Sunday, September 19, 2010

Saturday Outfits

Yesterday morning I broke out my sweatshirt dress to go to the playground (my husband is travelling and this is the second weekend in a row that I am alone with my daughter).
It was supposed to be 75 but in fact it was much cooler than that and I was happy to have my puffer vest with me:




I changed outfit in the afternoon as it didn't get any warmer (and also I dropped olive oil on my dress while eating my tomato salad). I decided to break out my carmichael popover and I wore it with my cargo pants (or I should say that I wanted to wear my cargo pants and I decided to pair them with my carmichael popover):





I liked the outfit but I felt a little bit like I was coming from the mountains and I had lost myself on Madison Avenue. My daughter fell asleep in the stroller (which doesn't happen very often these days) so I went into the Collection store to try a few things on (I didn't have my camera with me and anyway they didn't have any of the newest arrivals). One of the SAs looked at me and said "Oh, I have never seen anybody wear that shirt with those pants. They look cute". Not sure what she meant, as the pants are JBrand and not JCrew. I am still allowed to wear JCrew with other brands, right? Good. I will give her the benefit of the doubt saying that she probably meant the color as the shirt has blue in it and it was an unexpected pairing.

I didn't buy anything as I am waiting for three packages, from the 30% off and sweaters promos, and I am sure that I will have some returns to do before putting money out of pocket to buy new stuff (I am eyeing a couple of items but one of them is very expensive). BTW, I have an amazing CS experience to share. The first of my packages, the one from the 30% off promo, hadn't shipped after a week, so I called them and asked what was going on. They assured me that everything would ship but as a matter of fact I had a cancellation on one of the items the day after. Now, I know that this can happen but I don't understand why it took them a week to find out and let me know, especially when the same item popped back a few days after (and obviously I didn't jump on it because I thought I already had). So I sent them an email explaining that I was upset and they are sending me a $30 gift card for the inconvenience. Isn't that awesome? I was expecting free shipping on my next order at the best (and I also got that). I find that generally sending them an email works better than explaining things on the phone (that can be even more usetting if you happen upon a CSR who doesn't have a clue).

Have a great Sunday!

4 comments:

  1. Hi Ema,
    Love your blog, can you tell me where did you but the puffer vest and is it a recent purchase? I've been looking for one and I like the fit on you and plus it's not too puffy.

    thanks

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  2. I've just taken a pic of the J Brand Houlihans for my Wednesday post, I love the line about just come down from the mountains and being lost on Madison!
    I'm home alone too, at least you have a daughter, I'm bouncing off the walls!

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  3. Ema -- will you please email me? I need your help w/a sizing question.

    gigiofca at gmail

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  4. Sunny, it's from the Gap, I wrote a review in the next post. Thanks for eading!

    Tabitha, that's how I felt. I guess I don't need any more plaid to stroll on Madison.

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