Since Elizabeth did a post like this, and I’m a sheep, well, here you go. I don’t want to shop much more. I hate shopping. HATE! But…I love it when I open my drawers and don’t hate everything I see. It’s nice that I like literally everything I own. Even my pajamas! I like that feeling, and I can’t believe it took me 34 years to figure out that I shouldn’t just buy something because it looks good on someone else, or because it’s on sale, or because it’s trendy. I should only buy it because I LOVE it. This means I shop less, but buy more expensive stuff. Ah well. I’d rather have less stuff of higher quality than vice versa.
I really, really want a pair of ankle boots like so:
I don’t know what I’d wear them with. Skirts? Jeans? EVERYTHING? Probably.
I also want to try to figure out how to wear a pencil skirt without looking like a librarian (wait, I am a librarian) or seventeen months pregnant.
I’d like a pretty everyday type of dress, but I can’t decide what exactly I like in an everyday sort of dress. Boden has a bunch of options I love, but ASOS has my favorite:
Aaand, then I’d like something really glamorous. A t-shirt that I can wear with anything that will make it more fun. A la Anthro’s weird animal tees:
And this is embarrassing, but…I don’t have a purse. I mean, I have a few, but I don’t love them. I want ONE purse. JUST ONE. FOREVER. But all the fancy purses are not my style or cost too much or are too ugly and UGH. PURSES. I just want a thing that will hold my giganto phone and wallet and book and zillions of discarded receipts and candy wrappers and lists crumpled into balls everywhere. That’s all!
I think my purse style is ‘matches with nothing,’ because if I want a bag that matches with EVERYTHING, it should really just be crazy as all get out, right? Like neon orange or polka-dotted with silver fringe or something, right?
Maybe this?
But, you know, CRAZIER. Anyone seen a bag that screams, “THIS WOMAN MURDERS CHICKENS AND THEN WRITES ABOUT IT ON THE INTERNET AND THINKS SHE’S KIND OF FUNNY”? No?
I LOVE that bag. How have I never seen it before? I’m a bit of a bag whore. You should just look for a bag in my closet because I have so many and I can’t use them all. (this is because bags ALWAYS fit – doesn’t matter how much weight you gain.) Also, those boots ROCK! I just wish they had more of a heel. Still, wish I had an excuse to buy that bag.
Great bag! Like really great. Like I will now put off taking my kid to the doctor so that I can google that bag and find where they sell it and for how much and if they have a coupon.
I, too, am in search of an everyday dress. My issue is they never look on me like they look on the model. For one thing, if the skirt part looks slightly fluffy in the picture — on a 6-foot tall 95 pound girl — it will look horrific on me.
The boots are terribly masculine and bulky looking to go with your pretty new clothes! The pencil skirt is easy–just wear it with the new very long and blousy shirts that are popular. I saw a lot of them just yesterday. As for the purse, it’s GREAT!
hugs, Your local, young style expert (who lives in PJs or jeans), Grammy
Ugh, I am the same way about purses. I just want ONE that I use for EVERYTHING, even toting my books and box of Kleenex…
I’m in love with that green dress. Also, in the way of crazy, go with everything purses, how about one like this: http://www.dooney.com/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?section=58174 ? (I’m a big fan of my Dooney & Bourke purse. Which is green, by the way.)
Yes, you could wear boots like that with anything. I found a pair of Fryes that were OTK for less than $200 today. Almost bought them but realized that I don’t need pale green boots