Needless to say I was very excited for my dental appointment on Tuesday morning; anything to get out of the house. The appointment was uneventful which, given my rocky dental history, was good news. I practiced anticipating when the doctor would stop drilling so I could inhale air free of tooth particles.
As my mom and I left the dental school I asked her if we could make a run to one of my favorite consignment shops in town. In the waiting room she complained that she had no summer clothes, and I was looking for an excuse to stay out longer. She had to return to work in a few hours so we needed to shop quickly.
When shopping, I firmly believe that you should try on anything that you like, unless it obviously won't fit. It minimize regrets; often I find an item I think is perfect, just too expensive, looks terrible on and I save myself days of mourning. Additionally it's smart shopping to make sure something fits before you buy it.
I spent a good forty-five minutes perusing the various racks in the store. I gave up on the dresses two thirds of the way through the rack. Although I wasn't looking for any particular item I wanted smart, cute, summer clothes and none of the dresses in my size made the cut.
The great part about Second Act is that the store is packed with merchandise. If you aren't digging the rack you're looking at, you can turn around and start afresh. When I turned away from the disappointing dresses I was faced with a rack of skirts. Skirts can be a lot of fun in the summer: easy, breezy, and feminine. I spotted a black pencil skirt that had a nice waist and a cute floral cotton pencil skirt. Per usual, I checked the label for size and designer. The item doesn't have to be name brand for me to love it, but I do take pride in finding treasures. Both were in my size, and the floral skirt was Lilly Pulitzer-- totally worthy of a treasure title.
I moved onto a rack where I had often found structured and solid pieces, and snagged a linen Ralph Lauren tailored shirt-- I'd been craving basically that exact shirt for 2 years. By the time I hit the fitting room I had added a denim tank top, and a pale pink short-sleeved fitted cotton Ralph Lauren shirt. When I put on the black pencil skirt I felt a breeze around my backside; it was split along almost the entire seam. However I really can't complain because everything else fit! I had $12 in store credit and bought it all, the end. Seriously, that's it.
Oh yeah, and my total was under $30.
Bragging time; I'm too lazy to try everything on again so I'll just show pictures of the individual garments.
