Fashion Trend Setter

Those of you who know me personally realize how out of character it is for me to be fashion conscious. Yup, years as a poor college student followed by 25 years in the military, now greenhouse operator, did not at all contribute to any fashion sense. However, even I knew the outfits the company made us wear were just wrong. So, I changed that... now, that's something I am good at.


This picture depicts our company's newly approved women's outfit. It's a longer tunic (gotta be this general color blue) with scarf and khaki pants. One of the other ladies is pushing for authorization to wear a longer khaki skirt with boots... no skin can show when at the ministry outside of face and hands. This outfit is not only much more fashionable, but more in line with cultural sensitivities (displaying one's buttocks even under pants is innapropriate attire here) and exceedingly more comfortable.

I am buying my tunics through a lovely Afghan woman I met at the bazaar. She tailor makes them for me now so they fit my unusual body size for women in Afghanistan. She designs her own clothes and has hired a number of local women to do the sewing. Fair trade clothing!!! Needless to say, I have marketed her product with the company and she will now be the primary provider of tunics for all our company women (no clue how many but at least 10). The tunics (tailor made with beautiful and varied materials with complex embroidery) run for $25 and the company will reimburse for four. This should prove a great boost for her independent small business. The problem since I've worked this all out is that she left for her Hajj (obligatory religious trip for Muslims of means to go to Mecca, Saudi Arabia) and gone for 45 days.


Please note the pictures in the background. Ann's grandkids are becoming famous here (of course all believe they are my grandchildren but that's a different story for another time) as well as postcards and art work from other family members. Okay, let's be real it's really all about the candy dish which many of you have contributed to of late... thank you all.

Another push for some type of breakfast foods... I understand banana bread will ship. Homemade cookies (especially peanut butter) would also be appreciated. Our breakfast club gatherings are growing.

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