Retail therapy
So I’ve done shopping this week. Bought a Batman t-shirt earlier in the week from FCUK and today I bought 2x cashmere jumpers, 1x sweatop from Uniqlo, then 1x jacket and 6 pairs of underwear from H&M.
This is the Batman themed t-shirt. It isn’t the one I’d first bought. I first bought a dark blue one with Batman on the front. They only had small left and I thought that would be fine. On getting home and putting it on – I soon realised I’m not a small! They had very little superhero stuff left so I exchanged it for this Joker one.
From Uniqlo I bought two lovely cashmere jumpers (pullovers to those in the US) that were £30 down from £60. I’ve never bought cashmere clothes before and they are incredibly soft, quite unlike wool. Their small fits me like a glove; the perfect fit. I bought a cherry red and a dusky grey.
Those white chinos were bought in Uniqlo last summer, as was the pink & white striped shirt.
I also bought a parka (as they call it) with hood. Lovely and soft; wearing it now. I like this type of very casual clothing. The grey cords I have on I wore at work today; they’re old.
I then went to H&M, where I haven’t been in ages, and ended up buying a very casual jacket (almost army-like). Very warm with nice big hood that you can’t quite see. I don’t really need new jackets but I liked it.
I also bought underwear as you can never have too much.
nicely done! I’ve been looking for an army-style “field jacket” — yours is pretty close to what I have in mind.
curse you and your mediums! I could wear a medium if it wasn’t for my shoulders. My shoulders are broad (a large), but the rest of my torso is a medium. becomes annoying after a while.
Ryan
January 16, 2009 at 10:31 pm
I’m loving the t-shirt and the red jumper.
SCM
January 16, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Love the red jumper and buy all my pants in H&M. Good choices all.
svendelicious
January 17, 2009 at 3:22 am
That red sweater is just gorgeous!
Debby
January 17, 2009 at 3:52 am
I like the jacket. H&M is great. I got my sweet sunglasses there for $6.
And I like the gray ‘parka’ too. I like gray clothing.
Enrico
January 17, 2009 at 4:23 am
I’ve always found H&M underwear goes baggy!
mike Deakin
January 17, 2009 at 10:43 am
Ryan – you have a manly build, don’t knock it! My suit jacket size (which I thin is the chest measurement) is 38″, the second smallest size! And I’m 6ft tall! So not ideal.
SCM – thanks!
Sven – yeh, is great isn’t it? This is the first time I’ve bought underwear from H&M so we’ll see what it’s like.
Debb – isn’t it!!
Enrico – H&M can’t go wrong! You spell it gray, we say grey.
Mike – oh that’s a shame. The worst underwear I bought in recent years was from BHS. Really crappy. I also don’t like Next as they’re just not comfortable. The best I’ve bought is from Lonsdale (part of Lillywhites) which are really comfortable, don’t lose their shape, etc. If these H&M don’t work out I’ll be going back to H&M. I also have some Debenhams underwear that’s pretty good. For the record, I don’t waste money on all this designer underwear malarkey, Aussiebum, etc.
Milo
January 17, 2009 at 11:00 am
Firstly, why didn’t you model the underwear?
Secondly, I wear medium also.
Thirdly, love the red sweater.
Craig
January 18, 2009 at 1:05 am
Craig – LOL, well there was that old Speedos pic I took, remember?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hellomilo/3206502532/
Oh, would be great to have a flat-mate with same size in clothes! Never had that before
Yeh, I thought you’d like the sweater as I know you’re a fan of v-necks too.
Milo
January 18, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Ah yes, I remember that fondly.
I do enjoy a good v-neck. Of course mine have a tendency to be argyle
Craig
January 18, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I, too, am a huge fan of the v-neck, and have to echo Craig’s fondness for argyle anything right now….
PaulSATX
January 18, 2009 at 4:12 pm
@paul: ditto on the argyle. have you been to Banana Republic lately? it’’s argylepalooza. fair warning!
Derek
January 18, 2009 at 6:35 pm
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Cry wolf « The Year Zero
June 8, 2009 at 8:28 pm
could you please tell me what brand/where you got those cords from? c:
Matt
November 16, 2009 at 5:38 am
Matt – they’re from H&M. Bought a couple of years ago.
Milo
November 16, 2009 at 11:19 pm