Shopaholic!!
I just want to say that right now I am sitting in a big winged leather armchair, beside a gas fireplace, and looking out at the sun setting on the calm waters of Birch Bay, WA. This is awesome. Plus, there's free WiFi, even more awesome.
I am shopped out. We started the shopping extravaganza on Sunday afternoon with a trip to the small outlet mall (where we were excited for the Lululemon outlet, but were very sadly disappointed). Yesterday, though, was the biggie. We left the condo at 8:30 and arrived at Seattle Premium Outlets just before 10:00 when they opened. With coffee to start our shopping buzz, we stayed there until 2:30. My favourite purchase from there is my new coat from the Guess outlet, which is the cutest thing ever - black and white houndstooth wool. We then drove a half hour to the giant Alderwood Mall and stayed there until closing at 9:00!!! Oh my god, my feet and legs were SO sore. By the time 7:00 rolled around, Laurel and I had to take a sit-down break every half hour because our arms were so sore from holding all our bags and our feet were so sore from all the walking! Craziness!! We didn't get home until 11:30 last night, and then I had a hot shower and fell into bed.
Today was a small day, we slept in (thank god) and then hit up Bellis Fair. We'd been in most of the stores already though, plus our money stashes were almost depleted, so we didn't buy a whole lot and only stayed until 2:00. Now we are back at the condo relaxing, and I'm supposed to be doing my homework... shhhhhh. ;)
What an intense shopping trip! I have bought a coat, shirts, 2 skirts, a pair of skinny jeans (the horror), 3 pairs of shoes, and perfume!! I'm pretty sure that now I won't be allowed to spend ANY money for a long time. It's a good thing we're going home tomorrow! :)
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Give me a reason to justify buying a pouffy taffeta dress
Who wants to invite me to their prom? Or can we please reverse time so I can re-attend my grad? How about a ball??? A fancy soiree???? Anyone?! Okay, so I just really want a reason to buy a giant fancy dress.
This afternoon Laurel and I went to check out a giant dress sale - most dresses were 50% off, and there was a a huge rack for $50. They were mostly prom dresses, floor-length with miles of taffeta and layers of lace and silk and beading details... and in a rainbow of colours. I couldn't just stand there in an ocean of prettiness and
not try anything on, so pretending that I had an occasion to wear one and hundreds of dollars to spend... I first tried on a gorgeous strapless, deep red, floor-length dress that was fitted down to my hips and then flared out into tucks of taffeta and accented with rhinestones and beads. The back was done up through corset-style ribbon which showed a peak of my back. Oh my god, it was a very princess moment. It took all my strength not to run out the door in it, or at the very least not to dig out my credit card. But sigh, I could not justify spending $250 on that dress even if it
was half price.
I never had a fancy pouffy dress like that. I didn't even wear one to grad. I bought my grad dress [photo
1 and
2] initially to wear to my mom's 50th birthday soiree, so it wasn't very fancy, just a simple strapless black dress with a tiny bit of lace at the top, and only mid-calf length. It was what I wanted at the time, though, I didn't want anything crazy fancy. And I had never even tried on fancy floor-length dress. Which is why today was
so fun. But I'm kicking myself for not bringing my camera! Damn!
Of course I couldn't leave the dress shop without purchasing
something, so I ended up buying a very cute short black dress fitted on top with tiny spaghetti straps and a bit of lace and flaring into a pleated skirt. Hot.
Okay seriously, that was a lot of dress talk.
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Shopaholic
I'm home from Seattle after 2 full days of shopaholic indulgence. I bought... well, a lot of things, including jacket, shirts, jeans, shoes, panties, and perfume. It all came from stores we don't have here, my favourites being Urban Outfitters, Express, Victoria's Secret, and department stores like Nordstrom. Yay shopping. My mom and I were excellent power shoppers - I think yesterday afternoon we averaged around $100/hour. Haha. Aaaanyway, now I'm back home and tomorrow it's back to the daily grind. But first:
<3
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