Mom and I had a super afternoon shopping yesterday. I used up the rest of a gift certificate on a classy little hairband, and I was able to stop by the BCBG to peruse their always-impressive selection of sale dresses.
Funny thing is, I asked the girl working the fitting rooms to grab me some top to try on with a skirt (since the one I was wearing was emerald green and would look hideous) and she brought back three things. Amongst them was a neutral, slouchy, cashmere sweater. Very unassuming, but looks excellent. I decided against getting it, and purchased the two dressier items instead (below), but my mom couldn't bear me living without it, so she insisted we go back and bought it for me as my Christmas gift. Thanks, mom!
I was commenting on this dress that I had seen in the catalogue but mom turned up her nose and pulled another dress out instead and said, "the one with a big bow is prettier".
Since mom is a really bad influence when shopping and I seem to want to please her and try on everything she recommends, I decided to put it on. Home run! Now I have a pretty new polka-dot bow dress to add to my collection.
I think this will be very fitting for the Mad Men themed Christmas party/fundraiser/silent auction I'm going to on Saturday at Latitude 53.
And the item I was really going for, the tutu I had also spied in the catalogue. It needs to be properly coordinated, but there's something about it that I love.
I'm even thinking I can wear this on normal days, with boots and a sweater.
After shopping, my mom took Dexter for a few hours while I went to afternoon tea with some girlfriends. I later met up with mom again at Sable's birthday dinner that evening, and had to leave one hour into dinner to come home and vomit for the rest of the evening.
My word. I had to cancel my students for today and have spent the time in and out of consciousness. Luckily, the oscillating fever and chills segment has passed and I was able to keep the Soul Soup down that Don brought home for me.
BLERG.
9 comments:
Boo to the flu. Feel better Sarah!
- Dave
Get well SOON Miss Sarah! :-)
~Kael, Bella, Robb, & Jo
dave - thanks, go out there and have fun in my stead.
margaret - thanks! I'm blaming his on Don. He is the one who was ill on Saturday. Luckily Dexter is staying with my parents and will hopefully avoid any of this unpleasantness.
love these!! totally your style =)
get well soon pretty lady! ♥xxomeli
Wow those are adorable new dresses! I want to go to BCBG now to feel like a princess too.
I hope you get well soon!
The organza dress is very pretty. Very Marchesa like but I'm not sure blush is the best color for us. If it was more vibrant it'd be better but it's almost borderline corrugated cardboard looking. The polka dot dress is better in this case. *sigh* Mom is right yet again.
Oh no! Sorry you're sick and can't enjoy your new clothes. Hopefully it will pass soon. I love moms who decide you just can't live without something -- mine did the same with some rain boots over the weekend. :) Feel better!
Hope you feel better!
The tutu is awesome. I love the color.
meli - Thanks! I'm so pleased that you old school readers know me well enough to understand my style:)
Julianna - I always comb the sale section. I love Anthropology and all, but on sale you can get a BCBG dress for comparable prices and the quality is more consistent.
Missable - Oh, there you go talking like you know all. The blush is good! It just looks a little "dirty" in the lighting in the photo. Dude, at least I'm not the one prancing around town with those witch boots. :) Mom said she would try to copy the tutu and make a replica in black for me.
Trisha - Moms ARE the best! I was really feeling like the sweater would just put me over my budget for these sorts of things, and figured I could get a cheaper version of the thing at forever 21 or something. But never mind, mom said it had to be cashmere.
Kerri - Thank you! And yes, I will style it up and take some photos for you to confirm your statement about the colour being good:)
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