Thank you. i unchecked them both:

Display an optional quantity field in the Add to Cart form.
Enable Add to cart forms in product node teasers.

the attributes are still showing. Seems like you thought that attributes and add to cart fields are concted (are they?)

Ideally i would like allow the user to add the item to cart as soon as he/she decides she likes the design ( for some people it s immediately - they buying just a shirt for 15 bucks) andd let the user specify the details (attributes) later, when checking out.

For some time i can surely go without the add to cart, as long as the attributes dont show up