On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:42:45 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>On Wed 16 Jan 2008 07:54:29p, Lou Decruss told us...
>
>> On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:47:35 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed 16 Jan 2008 05:25:13p, Lou Decruss told us...
>>
>>>> This is only the second time I've heard the term "clothes horse."
>>>>
>>>> Many years ago I briefly dated a chick that referred to herself that
>>>> way. She had clothes with the tags still on them packed in her living
>>>> room end tables. About half of her kitchen cabinets had clothes in
>>>> them. She had a few loose screws so the fling never went anywhere.
>>>
>>>My mother was definitely not like that. :-)
>>
>> Sorry Wayne. I wasn't implying she was. I could have worded my
>> question better.
>
>Oh, I didn't think you were.

Good. I wouldn't want offend you.

>I was only pointing out the different
>motivation. My mother was a fashion model in Hollywood in the late 1930s-
>early 1940s. She was approached numerous times by studio folks, but wasn't
>interested in being in film. She simply loved to dress well all the time.

Wow!!!

>>>She loved beautiful clothing
>>>of top quality and had a huge collection of such. She wore all of it.
>>>This extended to handbags, shoes, jewelry, and accessories. She always
>>>dressed well but was never overdressed. I never saw her leaving the
>>>house without being properly dressed. In fact, I rarely saw her inside
>>>the house without being properly dressed. She truly enjoyed looking
>>>nice.
>>
>> This girl "needed" to look nice. I figured out she was bulimic so the
>> rest of the obsessions made sense.
>
>Yes, that makes perfect sense.

I learned not to date women who buy Listerine by the gallon, and keep
a jug in the shower and another next to the toilet.

Lou