How casual is too casual for the grocery store?

[Maddy McCall]

I need to run to the grocery store for one item. I just came in from work and shucked my work clothes and put on some plush PJ pants and a tee shirt.

I'm sooo comfortable that I'm seriously considering going to the store as I am, plus a hoodie.

What's the most casual you've ever dressed to go into a store?

[gemdem]

1. That's about it

Too casual would be going buck nekkid in flip-flops. Although these days, some folks might consider that over dressed.

edit: spelling

[Maddy McCall]

4. LOL.

:rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

37. Darn...

I guess I'd better put my clothes on next time, eh?


:hi:

[gemdem]

70. Well...

There's an exception to every rule. :D

[Chan790]

2. Jammie Pants and a holey tanktop.

edit:

I was also wearing combat boots so I looked like I was incapable of self-dressing.

[Maddy McCall]

5. Sexy!

:D

[WindRavenX]

3. pj bottoms + hoodie here too =)

My SO and I often shop together in our pjs, hee hee

[Maddy McCall]

6. Well, I think I'm going as I am.

I'm just too warm and comfy to change again.

:hi:

[spinbaby]

7. Pajamas are too casual

Really, they are. You should at least put on sweat pants.

[Maddy McCall]

9. But I'm sooo warm.

And comfy.

:yoiks:

[leftofthedial]

8. nekkid is too casual

otherwise,

:thumbsup:

[Maddy McCall]

10. What about braless?

:shrug:

[leftofthedial]

18. braless is preferred

:evilgrin:

[Maddy McCall]

23. Whap!

:spank:

:evilgrin:

[Katherine Brengle]

44. What's a bra?

:shrug:

[Chan790]

11. Naked could be fun.

Imagine nude people strolling up and down the aisle, occasionally stopping to read labels or squeeze the oranges as if it were the most normal thing in the world and they were completely unaware of their nudity. It'd be funny.

[leftofthedial]

20. I'd stay out of the produce section

if I was nekkid at the grocery store.

[Iris]

14. I live in a metro area with a high gay male population,

when I first moved here, I was at the grocery store and saw a guy with assless pants! I had been living in a rural part of my state and I was so fascinated by this outfit, I sort of followed him around the store for a while!

[leftofthedial]

22. the nearest grocery store for several years a while back

was on the edge of a largely gay neighborhood

assless pants, collars and leashes, full drag, and simulated fellatio on the slim jims in the checkout line were all pretty "normal."

[ikojo]

41. There are gay areas of St Louis and

I don't think I've seen simulated fellatio at Schnucks on Grand and Gravois.

Wow!

Now on Pride weekend you're likely to see anything at the Schnucks on Grand and Gravois in St Louis.

[hfojvt]

66. that just reminded me of

the story of bigmclargehuge and his 'suddenly a$$less pants' and reminded that I have not seen that guy in forever and a week.

[puerco-bellies]

12. When I lived in the Venice Beach Mar Vista area I always used to shop in pj's and a robe.

Now that I live in Manhattan Beach I'm obliged to pull on sweatpants and a tee-shirt.

[Maddy McCall]

16. That's the bad thing about movin' up.

:hi:

[Pierre.Suave]

13. For me

it depends on how hot the check-out girl is...

[Spider Jerusalem]

15. Most casual?

Flannel pyjama trousers, a t-shirt, shoes and a trench coat. (Something like five in the morning, so not too many people out...and I was out of coffee and cigarettes, which constituted an emergency)

[Maddy McCall]

17. I've done that...

minus the trench coat.

At 5 AM. Cigs--yep, I've done that and it does constitute an emergency, especially when I was working on my MA and had a major paper due in three hours.

I really have no excuse now, though. Except that I'm too comfortable to change again.

(Crisis averted this time. MMjr is in town and is bringing the item home in a second. :thumbsup: )

[Penndems]

19. You wouldn't want to go out dressed like that here tonight, Maddy

It's about 15 degrees in Virginia. You'd freeze your butt off, LOL!

Better put on your jeans, a sweatshirt and your tennies with socks. ;)

[Maddy McCall]

21. Y'all are having a cold one, eh?

Have I ever told you how much I love your state? I visited Williamsburg in the fall. Just lovely. I didn't get to do much sightseeing because I was there for professional reasons, but I really enjoyed my several days there.

