The weekend is over already! This weekend was a total whirlwind. My husband’s birthday was this past week and after much unproductive prodding about how he wanted to celebrate, I organized a surprise shindig for Friday night. After a delicious sushi dinner, we hopped in the car and started driving to our mysterious second location: a place he’s been asking to go for months. ‘And where might that be?’, you might be asking. A hot new bar? A swanky lounge? A place you might wear your own shoes? Oh no. We went a nice little night spot called the bowling alley. What is it with guys and bowling? I’m into bowling for the first couple of frames and then… shrugs. Bowling is the part that interrupts my conversation. It’s also where I catch up on recent music videos. Who knew Justin Bieber had so many current hits? Also, did my mom just type that?
Saturday night I was continuing my online search for a spring parka when I ran across this little number on American Eagle’s website. The AEO Cotton City Parka is on sale for $39.98, which is right in the jacket sweet spot for me.
Problem: the only size left online is an XXS. I ordered it anyway and am crossing my fingers that it’s not too small. Generally I wouldn’t be super concerned (especially in light of my continuing struggle with too-large clothes) but stores that carry juniors sizing sometimes have actual tiny clothes for 12 year olds. I stopped into an “AEO” as the kids are calling nowadays and they had one remaining jacket in XS, which I tried as a size test. I might just be able to get away with that XXS. Will update when it arrives.
Since they offer free shipping with a $50 purchase and I was already mostly there (their strategy is working), I also ordered a nice, safe AEO Boyfriend Plaid shirt. I honestly don’t know what the sizing is like on these. Sometimes ‘boyfriend’ is code for ‘huge and shapeless’. I ordered an extra small so we’ll see when I get it.
I almost never go into American Eagle Outfitters so while in today, I took a look at their clearance racks which were an awesome 70% off the lowest marked price. They had a lot of really nice sweater options but most of them are a small percentage wool blend – a huge bummer for me because I’m really sensitive (allergic?) to wool in pretty much any dose. I did manage to find 2 new chunky wool-free sweaters for a grand total of $22 (with tax) which was great. I might be an AEO convert.
Since I KonMari’d my wardrobe a few weeks ago, I’ve been seriously lacking in the jeans department. I got rid of anything I didn’t think was great or that didn’t fit me anymore (why do we hang onto those?). So I’ve basically been alternating 3 pairs of jeans. Today I picked up an alternative from J.Crew.
These J. Crew Factory Midrise Skinny Jeans are a great color and a good amount of stretch. They don’t have that thin legging-feel that some skinny jeans do and the accompanying signage claimed that they don’t stretch out super fast. We’ll see about that, but they are on sale for $59.50 which is not too shabs for a decent pair of jeans.
Last but certainly not least, I have a new coworker in my home office space. So far, Bort is a little camera-shy and looking rough from his stint at the pet store but seems to be adjusting well to his new home. Say hi, Bort.
That’s all for me! How was your weekend?