Do you "dress up" to go shoppling? (furniture, department store, mall)

[saibot]

I'm female. I work mainly at home, but also do a fair amount of errands and shopping. I don't wear pajamas or sweatpants, or anything I wouldn't want to be seen in in public, around the house. I would probably feel differently if I had an outside job and home was mainly for relaxation, but in order to be in a proper mindset for my work, I can't slop around in sleepwear during the day. Plus, I wouldn't enjoy changing clothes back and forth every time I step into or out of the house.

I get up every single day and get dressed in clean, presentable clothes (even though they are jeans/shorts and T-shirt, 99% of the time), as well as fixing my hair and putting in my contacts, whether I'll be going out and shopping or doing errands, or just tackling my work at home. That will do for the whole day.

Where I live, Southern California, jeans/shorts and T-shirt are perfectly acceptable for shopping. I will dress up (nicer pants and blouse, or a skirt or dress) for special occasions, but shopping is not a special occasion.

[gouligann]

I don't "dress up" but I most certainly don't wear jogging pants or pajamas to do my shopping. I also put on a bit of make up.

I find it very lazy and sometimes disgusting when I see some women dress in sloppy, dirty outifts that aren't fit to clean a horse barn in. Their kids are usually filthy dirty too. Sad.

[Praline]

I will wear jeans, a T-shirt and sandals but I always have on make up and perfume and my hair must be perfect. I always have on matching underwear as well.

If I am going to an upscale store, I will more than likely have on jewelry and carry one of my designer bags.

[metalmancpa]

Dress up? No.

Not look like a schlub? Yes.

[Reefmonkey]

Unless I'm in the middle of something like a home improvement project where I need to make a quick run to the hardware store, or just need one or two quick things from the grocery store, I always get cleaned up before leaving the house. For me cleaned up is showered, hair combed, shaved, etc., and wearing a collared shirt, usually with a pair of long slacks, and some decent close-toed nonathletic shoes like a pair of oxfords or loafers or leather deck shoes. I'll wear a pair of shorts out in a beach town (but change to slacks before going out to dinner) like Galveston where I have a house, and I'll wear shorts in the heat of the summer here in Houston during the weekend if I'm just in the neighborhood or going to nearby stores, but if I'm going into town, I always wear slacks.

[Serious Conversation]

No, I don't dress up to go shopping. Obviously if I'm going to be trying on shoes, I will shoes with socks out, not sandals. That sort of thing.

[twins4lynn]

I dress for the day when I get up in the morning, usually a clean pair of nice jeans and a pima cotton t-shirt. I just put on shoes and go. I'm dressed good enough to do all my errands as far as I'm concerned . And comfortable, too.

[steiconi]

I wear comfy clothes around the house, and change into more respectable clothes when going out. Capris and a top, or a dress, sandals or clogs make an acceptable shopping outfit.

Well, that worked in Hawaii, and is fine this summer, I'll have to figure out something else as the weather gets cold.

[arwenmark]

I never did dress for shopping at least not since I was about 4 and going with my grandmother. Now I have Fibromyalgia and my skin hurts, it hurts a lot. so almost all the time if I go out, which is rare I wear a caftan that hardly touches my skin at all.
As for people dressing up to go shopping? they don't dress up for weddings or funerals these days, Or for church, it still bugs the heck out of me to see someone attend church in jeans, or shorts. I'd rather they be there in jeans than not there at all, but still!

[gtt99]

Shorts, T-shirt, tennis shoes, ball cap. I guess, it's being dressed up in my world.