Several summers ago, while I a research intern, I found out I needed something "business casual" to wear to a presentation. I had pants (fabulous black pin stripe pants that fit really well!) but no shirt (ordinarily I would have worn a sweater, but given that it was August, I decided that was out. So last minute I ran to Target and bought a fuchsia (I just learned to spell that word correctly) button up cotton shirt. It was business casual enough, I figured. I tried it on, it seemed fine and I bought it.
Then when I wore it, it felt like it was cut funny. It didn't quite hit right on my upper torso. I wore it to the presentation figuring I just wasted money on a shirt I'd wear once.
And to this day, of all the "dressy button up shirts" I own, I wear it the most. And it's still not that comfortable.
You would have gotten a pretty goofy picture of me modeling the shirt, but alas, Blogger hates me right now, and it won't upload the picture.
In other news, I found $5 in my dress pants. Cha-ching!
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Last semester my friend's girlfriend took me shopping (both because I needed new clothes that fit me and also because I needed some nicer clothes), and I bought this grey sweater from Banana Republic and a white button-down dress shirt from Macy's which went together really well (in the infinite wisdom of my friends). I really fell in love with them because, well, the sweater is a size small (really it's the only small thing I fit into) and it's also pretty cozy.
The problem? I get too hot wearing something like that when it's more than forty degrees outside. So I really don't wear it that often. Still, I've finally gotten to the point where I can really enjoy certain pieces of clothing and feel sexy in them. Hopefully I can find some nice, sexy summer wear.
I have a darling woolish skirt that my momma bought me last Christmas...the problem is that I don't wear skirts when it's cold and it's totally unseasonable for any other season.
Woo, sexy summer wear!
get rid of that pink shirt, jen. just do it. go buy one that actually fits and that you like. why keep it around?
Nance-I keep it around because it's hard for me to find long sleeve blouses that I like and that fit. I'm a weird gangly thing! I don't want to spend a lot of money on "tailored" shirts till I have to. And in all honesty, it doesn't look bad, it just doesn't feel right.
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