[Penndems]

28. Honey, it is FREEZING here!

The temp tonight is supposed to be five degrees. We're been very fortunate so far this winter, so it's tough to complain.

So glad you enjoyed your trip to Williamsburg. It's especially beautiful there during the spring and summer. I haven't been down there in ages. My nephew lives in Norfolk, so the next time we see him, we just might take a side trip to W'burg.

[Maddy McCall]

30. Oh my god...

I need to turn on the weather channel. I had no idea that y'all were dealing with such harsh weather.

I'd roll up in bed for days if that were to happen here. I like cool weather, but I can't stand coooold weather.

[Penndems]

33. We had temps in the seventies during December and January

This is one of the few cold snaps we've had this winter.

I tell ya, though, spring and summer can't come fast enough!

[Kali]

24. barefoot, bathing suit and a shirt over

needed more beer

[Maddy McCall]

26. ...which means you'd already had enough not to care.

In my younger days, I did stuff like that.

:D

[Kali]

57. you got that right

;-)

and the term "younger days" applies to that as well!:scared: I try not to inflict that sort of view on strangers anymore, at least in non water-based situations.

[VenusRising]

25. Wear what you have on.

I've been to the store in pj pants, t-shirt, and slippers.

My grandmother used to tell me "It's not a fashion show," about so many things. I just don't care anymore as long as I am comfortable.

[Maddy McCall]

27. My kid's in town, so I don't have to go.

He called awhile ago to tell me he'd be home at 9, so he's running by the store for me.

But I agree with your grandmother. Mine used to say the same thing, after I'd spent 45 minutes on my hair. Grandmothers are wise. :D

[VenusRising]

32. I keep telling my husband there is a good use for kids.

Maybe one day he'll decide I'm right.

[KitchenWitch]

29. You are there to get an item, not to impress people!

As long as you have the naughty bits covered...

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

31. Very true.

But my PJ pants have loud hearts all over them. They're kinda wild.

:D

[KitchenWitch]

34. Somehow I cannot picture you wearing hearts ever!

Not that I know what you look like, but I have in my mind's eye, an idea of what your taste is.

[Maddy McCall]

35. You know, usually you'd be right.

But I fell in love with these pants when I saw them, more for the comfort factor than the hearts.

Your mind's eye is correct. Usually, I'd never wear hearts, or anything pink.

:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

36. I am good like that!

:hi:

[Nicole]

47. Sounds like you have my pjs on!

Pink with loud hearts. I also bought them for the comfort factor. Are your's fleece too? :rofl:

BTW, I did wear them to the convenience store about 1:00 a.m. :hide:

[Maddy McCall]

51. Yes! And they are the second most comfortable pj pants I've ever owned.

The very most comfortable came from Old Navy a couple years ago--plush like a stuffed animal with snowmen on them. I still have them, but they are so ragged out that I'd never wear them out, or in front of anyone. Strangely, they've become a blanky to me, which is odd because I never had a comfort item when I was a kid.

:hi:

[Nicole]

53. These are my first fleece ones

They are fast becoming my favorites, pink hearts & all. I have lots of flannel pjs but never had fleece before. OMG! What I have been missing! These things are so cozy. I can see them becoming like a blanky to me as well.


:hi:

[hedgehog]

38. Not exactly pajama pants, but I have stopped to shop on the

way home from work in greasy jeans and steel toe boots. My favorite was the time I did that in Lord and Taylor's!

[Maddy McCall]

52. Oooo....men in work boots...

turn-on.

:D

[hedgehog]

56. Umm, I'm a woman.

but my husband always wears work boots - plus he's gone out to the Post office for me twice in the last two days despite a -15 wind chill

I think I'l keep him.

[ikojo]

39. In the winter...a pair of jeans

a shirt WITH NO BRA and a coat. You can get by with much more in the winter.

In the summer...I don't go anywhere without the "girls" being properly harnessed.

[havocmom]

40. Plush pj pants and tee? Hell, Maddy, there is an employee at local store

who wears THAT to work :D

Too casual for the groceries? hmm, two band-aids and a cork might be pushin it.

