I know this because it's become an increasingly popular search term for my blog. Also because some of you contacted me after reading my first post about it to tell me how relieved you were that someone else was rocking such ridiculously unattractive apparel.
Leave comments, people! Share your sleeping bag love with the world! There's nothing to be ashamed of.
Look, I'll be honest, I was a little nervous about donning my sleeping bag coat this year. It's gotten to be a bit too big, it is ridiculously unattractive, and it's a bit of a safety hazard on escalators.
I've been pondering the "ridiculously unattractive" part for a while now. Why did this bother me so much?
It's not as if strangers frequently come up to me and tell me how attractive I am when I'm wearing things besides a sleeping bag coat. No one has ever approached me on the street and asked for my phone number. And it's not like I would ever give my number to someone who did that. I would probably lie and say something like, "Oh, I don't have a cell phone." Even if I was talking on it, that's probably the first thing that would come out of my mouth.
(Side note: I know this true because I once told a guy that I didn't have an email address. I am the worst liar.)
The point is that in a sleeping bag coat, one sometimes feels she might be drawing attention to herself and, despite what you might think, I really really dislike drawing attention to myself.
Yesterday, for example, I was walking down Summer Street to pick up some stamps from the mobile Post Office. As I crossed in front of Macy's, two girls stopped in their tracks to stare at me. They looked me up and down. Then one of the girls shouted to her friend, "Now that's what I need!"
Having voiced her desire, they continued on their way, leaving me standing at the corner feeling like an animal on display in a zoo.
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Come to Paris. Men will approach you on the street EVERY DAY. No kidding. I am buying a cheapo ring at Target when I'm home and going with the "I'm married" excuse.
Creepy!
Not to be a downer, but I feel like people who are willing to break whatever social norms prevent most of us from approaching strangers on the street might not be deterred by a ring on your finger.
I fully support the sleeping bag coat - in fact, you were my inspiration for buying my own! AND my friend Annie just bought one from LL Bean - in raspberry. It's not subtle.
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