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Friday, December 19, 2014

christmas wrapping

the end result of all my wrapping pins this year. White paper, bakers twine, sealing wax & simple ornaments.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

If I had $100 to spend at Talbots

I know, Talbots, right? I always thought of it as the store too old/too expensive/too tall/too preppy for me. The too old is no longer a valid excuse, but the others made me stay away for a long time.Then I made a discovery or two there, which made it a store worth checking out periodically. How easy it is to get me to shop somewhere.

My List of Why I Now Shop at Talbots:

You can usually find one or two things that are very of the moment. I have seen insanely cute dresses and chic skirts. The fashion forward stuff goes fast, though, so if you see something truly incredible don't wait for it to go on sale.
The quality of construction and materials is impressive. Beats most mall stores, so when you are trend shopping, you can get a reasonably priced trend piece that doesn't look like it was knocked off in a late night sweat shop.
The. Sales.Are.Epic. (something makes me want to capitalize and use weird punctuation when I talk about this store). I know what I said about the fashion forward stuff going fast, true enough, but the rest of what they have can be very wearable. To that end, see what I found for a summer-is-almost-over-I-am-sick-of-my-closet outfit.

$18!

Nubuck for $24

$18


$24! Look at the supercute standcollar!

if I had $1000 to spend at Need Supply

Everyone should shop at Need Supply. It is one of those impossibly chic but cool shops, where I imagine artists and extremely intelligent college students shop. The price points make it accessible though, and I must look at the sales 100 times a year.

Many, many years ago, a girl I knew told me about her husband making her spend $1000 on herself, to the penny. It was so many years ago that amount was pretty darn significant. I was very jealous and that whole scenario played into my "want to meet the perfect husband" daydream. The years passed, and I figured out relationships that require shopping sprees may not be the ideal, but the $1000 to the penny still resonates. So if I had exactly $1000 to spend

I would start with this dress, because it is sheer but sort of nerdy sophisticated looking . . .

I would wear these pants under it though. Because I am old and sheer dresses are in my far distant past and besides it looks cooler this way . ..

these booty mules are not the perfect choice from a styling point of view for my imaginary outfit but I DON"T CARE BECAUSE I LOVE THEM INTENSELY.

the bag was hard, because I had like $52 left. It was a dilemma. Do I get what would pass an instyle "make the outfit" challenge? Or do I go with love it intensely?