Public Panties

Elise awoke to Fur Elise playing loudly from her cell phone. Smiling faintly, she rolled over and brushed her strawberry hair from her face. She checked her phone and snoozed the alarm. Ten minutes later it went off again. She turned it off and sat up, letting the blanket fall to her lap. She rubbed her eyes and stretched, arching her back and curling her arms behind her head. Today was a day to get ready.

She moved over to her bamboo mat and moved through a series of Yoga stretches. Side plank into floating triangle into low boat, and so on. She held each for ten to fifteen seconds, sometimes as much as 30 seconds. It was a routine that one of her college roommates had shown her. It had served her well over the years since, keeping her limber and energized. She felt lighter when she started her day this way.

On her way to the bathroom, she stripped and deposited her pajamas in the hamper. She got into the shower after it had warmed up. She washed her hair then stepped out of the spray to condition it. She lathered her body and scrubbed her face next. Stepping back into the spray, she meticulously rinsed her face then her body and hair. She let the water wash over her till it started to turn cold. She lathered her legs with shaving cream and shaved then rinsed again. Wrapping a towel around herself she stepped from the shower and wrapped another towel around her hair and head. She hung the towel after drying herself and applied lotion to her body. She walked into her closet, turned the light on, and closed the door. A mirror covered the whole inside of the door.

Her mother would say this was a day for 'public panties.' She moved aside her plain underwear and her nerdy stuff. After some debate she put on a pair of deep grey panties trimmed with blue lace and a matching bra. She pulled aside a few dresses as well as some skirts and blouses. She tried them on and twirled in the mirror each time. Some fit too tight over the hips, while others were too loose in the chest. She finally landed on a grey dress with pin stripes in rose and emerald.

Shoes were in this instance a very easy choice. She slipped on a pair of deep green pumps. She walked back out to the bathroom and blow dried her hair. She quickly put her hair into ringlets. She had practiced for hours to get it doable quickly. She pulled some forward and left some against her back. After some arrangement she felt good enough about them to hair spray it all.

Elise moved into her room where she put some protection and her wallet into her clutch. She put that in her shoulder bag with a couple books, a notebook, and a few other essentials. She put on a pea coat, slung the bag over her shoulder, and walked out to her car.