Red Sweaters

Many years ago I worked in a very nice department store. I was young and single, without any responsibilities, and I had store discount privileges. I never blew my paycheck unwisely, rent came first, but if I spotted a good sale I would take advantage of it. That winter I began to notice something odd happening to my wardrobe. There was an abundance of red sweaters accumulating in my closet. Hmmmmm... They were different styles, of course, and I really liked wearing them. The sweaters were very good quality and lasted for years. I slowly got rid of them as the years rolled by and went on to other colors and styles of sweaters. In the past few years, though, I have again begun to acquire a number of red sweaters. Sleeveless, short sleeve and three quarter length. This year I found a beautiful red sweater with a beaded trim at the neckline that I wore for the first time on Christmas day while having dinner with my son. A couple of weeks ago I found a very pretty red sleeveless cashmere sweater on a sale rack at a department store and after using a discount coupon, I walked out of the store with my new sweater after paying a total of 95 cents, including tax. SCORE! I'm back in the red zone. But here's what I noticed. My first collection of sweaters from many years ago were bright red in color just like the primary red on the color wheel. The red I tend to gravitate toward now is darker. Burgundy, cranberry, shades of rust and brick red. I love them all and these colors look very good on me. They make my eye color-teal blue-stand out. So, why do I like red sweaters so much? Is there anything I should be "getting" from this? I never cared much for any of the psychology classes I took over the years. I don't really like searching for a deeper meaning to something that should just stay on the surface. Do the bright red sweaters of my earlier years represent vibrant youth and the deeper shades represent maturity (code word for old age)? Oh,dear. Am I satisfied with things basically as they are (color) with just modest changes (style) in my way of doing things? Perhaps. Maybe I just like the color red. Oh, by the way, I'm wearing one of my red sweaters right now. It's the short sleeved one with the cowl neckline and the tie belt at the waist. So pretty! And that's that. I love red sweaters. Nothing more. So stop reading anything else into this. It's just about the red sweaters.