One of the things that I look forward to most about fall is the chance to get my sweaters off the shelf in my closet and back into my apparel rotation. I love the cozy feel of sweaters, and have since I was in elementary school. There is something about their softness and warmth that reminds me of cool, crisp school mornings while waiting for the bus.
School shopping for me coincided with my early August birthday, and my grandmother always insisted on taking me to lunch at the Tea Room in Meier & Frank (back before it was May Co.) - to her back then, it was the height of sophistication. There I would invariably order a French Dip sandwich, and she would let me order a hot fudge sundae as a special birthday treat. Then we would commence to shop for cute sweater sets, cable-knit knee socks and sturdy brown "school shoes."
I like scarfs now, too. Never really thought much about them when I was younger, because they were always the heavy, cabled ones that your grandmother knitted (that would be my OTHER grandmother, because the one who took me school shopping didn't knit or sew or crochet), but as I get older a lightweight, pretty scarf appeals to me more and more each year. So now it's time to bring out my sweaters and scarves in all their glorious colors and textures! Yum!
