I'M GONNA LOOK LIKE BARNEY WITH A PhD!

And so, reality of my school's PhD grad regalia sets in, against the nice visions I had in mind...

Lordy.

That's right... purple. The PhD blue is there... but... purple. Velvet.

Purple velvet.

ZOMG, Katie - I will have pimp robes, after all!!!

Of course my school would go for the cheap-azzed cardboard mortar board hat, even for the doctors.

I don't care - I'm getting a tam. At least leave me that much dignity.

*wimper*