Sweatpants are the New Casual Chic

I remember a girl telling me once that the only thing that gets her up in the morning for school is the fact that she can dress up really cute for it. After she said that, I just stared at her, and then looked down at my own clothes, and then went back to staring at her. Seriously, I go to school in my pajamas. And I am in no way exaggerating here. Here’s what I do: wake up after pressing my snooze button like 4 times, eat my Frosted Flakes, take a quick shower, change into either my pajamas, a pair of sweats, or an old pair of jeans, throw on an abayah with a hoodie on top, take a 10 minute nap in those clothes, and then take off for school. Lather, rinse, and repeat. It’s my daily ritual. I don’t put more than 5 minutes of thought into what I wear. I’m just a laid-back person. But I’ve come to notice that there’s a difference between being laid-back and just being extremely lazy. Laid-back people at least look nice and neat and clean. I, on the other hand, look clean, just not neat and nice. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with wearing clothes that are comfortable, but looking like bum all the time just doesn’t cut it. So I have decided that I am going to put more effort into looking nice when going to school. I’m still going to be lazy, but at least I’ll be wearing nice clothes while doing it. I’m envisioning a better life by wearing less black, cutting down on the pajamas and sweatpants, pulling out some of my ancient, color-encrusted scarves, buying something other than hoodies, and possibly even trying some new hijab styles. This is my goal plan for the rest of the school year. Let’s see if I actually pull through with it. As they say, you eat for yourself, but you dress for others. I don’t know if I necessarily agree with that, but trying to look a bit classier won’t hurt. I hope not.