[speaker001:] hi Vicky
[speaker002:] hi
[speaker001:] uh been wondering what you've been wearing to work lately
[speaker002:] well I tell you what my going to work clothes has changed over a period of years I used to work in an office and I would and I thought that I would have to have a lot of clothes because when you go and work around a lot of people for some reason I just felt the need to have a a nice variety and look and look different
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] now I work in an office in my home and I'm doing office work and I go out and call on people in their homes I sell insurance
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] so I could wear the same thing every single day and it really wouldn't make any difference so and sometimes I do that it's just very very strange and different
[speaker001:] that's that must be nice
[speaker002:] it's a different feeling I get up and I I dress as I would go out to an appointment even if I'm going to stay in my office for most of the day or half of the day I just get up and get dressed like I was going you know out
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] but it is this strange feeling to really realize that I really don't need a large wardrobe
[speaker001:] that's right
[speaker002:] and um that I can go and and I could wear the very same thing every single day
[speaker001:] that's neat
[speaker002:] how how do you do what
[speaker001:] oh I usually wear dresses or suits I work as an engineer
[speaker002:] yeah well I I wear dresses or suits too
[speaker001:] and mine doesn't really vary that much from season to season uh I guess I wear a little less in the summer time a little more in the winter
[speaker002:] right right
[speaker001:] you know or with a suit I I tend to wear a sweater in the winter as opposed to a blouse in the summertime
[speaker002:] um-hum have you always lived in this area
[speaker001:] no no I grew up in New Mexico and spent several years in Ohio going to school
[speaker002:] um-hum well it seems to me like maybe fifteen years ago I've always lived in this area and it seems like about fifteen to twenty years ago I would see more of a significant difference in the seasons and um I had a tendency to really buy wool clothes for the winter and really make a a definite change
[speaker001:] uh-huh
[speaker002:] and it seems like the last few years I've had a tendency to even though I want to continue that it's just kind of been a pattern I have I really don't wear my wool clothes any more so I've really had to make a concerted effort to buy lighter weight clothing and and and now most of my suits will wear all all year around
[speaker001:] yeah I think it's a lot of that is because of the fabrics have changed so much
[speaker002:] well it I'm I it I just wonder if it's the fabrics or if if there's been that much change in in uh the seasons it seems to me like we're not having as cold a weather in this area as we used to have many years ago
[speaker001:] yeah well I've been in the Dallas area for about fifteen years and I remember some ice storms and there was nothing you could wear to be warm enough
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] but uh you know I I've got all these woolens from Ohio uh because well I wore a heavy coat and a scarf and gloves and a hat all that stuff
[speaker002:] yeah yeah
[speaker001:] long underwear when I was going to classes
[speaker002:] right well I just I had a trip to uh Colorado in December and I took really you know warm clothes in fact I bought a down jacket so that I would have something warm enough and I didn't need anything I mean it just happened to be the week that I was there it was just really nice and pleasant so
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] now I've got a nice new London Fog down jacket that I'll probably never wear unless I go back to to uh Colorado and the weather's bad
[speaker001:] yeah well
[speaker002:] I remember who you are now yeah I've placed you
[speaker001:] it's hard sometimes isn't it
[speaker002:] right right but that's funny too I haven't talked to as many of these calls as we've made I haven't uh talked to anybody else in the Altrusa club before
[speaker001:] I have I talked to Susan Linnstaedter
[speaker002:] is that right I'll be darned well um
[speaker001:] yes but we didn't get to talk about clothing
[speaker002:] yeah well right well um
[speaker001:] hum
[speaker002:] I was trying to think of something else that we might talk about about clothing
[speaker001:] well do you do you I was wondering about when you dress for the day like if you have a club meeting that evening just keep wearing the same thing I usually do
[speaker002:] yes I do too I just don't change uh and a lot of times I come in and in the evenings and I change directly to you know like what I'm sleeping in and my robe
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] that's terrible but I just it seems like there's only a few hours there and I just want to be totally relaxed of course if I know uh if I know I going to go out or run to the store or something well I'll just I'll put on something
[speaker001:] I
[speaker002:] you know jeans or sweats or something like that but normally I do that about three or four times a week is just come in and