesome gifts, but today is not that day.

]]> By: Edward - Entry Level Dilemmahttp://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3889 Edward - Entry Level Dilemma Sun, 09 May 2010 19:08:12 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3889 GetRichSlowly had a post about this a few weeks ago about how he used to buy things with hopes of learning the skill associated with it (like a musical instruments, books on coding, etc) and then never using them because he didn't already know how to perform the skill. So now if he wants to learn a skill, he takes classes to learn if before ever buying the associated tool.I have a few clothing items in my closet from this type of syndrome. I started hanging out with a classy dresser and he urged me to buy a nicer wardrobe. He even went shopping with me to pick things out. But I rarely wear that stuff. Jeans, t-shirt, and a flannel shirt are just my style. Anything else is just me pretending to be someone else.Except for the fedora. I love my fedora. My wife doesn't. So I wear it randomly when she isn't around, like yesterday when I was moving boxes into storage while she was at work. :) GetRichSlowly had a post about this a few weeks ago about how he used to buy things with hopes of learning the skill associated with it (like a musical instruments, books on coding, etc) and then never using them because he didn’t already know how to perform the skill. So now if he wants to learn a skill, he takes classes to learn if before ever buying the associated tool.

I have a few clothing items in my closet from this type of syndrome. I started hanging out with a classy dresser and he urged me to buy a nicer wardrobe. He even went shopping with me to pick things out. But I rarely wear that stuff. Jeans, t-shirt, and a flannel shirt are just my style. Anything else is just me pretending to be someone else.

Except for the fedora. I love my fedora. My wife doesn’t. So I wear it randomly when she isn’t around, like yesterday when I was moving boxes into storage while she was at work. :)

]]> By: John Bardoshttp://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3871 John Bardos Thu, 06 May 2010 20:22:01 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3871 I love getting dressed up (a little in inexpensive clothes) when I get on a plane. It makes me feel like I am a jet-setting executive, even though I have to walk to economy class at the back. I love getting dressed up (a little in inexpensive clothes) when I get on a plane. It makes me feel like I am a jet-setting executive, even though I have to walk to economy class at the back.

]]> By: The Exhttp://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3852 The Ex Thu, 06 May 2010 00:05:28 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3852 I love this comment and I love your blog name, but I love slow-cookers too. :-( I love this comment and I love your blog name, but I love slow-cookers too. :-(

]]> By: The Exhttp://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3851 The Ex Thu, 06 May 2010 00:03:19 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3851 Good post! Working in Silicon Valley, the challenge I face is to not overdress. So I'm rarely taking tags off of things as fancy as cocktail dresses. But I think I can relate to this because I have a similar feeling about my witty/indie T-shirts I'm always buying from webcomics, Threadless, and shirt.woot.com. "Is today the day I wanna wear the S'Morse Code shirt? Should I save that cool steampunk shirt for another time? Will my coworkers get that the oranges holding the handguns are supposed to look like Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta and that it's a 'pulp' pun, or will they think I'm condoning violence? Or all of these actually lame and should I never wear them?" But I'll take this as an endorsement to wear them proudly."assuming one day I stop deleting emails about career networking events." So true-to-life it hurts."Newsflash: you’re not a Barbie doll. Just buying the accessory pack isn’t going to make you the person you want to be." Hahaha. If only it were that easy. Maybe that's why people like playing The Sims so much: "Learning how to repair a fridge is easy! Just pick a book off your bookshelf and sit in a chair for 45 seconds.""cheat code for reality" Such a good phrase! Did you make that up? Good post! Working in Silicon Valley, the challenge I face is to not overdress. So I’m rarely taking tags off of things as fancy as cocktail dresses. But I think I can relate to this because I have a similar feeling about my witty/indie T-shirts I’m always buying from webcomics, Threadless, and shirt.woot.com. “Is today the day I wanna wear the S’Morse Code shirt? Should I save that cool steampunk shirt for another time? Will my coworkers get that the oranges holding the handguns are supposed to look like Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta and that it’s a ‘pulp’ pun, or will they think I’m condoning violence? Or all of these actually lame and should I never wear them?” But I’ll take this as an endorsement to wear them proudly.

“assuming one day I stop deleting emails about career networking events.”
So true-to-life it hurts.

“Newsflash: you’re not a Barbie doll. Just buying the accessory pack isn’t going to make you the person you want to be.”
Hahaha. If only it were that easy. Maybe that’s why people like playing The Sims so much: “Learning how to repair a fridge is easy! Just pick a book off your bookshelf and sit in a chair for 45 seconds.”

“cheat code for reality”
Such a good phrase! Did you make that up?

]]> By: Pat B.http://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3849 Pat B. Wed, 05 May 2010 21:40:20 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3849 I bought one too many hoodies and now I can't work the new one into rotation, because it is, after all, the least becoming of the bunch.@Danielle--even if you don't wear dresses, I don't think this precludes the need to shave your legs. What happens if an occasion arises where you want to take your jeans? Disaster potential, hello! I bought one too many hoodies and now I can’t work the new one into rotation, because it is, after all, the least becoming of the bunch.

@Danielle–even if you don’t wear dresses, I don’t think this precludes the need to shave your legs. What happens if an occasion arises where you want to take your jeans? Disaster potential, hello!

]]> By: Spready Bhttp://untemplater.com/self-improvement/philosophy/just-rip-off-the-price-tag-and-wear-it-already/#comment-3844 Spready B Wed, 05 May 2010 19:11:03 +0000 http://untemplater.com/?p=2415#comment-3844 I find that my bigger problem isn't deciding not to wear my clothes but forgetting I have them - and then I'm so distressed that I forgot something I really like, so I wear it way too much for a few weeks and then put it in the hamper and the cycle repeats... sound advice, sound advice! I find that my bigger problem isn’t deciding not to wear my clothes but forgetting I have them – and then I’m so distressed that I forgot something I really like, so I wear it way too much for a few weeks and then put it in the hamper and the cycle repeats… sound advice, sound advice!

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