Tommy is one whole year old now and I really haven't bought much in the way of clothes since having him. After he was born, I wore maternity clothes for quite some time. Then, I wore my pre-pregnancy clothes that were all bought over a year prior. This summer, I've worn a mom uniform of shorts and t-shirts. Work starts up again in a couple of weeks and I realized that my wardrobe is looking pretty drab. Luckily, I was given two gift cards for my birthday back in June and my mother in law was dying to take Tommy for the day while Bill went on a day trip with friends.
Armed with gift cards I arrived at the mall. I went to Loft first as it has always been my favorite store. They give a 15% educator discount on regular priced items and occasionally you can get cashier to give it to you on sale items too ;)
I really did not find much there, however. I bought this shirt and sweater. I feel like I spent WAY too much on them but really liked them.
Then I went to a few other stores finding absolutely NOTHING that I liked and/or fit correctly. I looked in JCPenney, Francesca's, New York & Co, Forever 21 (though I walked in and walked back out because I was too overwhelmed), J Crew, and finally The Limited. The Limited was running a 40% off the whole store sale. There, I bought a shirt, two pairs of pants, and a purple infinity scarf that doesn't seem to exist on the website:
And that's it. That's all I found. I'm doing alright for pants because I have a couple other pairs that are still in decent shape but I'd really like to get some more tops. About 45 minutes away there is an outlet mall that has a Banana Republic Outlet where I usually find nice clothes. I think it's time to take a trip out there.
It's just so frustrating to try on item after item and hate the way they look or having them not fit at all. I'm on the upper end of regular clothing stores, wearing a size ((gulp)) 14 or 16 pants and usually XL shirts. I have a large chest so often, shirts fit wrong either being too tight in the chest or fitting in the chest but being too loose everywhere else. I was hoping to find some looser tops with more fitted pants and it seems like none of the stores I visited carried those styles.
Oh well, I'll keep looking and focus on looking at cute clothes for Tommy, he looks great in everything ;)
Some cute finds! I'm really liking the Limited a lot lately too. I feel like they're stuff is great for work and it's still cute.
ReplyDeleteBut like you said, nothing really fits like it did before and it's hard to find things you like. It's better to be patient and find clothes that you're happy with than buy things just because you want them RIGHT NOW. I hope you can find more things as it gets more into fall and more cute stuff comes out!
I have been very disappointed with NY &Co lately too. I love The Limited and Gap (although they are hit or miss too)
ReplyDeleteI keep meaning to tell you this...
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Hmm, I have my email in there. I'll have to play around with the settings. Thanks!
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