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Though the dreariness of winter reminded Alexia deeply and profoundly of home in ways she was uncomfortable with, that was not the reason that Alexia found herself uncertain, if not pessimistic, about the coming spring and warmer months.

She found herself with her fingers pressed gently to her mouth as she strolled down a street downtown, lined with department stores. The window displays featured largely two things, both of which Alexia found at turns scandalous and intriguing.

The first was the bathing suits. Alexia still considered bathing in the sea to largely be a man's pleasure occupation. Which did not necessarily mean that she would not do so. She hadn't had the chance, and certainly, she would not ever wear a bikini. No! Definitely not.

The second were the athletic clothing, most in colors Alexia was fairly sure did not occur anywhere in nature. Now, Alexia was a fan of walking for health and pleasure. She did much of it, as she was doing today.

But she had not ever considered a separate wardrobe specifically for light exercise.

"I wonder how much it would cost?" she wondered aloud. Leaning closer, she checked one of the price tags. Over a hundred dollars for a pair of athletic tights (yoga pants, they call them, and Alexia surely could not imagine a yogi would ever wear such a thing.)

Over a hundred dollars.

Alexia became altogether too agitated at that.

"They must think all women truly stupid. Especially the wealthy ones."

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[notverywise]

"They certainly seem to," Jenny says, overhearing by accident, but not particularly concerned with keeping her opinions to herself. She rarely is anyway, and on this point, she doesn't see how there could be any argument in it. Some part of her might feel just a little hypocritical for it, when her tastes have always run expensive anyway, but there's a difference between a nice dress by a known designer and something that seems to be marked up solely for the sake of it, because people will spend money on it regardless. They're just pants, and not even ones that seem like they would have many uses. "Just because someone has money doesn't mean they'd spend so much of it on something like that. Though I suppose enough of them do, for them to be able to keep selling these."