by spring there might be a whole bunch of new stuff to get...

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i know what the differences are...
but i just think that the dries can go both ways...
dressed up or down..
which is why they are so so super awesome...
the IM's are pretty much just casual...
personally---if i had the dries, i would wear them all the time and with absolutely everything...

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if i only had the IM's...THEN i would still have to get another...
but if it's just that you WANT them...well...
there's no rationale for that...that's an emotional choice...
and that's different opf course..
i am just always a very practical shopper- even if i buy a lot- i think about it carefully...
whenever i don't, i wind up regretting it...
and i hate that!
but as you said yourself...
tourist...
the IM's are more limited in terms of what works with them...
i think skirts and minidresses and maybe shorts for spring...
maybe you could tuck some skinnies into them with some legwarmers or bunchy socks?
or cropped pants maybe?...