Up until the last few years, I thought it was my “job” to look pretty. Now, in my forties, I’m reveling in the freedom to go out in public however I choose to present myself that day. That usually means fellow Satuday morning grocery store patrons see me makeup-free, unshowered and in sweats, yoga pants or shorts, depending on the season.
I won’t go into public if I’m really dirty, smelly, and in need of a shower. I’ll shower and don clean clothes.
Otherwise, the clothes I put on in the morning are the ones I take off to go to bed, with exceptions for special occasions. I find the idea of changing clothes through the day silly, as I don’t wear uncomfortable ones.
I’ll change if my clothes are dirty, unless I am going to do some dirty work after I get back - for instance, if I need something from the hardware store I will go pick it up and then come back and go back to work.
I wear jeans and a sweatshirt in the winter, and jeans and a T-shirt in the summer. That’s good enough for shopping.
The only time my daughter will allow me out of the house, dressed inappropriately, is when I am walking the dog. Usually then I wear jeans or camoflage pants, no shirt, worn sneakers from Wal-Mart, and one of my fedoras. Smoking a cigar and walking a big, black dog. People have been known to cross the street to avoid me.
It might be the dog, or the cigar, but I doubt it.
Regards,
Shodan
That sounds handy. My problem is that my house has this strange force field in it, that I’ve mentioned before, that turns clothes that are perfectly comfortable at work into tight and confining instruments of torture the second I return home. So off they go, and on go the sweatpants and slacker hoodie. Actually, it’s not just this house, it’s everywhere I’ve ever lived. It’s the weirdest thing.
So far we don’t have anypeople of Walmartcandidates.
Thats a relief. 
Someone mentioned the hardware store. That is one place that I will go in work clothes. Brush the sawdust off myself, comb my hair and I’m good. Its pointless to change clothes if I’m just taking a quick break to get paint, nails or lumber. You see a lot of capenters in work clothes at HD.
Supposedly, when he hit seventy, Paul Newman burned his tuxedo, declaring that he was done with formalities. I was a great deal younger than seventy at the time, but have always sought to learn the wisdom of others. Now, thermal and safety issues aside, I don’t wear uncomfortable clothes, save to events where 1. the expectation is so strong that it’d be not worth the fuss to refuse and 2. not going isn’t really an option. I have a suit for these purposes; it’s almost comfortable.
You may laugh when you see me out and about in a bathrobe and Superman pajama pants; I’ll be laughing when I hear you tell your kids “dress for the job you want, not the job you have”.
My bumming-around clothes aren’t suitable for public wear, so I’ll change, unless it’s just running to the dairy for milk or something else that doesn’t require me to exit the car.
It depends.
If for example, I was wearing outdoor work clothing and needed to go to Home Depot for a part or more of something, I wouldn’t hesitate to wear it, dirty, stinky or stained as it might be. I don’t know if I’d do grocery shopping or much else besides pumping gas or getting take-out like that though.
But if I was sitting around inside in my really comfortable, but goofy looking night pants and a particular very comfortable but oversized and faded t-shirt, I’d definitely put on something more presentable if I was going out and about. Partially so I wouldn’t look like a special-needs person who’d flown the coop, and partially out of a certain degree of personal pride.
Laughing. Years ago, my company, at the insistence of one very anal new hire of an office manager, started a dress policy. It really wasn’t needed, but she had to. So in one of the meetings about it, she said 'for god sake people, dress like you’re going to the store!!"
Ok, it’s casual place with oil drips & pressure washers and things, but trust me, no one wants to see me come to work the way I dress to go to the store. Ok, the mall maybe, but the grocery store?? I embarrass my boyfriend and he doesn’t even go with me.
I realized a few years ago that my long winter coat covers up whatever I’ve been wearing at home. Hah!
Unfortunately, this only works during the winter.
In the summer, it depends. If they’re the clothes I wear for housecleaning, yes. If they’re t-shirt and jeans/shorts, I just wear them out, no problem.
Depends on the clothes; depends on the store.
If I am working on the house or in the yard and I’m dirty and I need to go to the hardware store or Home Depot, I’m not cleaning up. I figure they understand. If I need to go to the mall, yeah, I shower and change.
If it’s just comfy clothes and I’m not dirty or anything, I won’t usually change unless I’m heading out to go clothes shopping or to a really nice place.
If I’m running to the grocery store for a quart of milk, or running to McDonald’s for a Coke, I will probably look like a slob.
If I’m going to Macy’s for something, then I will look halfway decent. Now that I’m retired, halfway decent is as good as it gets.
Not pajamas, though. Nor slippers. Not out of the house.
If I smell or look like I just got mugged, probably. Other than that I couldn’t care less.
It depends on the store. If I’m just heading out to the grocery store for a loaf of bread, or if I need to hit up Home Depot for a box of finishing nails, then I probably won’t change unless what I’m wearing is really ratty. If I’m going someplace a bit more ‘upscale’, then I’ll put on something more appropriate.
Always. Otherwise is ghetto and lazy.
All my clothes are extremely comfy.
Hell, yeah. Going out around here incorrectly dressed can land you in a spot of bother with the religious police. 90% of men either wear the local thobe or trousers/jeans and a long-sleeved shirt/sweater. Women have to wear an abaya but can get away with wearing anything underneath (and do). I’ve been out in shorts and t-shirt and had all manner of reactions, from disgust to uncomfortable approval.
And just how do you know that? 
Isn’t that kind of the point of an abaya?
Depending upon the season, it’s s/s tee, l/s tee, or sweatshirt on top & sweats or gym shorts on bottom. The bottoms usually get changed because ofa lack of pockets to hold the necessary keys, wallet, & phone. Additionally, I have an old pair of Sebago Docksiders that I use as ‘go-outside’ slipons (trash, mail, etc.) on when my toes are cold in the winter but usually change before going out ‘in public’.
Camos
Camo pants are great for working around the house. Extra pockets to hold stuff & if you get the right pattern, they hides dirt & stains. Army/navy store surplus Swiss camo is the absolute bestest for painting because there’s so many colors in the pattern to begin with! 
Generally, my good-looking clothes are also comfy - but if I’m wearing my jewellery/leatherwork dust jacket, I’ll hang that up before I leave the house.