OOTD (Gone Fishing!)

So I mentionned that last Saturday I bought the perfect shirt in candy plaid in the green colorway, that appears top be currently sold-out on the website. I have waited for this shirt to go on sale since it came out, so I bough it at the first markdown (less 20% off).

This shirt really reminds me of a "camping" or "fishing" shirt and it is one of those things that I probably wouldn't have even noticed at another retailer. But since it is Jcrew, the fit, the softness of the cotton and the design made it a must-have for me. Call it Crewlade if you want.

I have to say that this shirt in this colorway is tough to pair, there are only so many colors that goes with it and they are not the more usual ones (basically what they call seaweed green, light pink/blush, clay/brick, citron yellow and light khaki). The other colorway is easier to pair because it goes well with navy and looks great under a navy blazer, so keep it in mind if you have to choose one or another.
I broke it out this morning, pairing it with my green (pardon me, vintage taupe) JBrand cargos and a blush cashmere cardigan from last spring:

I also tried it with the Mackenzie blazer from last year, for a more polished look and it worked too (but I would wear another pair of pants):

The sun outside fooled me a little bit. I thought it was much warmer than it really was and I regretted not wearing my puffer instead of my Gap twill jacket (one of the best jackets ever made by the Gap IMO). I liked the "country" look, but I admit I was freezing like this at the playground:

Later in the season I plan to wear it with white bermudas or denim shorts. By the way for some reasons, this shirts reminds me of the SATC episode in season 4 when Carrie and Aidan go spend the weekend in Aidan's country cabin (and then Mr. Big shows up). I don't remember if she actually wore something similar in the episode, but she definitively could have worn this shirt with a pair of super-short shorts!

Have a great weekend!

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!