Every kind of work, school, and even religion needs calendars too keep on track!
First she want a dress because in her she need one for this type of affair where she would just wear it once to impress people. Basically she was just thinking about her self at this point because her husband was saving the money for a gun that he wanted but instead he got her the dress because in was more of a need.
Holden expresses to not be a depresing persoaon but a happy person
Creed, credo, dogma, belief, conviction, canon, principle, notion, idea, theory, thesis.