you know how they say it's unwise to go grocery shopping when you're hungry? apparently the same principle applies for me going to the mall when i'm under the weather.
after spending the day lolling around in bed watching Rome (the boyfriend's fault: he brought over season 1 to get me hooked. he succeeded.) i was feeling... weird. i decided it was because i'd done nothing active at all in two days. i'd go running! that would make me feel better! so i got up, changed into running clothes, located my ipod, and... realized this was a truly horrible idea. i was feeling lightheaded and vague - not because i was too inactive, but because i was developing either a headcold or a sinus situation. i know my body well, and exercising is NOT what it wants when the sinuses start to rebel. i was unaware that traipsing to the mall was what my sinuses wanted instead, but for some reason (sinuses! obviously!) it seemed like a rational development at the time. so.. off to the mall i went.
and BOY am i a sucker for a good sale when in a weakened state, apparently. plus, come on! white house black market is, like, THE BEST store. i bought 2 pairs of pants, a dress, and a gorgeous big wrapped pearl necklace, and paid less than 50% of the original prices. and as i'm not one of those refined people who don't talk about how cheap their clothes are, OMG CHECK OUT HOW CHEAP MY CLOTHES ARE: i paid a total of $147 for all that, and saved $181. am superhero.
after spending the day lolling around in bed watching Rome (the boyfriend's fault: he brought over season 1 to get me hooked. he succeeded.) i was feeling... weird. i decided it was because i'd done nothing active at all in two days. i'd go running! that would make me feel better! so i got up, changed into running clothes, located my ipod, and... realized this was a truly horrible idea. i was feeling lightheaded and vague - not because i was too inactive, but because i was developing either a headcold or a sinus situation. i know my body well, and exercising is NOT what it wants when the sinuses start to rebel. i was unaware that traipsing to the mall was what my sinuses wanted instead, but for some reason (sinuses! obviously!) it seemed like a rational development at the time. so.. off to the mall i went.
and BOY am i a sucker for a good sale when in a weakened state, apparently. plus, come on! white house black market is, like, THE BEST store. i bought 2 pairs of pants, a dress, and a gorgeous big wrapped pearl necklace, and paid less than 50% of the original prices. and as i'm not one of those refined people who don't talk about how cheap their clothes are, OMG CHECK OUT HOW CHEAP MY CLOTHES ARE: i paid a total of $147 for all that, and saved $181. am superhero.
look at my new fun stuff:
i had never tried pants on at wh bm before, and BOY HOWDY does it turn out i love them. they fit me so well! and the sinuses apparently made me brave enough to buy a pair of white corduroys. white! i do not do white. i spill things and sit in things. hopefully i will not do that right away with these.
uh... wow. oh my jesus. i was just about to explain to you guys how i got the hottest little black dress ever, i didn't even need a dress right now but i tried this one on and it was just so hot, but HA HA apparently i am LINDSEY EFFING LOHAN because i just looked it up on the website to steal the picture and learned it is a TUNIC and NOT A DRESS, OH MY GOD.
dudes. i bought a SHIRT and thought it was a DRESS. A SHIRT. i need to go die now.
dudes. i bought a SHIRT and thought it was a DRESS. A SHIRT. i need to go die now. 
you said, "boyfriend".
ReplyDeleteand HA HA HA on the shirt/dress....
If it hits you where it hits the woman in the picture, it totally counts as a dress. Meriam Webster says the first definition of tunic is:
ReplyDelete"a simple slip-on garment made with or without sleeves and usually knee-length or longer, belted at the waist, and worn as an under or outer garment by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome"
So, as long as you wear it in ancient Greece or Rome, you're fine.
You DID say boyfriend!!!! HA!
ReplyDeleteRome is fabulous, isn't it? I love Kevin McKidd.
I am also loving that first pair of pants. I bet you look fab. White cords scare me, but I'm confident you can pull it off.
But... it LOOKS like a dress. It... IS a dress. PLEASE do NOT wear that with PANTS.
ReplyDeleteexcellent purchases! i did some damage of my own today as well. oops.
ReplyDeleteIn your defense, that model is totally wearing it as a dress, too. I mean, those may be leggings instead of tights, but leggings aren't pants. Hence, still a dress.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm glad someone else drew attention to the "B" word, because I was wondering if I missed something!
Well, I've bought a shirt and worn it as a dress... on purpose. With black fishnet stockings.
ReplyDeleteAnd you said BOYFRIEND!!
That's a dress, LiLo. I don't fuckin' care what the descriptions say. Also, it's a cuter dress than it is a tunic. And the word "tunic" creeps me out.
ReplyDeleteI had a bad weekend and bought a TON of shit to make up for it, too. Oops.
Great buys!
ReplyDeleteThat totally looks like a dress to me! Leggings with it at work, remove the leggings for a night on the town? Hee hee :)
Welllll one time I bought a cute going-out skirt with a little embellishment on the front. And while we were out I saw another girl wearing it...as a top. I wore a TOP as a SKIRT. No wonder it barely covered my butt!
ReplyDeleteBut you can wear it as a dress, yes? With tights? I think so.
ReplyDeleteLovely buys! Now I want to go shopping...
I am loving those clothes. And I'm desperately trying to hold off shopping until I go home for Thanksgiving (aka, when I can possibly con my mother into paying for things, as I'm broke), but this makes me want to go now...
ReplyDeleteI've also almost purchased a top thinking it was a skirt. Embarassing! But I guess anything goes nowadays.
ReplyDeleteplease submit yourself to http://shirtordress.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeletedo not collect $200, do not pass Go. but do enjoy your new tunic!
Those are all awesome, and you saved more than you spent which is always a win!
ReplyDeleteAnd you DID say boyfriend, which is also awesome. Yay!
I love the white cords... I'm sure you look uber-hot in them. Tell your BOYFRIEND to take you somewhere nice so you can wear that new dress. Tee hee.
ReplyDeleteI always figured stores that had sales like that were normally way overpriced or were about to go out of business. Either way, Alice scores with this one. Cute white cords!!!
ReplyDeletedude that is totally a dress
ReplyDeleteDon't feel bad, WHBM is awesome, I can't go there and not spend a lot of money, it is just not possible (and you just gave me ideas too, I haven't been there in a while). And whatever they say, it doesn't matter either, that is a dress, it looks like a dress, it fits like a dress, it is a dress even if they call it swimming suit.
ReplyDeletethose pants? so cute. i'm convinced they changed the template for pants recently because i have pants. that fit. and now when i try new pants on, they're weird. in conclusion, *jealous face*
ReplyDeleteum....oops?
ReplyDeleteI'd like to know what kind of alternate universe you were shopping in where you can get all that fabulous jazz from White House Black Market for under $150 bucks...and then I would like a ticket to that alternate universe.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't know what they are talking about, looks like a dress to me.