Shoes Women Wore on Dates

A friend of mine asked me to make a chart of this. Unfortunately, I don't remember more than six dates back (that is, in one and a half years), so there isn't a large contingent from which to gather data. On the other hand, given the paucity of numbers, I at least can remember these. Here are the types of footware that women wore on the dates I went on (one date involved multiple shoes):

My own footware would be much more consistent:

Shirts by Color

My favorite color, I believe, must be blue, since it seems to be the color that dominates my wardrobe--or at least the button-down shirts in my wardrobe--as shown in the following chart:

Or perhaps a bar chart, where I can select the colors would be more expressive:

Of course, the chart could be broken down slightly differently. For "white patterned" I counted any shirt that was primarily white. Hence, a shirt with blue stripes was blue if the stripes made up 50 percent or more of the shirt, whereas if the stripes made up less than 50 percent of the shirt's color, then the shirt was counted as "white patterned." I suppose one could also conclude that white is my favorite color, but that is more a default safe choice for semiformal occasions. I try to have enough of those button-downs around to last me a week, were it ever to be necessary.

State of My Underwear

In spring, I usually purge clothing, getting rid of clothes that have gotten to ragged to continue wearing. I did, this spring, for example, purge four out of twenty-eight button-down shirts. The worn-out shirts had severely frayed collars. It was a shame to see them go.

Apparently, I purged a lot more underwear last year than I realized, because I was under the impression I had more underwear needing to be purged than I thought. What is interesting, however, is the reason for the purging. It used to be mostly holes; this year, it's mostly worn elastic, as shown in the following chart:

My Ties

A coworker was remarking on how all my ties seem to be given to me. I think every time she asks where I got a tie, she happens to do so on a day when I'm wearing one that was a gift. I'm the only one at work who wears ties consistently, so they tend to get comments. Anyway, the following chart confirms that in fact I have actually purchased more of my ties than I have been given ties:
Still, I am surprised by how many ties have come to me as gifts. I think, because I wear them, people find them safe gifts for me. And I will wear virtually any tie I'm given. That doesn't necessarily mean that I think they fit my style. Breaking down ties I love versus ties I'm not really into, it's clear that if I picked out the tie to begin with, I'm more likely to love it, which I guess makes sense:
I was also interested in the color of the ties I have and how that affects whether I like them. Here's that breakdown:
So what piece of advice would I give to someone who is handing me a tie? Go for blue, green, or lavendar, and I'm more likely to like it. Green, it kind of overdone, though, as the above shows. I actually tend to like yellow ties also, but I keep their number to a minimum.