"And I'm glad they don't pay nurses like they pay teachers," Brenda agreed, grimacing at the price tag. "I guess it makes sense, though - there's more material and whatever in a sweater than in a tank top." She could practically completely redo a summer wardrobe on less than a hundred bucks - but of course, the popularity of mix-n-match swimwear helped. "We should figure out the generic stuff, too. I don't want to buy a bunch of stuff and find out it's like, the Roxy or Billabong equivalent of winter clothing." She knew both companies actually did make winter clothes for the skiiers and snowboarders, but only in theory. Not a lot of demand for it in Hawaii. And anyway, rocking the logo on a shirt added like $15 to the price.
Absently petting Keanu, she picked up what turned out to be thermal long underwear and shuddered. "Bad enough I have to start wearing pants to bed now," she said. "But could you imagine wearing this? I'm itching just from looking at it." Coming from a land of thin cotton, jersey, and 'denim' that was more spandex than anything else to wool and flannel was going to be a bigger adjustment than she realized. Not to mention closed-toe shoes. Sure, she'd gotten used to sneakers for work, but wearing them for everything for months at a time was going to get rough.