Dear Impractical Self: You're awesome.

Almost a year ago, I dragged an unsuspecting friend of mine along with me on a trip to Goodwill. 

Now, you should know that as a rule, I try to avoid mixing my shopping life with my social one - a precaution I take due to my absolute inability to behave even remotely human while simultaneously focusing on the clothing at hand. 

Blame it on my multitasking incompetence - but I'm doomed to a life of solo shop-scursions.

On this particular day, however, said friend fell prey to my shopping scatterbrained-ness and nodded politely as I testified that the jacket you see above was a "great find". A "must-have", if you will - primed for purchase even in the current conditions. 

"The current conditions", you ask?

Yes, 90 degree weather.

Ok. Whatever. I have a problem. 

The first step is admitting it, right?

(Though I'm starting to think that it might be possible to plateau on that first step.)

Anyhow, not one to be deterred - I donned this little diddy ASAP. 

Because obviously it required a test-drive, and no 90 degree risk of fatal sun stroke was going to stop me. 

Coat snugly wrapped around my wool-swathed frame, I turned, beaming, to my friend. 

The look on her face was ....

not the look on mine. 

"You're not going to wash that?", she said, very slowly, in that tiny-bit-too-high-pitched slightly shaky manner that only aspiringly-non-judgmental girls can.

"Oh." I paused. "I guess I didn't really think about it."

And I hadn't. Because what self-respecting thrifter would take the time to dry clean a fantastic find before wearing it!? ...

jacket: Goodwill, shorts: Paris thrited, tee: Everlane, tights, Pure & Good, boots: Jessica Simpson

....

A clean one, probably. 

But not this girl! Not me!

I'm hard core. 

And a fantastic find, it was. 

Why? 

Because only months later, Margiela teamed up with H&M to release what I like to think of as their Gabby-dirty-wool-coat-inspired pieces, fully reminiscent of my great Goodwill find. 

Thank god for my impracticality. 

Cheers.