Tysons on Thursday

Yesterday I went to Banana Republic's 30th Anniversary Sale. For a few hours everything was 30% off. You had to show them your credit card to get in the door, which was a little funny. And they served champagne and little pastries. It was a mad house.

There were tons of people. I spent half an hour in line for the fitting room. And then another half hour in line at the check out.

It was like social hour. Girls were there with their friends loading up on clothes and drinking champagne. Having a good time. A lot of guys were there for the sale too, but my favorites were the ones who just stood there with womens clothes draped over their arms, drinking champagne.

I know this isn't unusual among fashion retailers, but I haven't gone before.
I'm a little surprised that I wasn't put off by it. I didn't bring any friends with me, and I don't drink champagne, but isn't shopping fun? (Well, sometimes it depends on the sales associates ... and I'm not crazy about the before Christmas madness ...) Oh, and the 30% off is fun too!

Now Playing

I swear I’m not some sort of X-Files freak, I just enjoy watching it. Thank you Costco, for allowing me to complete my collection for an affordable price. [And Iggy, for starting it :)] Anyway, due to circumstances beyond my control, I’m not going to get to see the movie for another week :(

Let's Go Swimming!

Wahoo! I found a swimsuit! It’s amazing. Some of you may not appreciate how amazing this is. I’m not in the habit of complaining about my body, but I’ll easily complain that designers don’t exactly make clothes to fit it. When it comes to swimsuits it’s the worst. Being super skinny and [ahem] flat-ish makes 2 separate characteristics that no one makes a swimsuit for.

Last year I found this halter-style suit which turned out okay after I had it altered, but this year I was pleasantly surprised by a suit I found in Urban Outfitter’s retro swim collection. This suit arrived today and seems to fit just fine! I picked the one that's adjustable because I thought that feature was promising.

I’m not used to having the suit to want to ask this - anyone wanna go swimming?

Advice

A week ago I bought some clothes (sale items, normal prices here are too rich for my blood) from shopjinny.com and today I was credited back part of the charges. Why, you ask? Because when they arrived, the price tag on the skirt said it was on sale for half the price I paid for it! So I called them about it and they kindly apologized and credited me back the 50%. Also, within minutes after I called them they’d corrected the price online. Well done, their response makes me very happy.

Okay, now it's time for: The Advice.

A couple years after I graduated from high school I was talking to someone who asked if I had any immediate plans to get married. I said no.

Her advice:
Buy lots of cute clothes, cause after you get married you won't have the money.

I'm not convinced about that 2nd part, but for now - yes ma'am.

Check out the $6 and $8 sale at Shade! A $6 shirt is a sweet deal. I think they have shirts at Goodwill for more than that.

The Perfect Tank

I own about a million tank tops. Okay maybe more like 50. But I am sad to say I only have 2 of these lace camisoles by Banana Republic. I wish I had at least one of every color but I don't and now they no longer sell them.

They do have some of these red ones left [they did a few minutes ago anyway, their sale items disappear fast]. I of course got one [which makes 3] even though I don't look good in red and I had to go two sizes bigger. If it's too loose to wear I will be very sad.

Aside from them being super cute and super comfy, I love that the whole bust has the lace and that they come up high enough on the chest.

<3

Off The Wagon

I love shopping, yay for new clothes!

My family got our picture taken yesterday. Jeff will be leaving for two years in a couple of weeks and we needed to get one before he goes. I was supposed to wear a fall color and I realized I didn't have a cute shirt to wear. Well, not really, sort of. Anyway, Saturday I went to the mall in search of a shirt. I didn't find the perfect shirt for the occasion, but I found clothes that I'm sure will be perfect for other occasions :) Next time: shoes.

The best [and least expensive] way to dress up is to put on a smile. Haha.