Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Lenten discipline

This afternoon I was at the downtown Brooks Brothers (men's clothing store, for those of you who don't know), and I was all excited because they were having a special made-to-measure trunk show and sale on business suits, with their national tailor in the store to take the measurements. The suits were only $1,500, which is a fabulous buy for made-to-measure suits, so I was going to replace my navy pinstripe and pick up a lovely grey windowpane with a dark turquoise thread in it.

Then I remembered. Today is the first day of Lent; I'm giving up clothes shopping for Lent.

D***, d***, d***!

So much for new clothes. When next you see me, if I look threadbare, blame Jesus.

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