[Lautremont]

42. Willis showing.

[Katherine Brengle]

43. Jammies are fine long as they aren't "sexay" jammies...

slippers with nonskid soles are fine too :D.

[LostInAnomie]

45. I went to the liquor store once and saw a guy in tighty whiteys and baseball cap.

He looked at all of us like we were the ones with the problem.

If it's good enough for that sloppy drunk, it's good enough for me.

[Kali]

46. off topic but morbidly curious - what happend to the stalker lady?

[Maddy McCall]

50. Hey...I'll PM you.

He told her he wasn't interested, and she escalated.

I'll PM you the details.

[chknltl]

48. Depends.

One should at least put some pants or a skirt over them...



















(sorry...I just bastardized an old tasteless joke...worse yet I used the word "tasteless" just now...I am being sooo bad....)
(here I'll get this: :spank: )

[uppityperson]

49. Coat.

had to be careful getting out of the car

[BlueIris]

54. I live in Snottville, USA, so jeans and a nice t-shirt.

With a nice jacket over that 'cause otherwise I'd have to live down the stares, which, well, I stopped wanting to do that after a while.

[LaraMN]

60. I'm psychotic about dressing nicely when I go anywhere,

but really, I think anything that doesn't appear filthy or tattered is ultimately fine.
My need to "dress up" to go to the grocery store is just a personal preference that I don't think needs to apply to other people's apparel selection.

[MsKandice01]

55. I don't shop in my jammies BUT...

I have been known to show up at the store in my work clothes (blouse and dress pants) with socks and sandals or slippers. Honestly, I think the pajamas might look better than that.

[Ariana Celeste]

58. I go in w/ pajamas and a hoodie all the time

slippers, too, if it isn't wet outside. :D

[Shell Beau]

59. I would go in that and have before for a quick run.

I have seen far worse in there!!!

[Shine]

61. UGGS, sweats and sweatshirt

hell, it's what I usually wear, anywhere, anyway! :D

[azmouse]

62. If it's something I'd wear to bed I don't wear it in public.

But I'm 45 and was maybe raised a little different than kids today. :shrug:
I wear jeans and tees a lot but that's as casual as I get to go out in public.

[Shell Beau]

65. The things I wear to bed are considered sporty now a days!

T-shirt and jogging pants (or something similar!)

I would never wear a nightgown out in public!

[azmouse]

67. I live in a warm weather area so I wear light clothing to bed.

I'd die of heat if I wore any type of pants to bed.

And I like to consider dressing light practice for the hot flashes soon to come! :)

Jogging pants sound fine. I just have a problem when the pants are obviously pjs... ya know, the type that are flannel with cutesy patterns all over them. I don't want to someone's pjs in public. I'm old-fashioned I guess.

[rbnyc]

63. That's fine.

As long as there are no holes or stains, you're good to go.

[NewWaveChick1981]

64. Well, if college students here can roll out of bed and go to class in PJs and bedroom shoes...

...without combing their hair, you can go to the grocery store dressed like that! :) :P

[Bridget Burke]

68. That may be OK for the young & fit.

Speaking only for myself, I'd risk looking like a victim of Early Alzheimer's.

My wardrobe contains very few "uncomfortable" items. Even for work. On weekends, I'll go out in a shirt & skirt (cooler than jeans--which usually matters here in Houston). Shoes? Thongs--but, the "nicer" ones from Target--not all rubber! Cooler weather calls for more layers.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

69. pj's work...i've done it before

[SayWhatYo]

71. I'd say it might depend on the time...

If it very early or fairly late then certain PJs may not be that big of deal... Then again, I personally wouldn't care and I'd wear whatever I felt like wearing...

The most casual for me was a suit without my tie on... I felt so naked.

[Wapsie B]

72. Well call me old-fashioned but

I think I'd draw the line at a g-string and spiked heels.

[AzDar]

73. Once went into a Safeway in Tempe wearing only a football jersey.

Took off my bike shorts (this was back in the day, obviously) after happy hour at a sports bar; don't really remember why.
Loaded up a whole cartful and checked out sans pants.
Ah, my misspent youth.