just average

Last night I went on a cheap dress mission. In order to avoid temptation (Bloomingdales, Nordstrom, Urban, Free People.. I could go on) I drove right past King of Prussia mall like a good little budget shopper. Instead I headed to my much smaller local mall. Now I remember why I NEVER go to the local mall. It blows. For reals. I went to Charlotte Russe and didn't even find on thing to try on. Where are all the dresses? I headed over to Forever21, determined to at least try things on. I gathered about 8 dresses and took them back. For the most part, they were all ok but it also reminded me why I stopped shopping at F21. The sizes pretty much don't mean anything. I have a dress in a size S from a few years ago, what a joke, but last night some of the L's wouldn't zip which is a tad discouraging cause I'm pretttty sure I'm not an XL... Enough of the sizing complaints. Here are 2 of the 3 dresses I picked up.

Like I said, they're pretty but nothing special. With the 3rd dress and a ring, I ended up spending about $80. I think I would rather have one dress I really like then 3 so-so ones. But I was in a time crunch, I really needed something to wear out this weekend so these will have to do.

While I was riding the elevator in Macy's, some crazy sales lady starts a conversation with me. If you've never seen me in public, I think I come off as fairly unapproachable, which is not an accident. I'm not a huge fan of talking to random people I know, let alone complete strangers. She asked me if I was in school (gotta love that question at 22). When I told her I had a job she asked me where I work. I told her a steel mill, hoping that would shut her up. She then proceeds to offer me a job at Macy's. I said No thanks, my job is full time. Oh, we have full time positions here, she says, would you ever consider leaving your job for a job here? Listen lady, I'm not quitting my engineering job to work at Macy's. She followed me and kept talking about seasonal positions and the great employee discount until I left Macy's...Well, at least if this whole crazy electrical engineering thing doesn't work out, I have a fall back job at Macy's.

Peace and don't talk to me in public*,

TheFashionHead

*unless you're an adoring fan of my blog, then talk away!

knockoff

Saw these babies on the Forever21 site today at work. Ordered them. Sorry, Chloe.

Peace and blatant knockoffs,

TheFashionHead

dry clean only

As you know, I had crammed my entire summer wardrobe into my ultra fashionable duffel for Memorial Day weekend and, like I had predicted, every single item of clothing remained in my car until I returned to the shore on the following weekend. By that time everything was wrinkled and a tad smelly, but I managed. Earlier this week I finally got around to bringing my extensive shore wardrobe inside the house. Since then it has just sat on my floor, forming giant clothes mountains (which can be fun and quite comfy until you encounter a rouge heel or bottle of hairspray...) Unfortunately, the mountains of clothing have reached an insurmountable height. I didn't want to admit it, but a laundry night was in order. So last night I caved and began to do my laundry from Memorial Day weekend. Since most of the items were being washed for the first time, I took the time to read the labels and separate the 'machine wash'-ables from the 'hand-wash' items. But mainly I just wanted make sure I didn't wash any 'dry clean only' stuff. (I had a pretty purple, grey and blue flowery dress by Lux from Urban that I assumed was ok to wash and when it came out it I exclaimed 'What is this? A dress for ANTS?' Tragic.) My Ella Moss dress (which is really only acceptable as a beach cover up because of its fairly unflattering shape) is dry clean only. Annoying, but expected from a label such as the Moss. Then I came across my lame little navy blue knit top from FOREVER21. I almost tossed it in without even reading the label because, hey, its Forever21. I was shocked and horrified to read 'Dry Clean Only'. Who do you think you are, Forever21? Dry clean only! The dry cleaning is going to cost more then the shirt itself! What a sham. I tried to find a picture of it on the F21 website but no luck. Man, if my dad still didn't pick up and pay for all my dry cleaning, I would be pretty heated right about now...

But hey, it's all good cause it's Friday! Have a great weekend everyone!

Peace and the delicate rinse cycle,

TheFashionHead

sad face

Sad face, indeed. I got an email from the ladies over at Hautelook saying that there was too much traffic on their site during the Jovovich Hawk sale and my dress that I already paid for is actually sold out. So I am not in fact the proud owner of an adorable polka-dot Jovovich Hawk dress. They're giving me my money back plus a $20 store credit which was very nice of them. I decided to comfort myself/celebrate being $200 richer today by stopping by Anthropologie. Good move. It is an unbelievable store, by far my most favorite clothing store. Like, ever. Of all time. I always find at least 11 things to try on and usually I have more trouble deciding what not to buy. Today was no exception. I tried on a ton of stuff and somehow narrowed it down to 3 pieces. For some reason I can't figure out how to get Anthro pictures into the blog, so links will have to do.

First I got this Odille floral skirt because it's just so pretty. Not sure how I'm going to wear it yet. It's pretty high waisted and since I'm so short it's also pretty long so I think I'm going to go with a plain tucked in shirt. I'm not usually a fan of the tucking but I feel like an untucked shirt would make it pretty shapeless. We'll see. Isn't it just beautiful though?

Then I decided on this jersey tank top by RicRac. It's Ella Moss-ish but fairly cheaper. I love the colors. It just reminded me of summer the moment I saw it. Coincidently, it's called the Everlasting Summer Tank. Just a few more weeks until the shore!!

I had stalked out this dress since the fall (I think). It's not on the website but its a black white grey feather print dress with a green belt. It finally went on sale. It's a little fall/winter-ish but I think it could easily transition into springtime with the right shoes. I'm pretty much going to wear it not matter how well it transitions...

And the honorable mentions....

This lovely Ella Moss dress. Its cute but too ...stripy. And it kinda looks like something I could get for like a quarter of the price by someone not as lovely as Ella...

What a beautiful summer dress. It kinda looked strange on. I think it might have been static cling-y. Plus where would I wear something like that?

Loved the color of this tank. The straps were kinda strange. Too billow-y.

Almost almost almost got this one. So summer-y and cute. Plus it goes along with my new crisscross strap obsession... In between sizes. Wah.

Tried to pick up some jewelry but I couldn't really find anything I liked enough to spend that kind of money on. Instead, I online shopped at Forever21 and found a few cute items.

Boy do I love leafs. Couldn't decide between the silver and gold but hey, when they're only $10 you can go crazy and get both. And oh I don't know, LAYER THEM. So adorable.

Pretttty earrrrrings. Mmm coral. I have apparently abandoned my search for posts....

I can't wait to 17,245,237 necklaces at once. Layers, baby, layers.

Channeling MK with the giant rings. On every finger. All this for $46? Can't beat it with a stick.

Peace and cheap jewelry,

TheFashionHead