Catalogue envy
Phony Marge pretending to like me Happy Brit on the way to Sardinia. I want to live in a British catalogue. I don’t need to be tall and skinny. I don’t want to pay for the clothes—I have a pretty good idea of what they would look like on me. But I want to be standing by a wet stone wall by a grey sea in my 100 percent lambs wool coat ($1810) or walking down a London street in front of a 600 year old building in my colorful dress looking like I’ve just popped out of my flat, going to Sardinia for the weekend. (Not actually sure where Sardinia is. Don’t want to spoil the illusion looking it up.) (Don’t ruin it for me.) I don’t want to live in the Land’s End catalogue. Land’s End clothes are designed to show how responsible you are. Holding a glass of wine at the family Christmas party. Phony Aunt Marge who pretends to like you but is going to talk about your divorce the minute to turn your back . ...