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ok so after my initial skype style session with emily, she took a few days to get my box together and then i got a shipping confirmation and receipt that my card had been charged with the total of the box.
on wednesday, the box was here!
my favorite moment. (it totally reminds me of the priceless kate hudson in how to lose a guy in 10 days, "what will it be? little, big, little, big? i dont know, we will see!")
a glimpse of goodness. LOVING the gray, green and baby chevrons.
classay
oh it's handwritten...i licked it just to be sure.
and here are the contents:
1. sheath maxi dress. long sleeve. floor length. with metallic buttons on the cuffs. my first thought was that this looks like a costume from a movie based on a Dr. Seuss book about a charming turd who sheds its skin and becomes a beautiful lorax...or something.
2. TOMS wedges in black. nervous but wanting to love them
3. graphic red tunic. lots of cool details on the cut and print. loving.
4. green military jacket with tab sleeve option and a super cool lining print. loving.
5. grey infinity scarf. loving it a million (even before i spotted the $0 typo)
6. chevron print top. so loving.
7. metallic necklace. like and intrigued
8. wooden necklace. liking but nervous it will look crafty like my SF wooden geo necklace did.
so just looking at this stuff on the hanger, i am really encouraged. a lot of things that i dont feel like i could find at old navy or LOFT, not disgusting prices, great colors and styles that i might not normally gravitate towards.
let's get naked! and then immediately dressed again.
first up: the shoes and scarf:
the sweater is old navy and current though out of that color combo online
i had previously believed wedges were just for special occasions. at least on me. i am new to the heel-game, after all, and therefore if i'm 4 inches above sea level, it must be because it's someone's birthday or this is a HOT date.
however, the fact that these are TOMS sort of default them into a kind of casual feel, and i gotta say, these made me a believer in a daily wedge (give us this day our daily wedge).
and the scarf is just the softest, happiest, greyest little number you could ever dream of. i'm smitten by it. and jesse will be smote by its hotness.
if you believe the starks, winter is coming. so here's the same outfit with boots and the jacket
i love this jacket. i love that it is outwear in a vibrant color. that it can be warm with the sleeves rolled down, or rolled up to show the contrast lining in balmier weather.
the tunic:
i had some issues with my boobs not allowing it to lay like it should. the bust was just to small to fit correctly around my buxom chestal zone. i made a note to ask emily for a size up because i still really liked the look (and price)
and, oh my gosh, i must love yall deep and wide, because to even put this dress on in the PRESENCE of a recording device, much less take a picture with it and post it on the internet is just beyond anything i should be comfortable with. enjoy:
oh my gosh. i felt like i had to cover my reproductive parts. just so much showings of shapes and such.
i am 90% certain my mom as a nightgown from 1993 that looks just like this. my absence of siblings born in that era testifies to the fact that this is not a hot look.
and brass buttons to spruce it up! let's just not even mention that this ever happened.
chevron tunic:
oh man, i want to love this madly, but again, the boobs had other plans. just beyond tight on my ladies. i actually got trapped in the shirt when i first tried it on and had to get jesse to extract me (like my last stitch fix).
but i wasnt photographing the clothes that day so i tried everything on again a few days later when jesse was out so i could take pics for this post. well, i dont know if i thought i had lost some boob weight in the meantime, but i ended up stuck, AGAIN, with no exit strategy and no husband to get me out.
it would have required dis-locatable shoulders to get me out of here. i was like a chilean miner up in there. i started to panic. jesse was at band practice and would be home for hours.
so i had to get judah to help me. god bless him, he may be scarred for life, but i coached my 3 year old son into undressing me from a top that fit me this tightly: he thought it was hilarious and hopefully will come to love boobs again in time.
that's not a bustline we want
so i added this to the "see if they have a bigger size" list. (normally this would cause a downward spiral of loathing, but since it was boobs, i was fine with being too big for my top-britches)
the necklaces:
i like it! (and wanted to stop trying to make sweet normal lady faces)
i like this one too, but was confused with what to do it with. what do i wear this with?
