After many years of use, I decided that my Summer jacket was now too shabby. Yesterday, I went shopping, looking for a light, informal jacket suitable for warmish weather. I tend to feel uncomfortable outside in just shirtsleeves, and where do you stow all the stuff you need to take with you? I buy clothes largely on feel, as one of my major sensory problems is texture and synthetic fibre textiles are unbearable to touch. There were some nice-looking lightweight jackets available, but they felt truly horrible to touch. This was repeated in a number of shops. Then I found a jacket that felt fine, nice colour, good fit, ideal. Of course it was 100% linen and three times the price of any of the others. I bought it, just thankful to have found something I could stand to wear. Autism can be expensive!
