the orange jacket.....

ok, so.....friday i found a motherlode of clothing in my size at the frankfort goodwill......i left my meeting early........as it was boring beyond words....but i digress.....the orange jacket is single breasted, raw silk, lined.....a blazer if you will......and looked just marvelous with taupe twill dress pants and a cream knit crewneck shirt and a tiger print scarf for church.....or so i thought until a woman i know slightly stopped me to comment on my outfit.....'i didn't know you were a vols fan......did you go to the u of t?.......".....omg.......it never occured to me.......all i could think to say in reply was that orange suited me, and that i was a buckeye fan....and wasn't it nice that the big ten final game would be on channel 27 at 3:30?.................a curious encounter..........i gravitate toward the warm colors because they suit me.......rather than to school colors......much as i appreciate all that the scarlet and grey stand for...i never wear those colors because they do not suit my complexion and because they seem so over the top.....so much like my mother would wear/does wear/will always wear.........i am a bit embarassed that i did not look at this lovely silk blazer and think.....university of tennessee........i only thought......tan pants and a cream shirt.............and for the record.....it is nice that the big ten final will be at 3:30 pm......with all of the local papers singing the blues about u.k. it is nice to be associated with a team that has had a good year.......my dad took me to an osu basketball game once..........it was not one of their better years...my dad used to speak of their 1960 national championship...... ...but he was excited about a player named clemmons on the day in question.......and so i will watch the big ten game at 3:30.....and root for my home team......wearing neither scarlet nor grey........and hoping for a decent ncaa seed.........