Dressing Up for other chicks

I was waiting on line to check out at my local supermarket and caught myself checking out the women around me. It wasn't just a glance....it was a full blown, head-to-toe, "she forgot the check the mirror", "nice shoes", "dry hair" , cute butt - kind of mental once-overs.  And for the record....I'm a female whose preference is men.

I had to catch myself there for a minute. Ironically, as I looked around at the faces of the other women waiting in line , I noticed they were doing the exact same thing - measuring themselves against the rest of the estrogen nation. 
It's no secret that women most often, dress to impress other women (that's been a huge debate over the years). Deep down, I think we feel like we're in some sort of competition with each other. For what...I don't know.
Competition that for the next mans compliment? To mask the emotionally charred body suit we're wearing underneath? To give the appearance of success and independence? To make a few heads turn as we sashay by your glance?

What I do know is this....whether we like it or not we do really don't care what others think about the way we look. We do  dress to impress. We do want our egos stroked, by any means necessary.

Here are 5 Clues that you care what other woman think:

1. You take a mental Kodak picture of what everyone else may be wearing. Then you reach in the closet
2. to "one-up" them.
3. You wonder if they'll take to the social airwaves about how your butt looked like two 8-pound bowling balls in those painted on jeans.
4. You don't want to look like June Cleaver, but maybe your boobs popping out of that low cut number is a little too provocative for MarySue's staff meeting today.
5. You wonder if she wears micro-mini dresses too or will she think this painted-on, skin tight dress looks a little slutty?
6. You put on the shoes (with the missing taps), but you hope she's going to ask  "where did you pick those up from"?
   
   Whatever....as long as you feel good being you!