I've always felt very similarly to the author about kippot. I have a few, always on the decorative side, but I've always felt slightly uncomfortably wearing them. Hopefully I'll manage to change that, because in the tiny synagogue which I attend during the school year it is clearly customary for everyone to wear a kippah and a tallit. I had left both of mine at home (not expecting to miss Judaism so badly) but intend to try to wear them. I've always adored my tallit though.
I've always felt very similarly to the author about kippot. I have a few, always on the decorative side, but I've always felt slightly uncomfortably wearing them. Hopefully I'll manage to change that, because in the tiny synagogue which I attend during the school year it is clearly customary for everyone to wear a kippah and a tallit. I had left both of mine at home (not expecting to miss Judaism so badly) but intend to try to wear them. I've always adored my tallit though.