The Holy Grail Hoodie
How hard can it be to find a black, zip-up hooded sweatshirt? I think I have a better chance of a hoarde of agents and editors descending upon my home, clamoring for my grocery list, than I do of finding a black hoodie.
Having exhausted my usual retail haunts (yeah, that would be Wal-Mart), I ventured reluctantly to one of my personal levels of hell—a hoity-toity women’s clothing store at the outlet mall.
Me: Do you have any black, zip-up sweatshirts?
Clerk: I don’t believe so, but we have some lovely yellow ones on the clearance rack.
Me: I don’t want yellow. It has to be black.
Clerk: Why?
Me: (refrains from saying “Because I 
said so, dumbass”) My ATV is black, and my helmet, gloves and goggles are pink and black, so yellow wouldn’t go.
Clerk: You could get a pink one.
Me: A pink sweatshirt would show the dirt too much.
Clerk: Dirt?
Me: Yeah, like mud, trail dust, the occasional bug smear.
Clerk: Perhaps you’d like to try a men’s store? Or…(*pauses*)…Walmart?
Me: (refrains from saying :censor: you, lady) Good idea! They’re friendly there, and they don’t charge an arm and a leg for factory seconds and last year’s cast-offs. You have a nice day, though.
I hate shopping. Seriously. That’s why my jeans are faded beyond stylish and I own three pairs of shoes. :gaah:
May 13th, 2008 at 10:13 am
I think the last place El Jeffe found one was Cabelas…
May 13th, 2008 at 10:20 am
May 13th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Ebay…….
May 13th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
I got my black hoodie from Think Geek.
It’s pullover, not zip-up, though. Didja try Target?
May 13th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
I’ve seen them in Old Navy, though you might need to look in the men’s section.
May 13th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
The problem is I’m riding Saturday. Mud season is almost over!
And while the people who know me will be STUNNED to learn this, I have a tendency to leave things until the last possible second.
I didn’t think of Dick’s. We have one in Concord. Wicked overpriced, though, unless you hit the clearance rack. And Target’s clothes are too…perky? chipper? for me.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
You could also try a cheerleading shop. Or online at Soffe.com (but I’m not sure you’d have it by this weekend).
May 15th, 2008 at 6:32 am
we get ours at the local CVS. No sure why a drug store sells sweats but. . .Shall I pick up a couple for your?
May 15th, 2008 at 9:52 am
The only black sweatshirt in the entire county is a Matt Kenseth one in the men’s department of the Evil Empire. Being a Juan Pablo fan…no thanks.
Gee, I wonder why I can’t find a Juan Pablo sweatshirt…
I picked up a pink one, and I’m going to go over to the Honda shop and order one from there. If I have to go online, I might as well as get a Honda hoodie.