Glorified Bathrobe

I bought my first yukata this weekend. A yukata is a summer style cotton kimono. Much cheaper than the traditional silk kimonos. While I find kimonos to be exceptionally beautiful, most are several hundred dollars, with some into the tens of thousands. Also, wearing a kimono properly requires training and help [just to get the dang thing on]. I also feel that it is a very Japanese thing, and as a foreigner it wouldn't be "proper/right" for me to wear one unless I really trained to do so.

But I have no such compunctions about the yukatas! I am currently just wearing it around the house as a glorified bathrobe. The summer heat makes actually wearing clothes nigh-unbearable. So instead I traipse about in my yukata. Once the fall hits, I plan to load up on these suckers [sales!]. 'Til then, just the one.