Packing List Woes

During the first week here I realized that I am the only person who followed the packing list handed out by S.I.T. almost to the letter. A couple of the girls went above and beyond, and even have some shirts they haven't worn yet, which seems hilarious to me. The slightly ridiculous nature of the situation was brought to my attention when one of my fellow expatriates asked me, "Do you wear skirts all the time because you're religious?" Talk about being at a loss for words. I literally only have one pair of pants here, and I save those for hiking. I do have a pair of shorts, but they're not modest enough to wear around town... well, modest enough for what is polite in Ghana. Silly Emily, why didn't you bring capris? A sensible pair of clam diggers, anything that would not give the impression that you're a practitioner of Orthodox Judaism. Which I guess I shouldn't worry about because people don't quite seem to openly recognize that there are other religions that people practice other than Christianity, Islam, or some form of traditional African religion. Anyway, my clothing situation is fine. I just get jealous when I see someone in a shirt I don't recognize, when my wardrobe choices are what I wore yesterday, the day before, the day before that, or the day before that. The moral of the story is that I need to get more dresses made. Stat.