Shopping Recap

Well, we survived. It was rough at times, and definitely got long by the end of the five hours, but it was worth it. We found some great pieces, and my sister was definitely feeling a lot more confident by the end of the ordeal (due mostly to the fact that we finally found a store where stuff fit her--and fit her well--consistently off the rack). Here's a few of the fun purchases she made:

Love this top from New York and Company. I only wish it had long sleeves instead of three-quarter length sleeves--I wish stores would wait a month or two before putting their "spring" lines out; winter isn't going anywhere for two or three months!

When I showed my sister this shirt from The Limited she thought it was sown wrong because the knot was off to the side. Once I assured her that the shirt was intended to be asymmetrical, she was a little bit more okay with it and actually decided that it might be kind of cute with a pair of oversized earrings.

I was a little surprised the I actually got my sister on board with this sweater from The Loft. She swears by turtlenecks and v-necks, but ended up loving the style and fit of this cute red cable sweater.

This dress, also from The Loft, was probably my favorite purchase from Saturday (ironic that my favorite purchases on both days were dresses!). And sadly, my sister bought it in a petite so that it would be a cute length on her, which means I won't be able to borrow it. I'm pretty sure I could fit into the one she got on Friday night though....

But the fun isn't over yet. In our sweep of the mall on Saturday, I discovered that one of the men's dress stores was having a clearance sale, and since Darrell has been talking about getting a suit and some new dress clothes, the two of us headed out there on Sunday (this is seriously probably the most time I've spent at the mall in a month since I was a teenager). Shopping with Darrell was drastically different from shopping with my sister though; we only went to the one store and were in and out in less than twenty minutes--the slowest part of the process was figuring out Darrell's jacket size!

Here's one of the ties Darrell got--love the sharp, but not overly bold--paisley print.

And here's his first suit! (Which, ironically, two different store employees told him they were jealous that he could fit into the suit because they didn't carry it in their size.)

These aren't exactly the items he purchased; I have no idea what brands his apparel was, but they're pretty close. Thank goodness for Google images to assist me in finding random images of men's dress clothes!

I'd like to say that I'm done with shopping and the mall for awhile, but in all reality, rather than deter me from more shopping this weekend just whetted my appetite to do some shopping for myself!