A Word on the Title

The title of the blog is from my friend Simon.
One day he said something along the lines of "Books. Star Wars. Skirts. Emily in a nutshell."

I'll start from the end--Skirts.

I grew up wearing skirts and dresses and other girly stuff. My favorite outfit all through high school was a maroon suede skirt that I thought I looked particularly hot in. I wore it to church a lot.

Then I went to Smith. There's not a lot of skirt wearing there and I slowly adopted a soft butch look. I already had short hair and I just supplemented it with guys jeans, combat boots, and flannel shirts.

When I went to Israel for my Junior year I had one long skirt for going to religious places and a short one for partying. But I was not a skirt wearer. Not until I met MMOG guy sometime in 2000.

I hadn't dated in a really long time. REALLY LONG. I met MMOG online and we went on a date. He mentioned that he, like most guys, liked girls in skirts. I decided to conduct an experiment. I bought a skirt and wore it. I got a lot of attention on the next date.

I also realized that skirts are perfect for pear-shaped girls. And they're pretty.

So now, I have this full blown skirt fetish. I particularly love all the (overpriced) ones at Anthropologie.
I almost always wear a skirt to work. Sometimes I get a shocked "You're wearing pants!" when I don't wear one.

Of course, I still have friends who have never seen me in a skirt b/c I don't wear them much on weekends. This post will not make much sense to them. They just have to trust me.