New "Gallo Rojo" tee

Good morning! I wanted to blog about this new tee yesterday but it was freaking snowing here in New York yesterday morning. Snow, what about that to celebrate the official arrival of spring? It didn't last (it snowed for about an hour) but the rest of the day was just rainy and gloomy, so I didn't feel like blogging about a summer tee.

Today the sun shines again (even if we are headed for more snow tomorrow), so here you go. Saturday I went to a shopping event organized by Summer over at SumSunshine (by the way, she's back blogging) and even if the new Mickey card defeated a little bit the purpose of having 20% off on our purchases, it is always fun to shop in the company of other Jcrew-obsessed ladies. I wasn't really in a big spending mood as I had just bought the Cecilia dress, but I managed to find two items that had been on my wishlist for a long time in the sale section (the candy plaid shirt and a pair of matchstick jeans in live-in wash) and I needed a ride-along to reach the minimum for the promotion. I almost bought the chambray Dorrie skirt (very cute, sorry I don't have pics) but then I thought that I would wait for a sale on it as $79 seemed a bit steep, even with 20% off.

I saw this tee at the last minute. I have to say that I almost don't look at their tees anymore, as many of you I suffer from "embellished tee fatigue" and I have more tees than I can wear, but this one called my name.
It screamed summer and I LOVE the colors. I took the pics yesterday (before the snow) when my bedroom was very dark, which probably doesn't make this tee justice because it's all about the colors. But I am too lazy to re-try it on and take pics again, so I hope that you'll see behind my poor quality pics.
It's a v-neck, very flattering and this is a XS (fits TTS):

With the flash the colors are more to true to life:

I needed a replacement for my Imperial tee, that has seen better days, and this one fits the bill (it has the same flattering cut and the colors go wwith the same things that I use to wear the Imperial tee with, in particular one of my summer staples, the striped Monteray skirt).
It says " Gallo Rojo" (which, if my Spanish doesn't fail me, means "Red Rooster" and yes, that is a rooster in neon orange), then "Mi casa es su casa" and below the palm trees "Cafesito" plus something about Costa Rica. I usually don't like to buy tees that advertise places where I have never been but I think that I will tuck in the Costa Rica part most of the times ;-).
If you are interested in this tee, the style number is 39571 (color is WH, for white I guess) and it retails for $29.50. I am sure that it will make it to the sale section but if you need a summer tee, I think it is a good one.

Speaking of Spanish, I watched one of the best movies of the year this weekend, "Carlos" by French director Olivier Assayas of "Cahiers du cinema" fame. It is actually a mini-series on a Venezuelan terrorist who used to operate in the 70s (his name is certainly more known by the European folks than the American ones as he was based in Paris). The movie is highly entertaining even if it is a art house French movie. If you have watched the Golden Globes, you probably remember that it won a Golden Globe for best mini-serie and Edgar Ramirez won for best actor (he is AWESOME and succeds in conveying both the charisma and the flawns of such a controversial character. I mean, it is clear that he is no Che). If you have a Netflix subscription and a Netflix-ready DVD player, you can watch it immediately on your TV.

Have a nice start of the week! We are officially in Spring Break here, which means that I am with my daughter all the time and will have less time to blog. I will be back when I can!