Where did the weekend go?
April 16th, 2007. Published under General. 2 Comments.
Well, half of it was spent at my parents for Easter dinner. We drove down and drove back the same day. And a good chunk of yesterday was spent at the movie theater at a matinée for the Grindhouse movie.
Which is an AWESOME flick. Go see it before the rumored “split up” of the two movies happens.
We also checked out the new Trader Joe’s up in Maple Grove - and I wasn’t that impressed. I think I’ll be more impressed with their wine shop - but the store itself wasn’t “all that”. I was shocked at how TINY the place was! We still bought a few things, though.
But, as a result of all the activity, I didn’t get much of ANYTHING done this weekend around the house. I guess I’ll have to get some stuff done during the week - I hate doing that, but it’s gotta be done.
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With the high set to be in the upper 60’s to low 70’s today, I had a difficult time finding something to wear today. I then realized that aside from a few pieces here and there, I haven’t bought any new clothes for almost 4 years now. I suppose it’s good that I can still fit into the clothes I bought 4 years ago - but still. Everything I have is pretty plain and sad looking. I’m wearing a long-sleeved dressy t-shirt with my black dress pants today. Exciting!
And, my favorite place to buy clothes is closed now - so I’m at a loss as to where to go shopping for some updated work clothes that won’t cost me a ton of money. I love Ann Taylor - but that’s too fucking expensive for my taste.
I’d love it if I could buy pants for work at Target, but my hips are too big for their standards. We’ll have to make a trek out to H&M to see if I have any luck there. That does require going to the Mall of America, however. I’m not a fan of that monstrosity.
So I may go another year without buying anything - because I’m not a patient shopper. Too bad someone can’t nominate me for What Not To Wear because I’ve been in a fashion rut for so long. But I do know what I’m doing, fashion-wise - I’m just too cheap.
I’m open to suggestions as to where to go for clothes!
2 Comments
Carolyn on April 16th, 2007
Casual Corner. I think they closed about a year and a half ago?
All I know is that I could walk in there and find TONS of stuff to buy that 1) wasn’t “old lady-ish”, 2) inexpensive and 3) sized so consistently that I didn’t have to try stuff on.
I used to be able to go to the Gap to buy stuff for work - and now they’ve turned into “Casual Clothing for the College Student”. I had a $25 gift card from Xmas and I ended up buying two crew neck white t-shirts with it because after looking and looking SINCE Xmas, they don’t make pants that a non-stick figure can wear. I wish Ann Taylor wasn’t so fucking expensive - I’d be fine shopping there because their pants fit (other than the length). But I’m not spending $95 on a pair of dress pants that I have to turn around and spend another $15-20 to get someone to shorten them.
I know it sounds insane - but I’m thinking of getting some new pants from Land’s End. At least THEY should make pants for people with hips - AND they hem for free.
Shirts, that’s an entirely different matter. I absolutely HATE the styles of shirts out there right now - especially those long, tunic-type shirts. I’m short enough - I don’t need to wear a fucking tunic that comes down to my mid-thigh to make me look even stumpier! No thank you.
I should’ve made this a separate post. Oh well. ;-)
Jennifer on April 16th, 2007
Wait .. what closed?
You and I are clothes shopping habit twins. I just don’t like doing it, so I wait and wait and wait for a good deal, which then I don’t find cause I don’t like to go out and shop.
*sigh*
Yesterday I bought new trendy sunglasses at Target. Thus ends my wardrobe update for spring.