I miss Filene’s Basement. I mean the real one that used to be in the basement of Filene’s department store in Boston, not the chain of stores that use the same name. I was able to buy a lot of good clothing there at reasonable prices. I’m not interested in paying full price for many types of clothing, and it is sometimes hard to find things at Marshall’s because their stores are smaller and have limited stock at any given time. I haven’t been able to find an acceptable pair of athletic shoes at Marshall’s in the past two weeks. I also want a new winter coat and I haven’t seen any there that would interest me. I went to L.L. Bean’s store in Dedham today, actually willing to pay full price for something, but they didn’t have any knee-length winter coats. Also nothing really at Orvis or at the small Brooks Brothers store in Dedham or at Banana Republic. I went into a store called Express that I had never been in before. They had a coat for $385 that would be acceptable, but I don’t want to pay that price for a coat that looks only so-so. I did some looking on line but wasn’t enthused by anything.
I do have a few coats that I’ve bought over the years that look OK. So I’ll look in Marshall’s every now and then, but if necessary I can make do with what I have.
