
Blazer: Victoria's SecretDress: Marshall's
Top: Ralph Lauren
Oxfords: Vintage
Another nautical outfit. I simply adore this sailor top.
When I'm feeling uninspired, I like to take the bus to Downtown and window shop. I know a lot of people say Downtown SF is a great place to shop, and it is...if you have money. There is a good mix between high-end and low-end stores (from all those designer shops to the three H&M stores), expensive department stores (Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, etc.) to the more affordable Macy's. Bloomingdale's is one of my preferred window shopping stores, since everything is so beautiful and wonderful yet terribly expensive. I like exploring the hat section and touching all those lovely cashmere/wool hats and trying them on, knowing I'd never be able to afford a $300 hat ever (that's like a million years in MyPoints emails). But right now I'm trying to save enough MyPoints to get a Bloomingdale's gift card for this hat:


There's also a reindeer antler one, but I really like the pom-poms on the hat! They're thick and well-made; if only I could make one like that...
I also like checking out all the designer clothing for sewing inspiration and ideas. Plus their window displays and decorations are beautiful, and they just set up their Christmas section so it's fun going downstairs to explore.







Another fun place for inspiration is the Kate Spade store at SF Centre. I love looking at the clothes in person, trying on the hats again, and touching practically everything. You can imagine how excited I get holding a $400 purse and practically screaming...inside (imagine what holding a Chanel bag must be like). Even browsing the website is exciting! My only beef is that the people working there stare at me like I'm going to steal something. They keep asking me, "Are you finding everything okay?" every thirty seconds; yes, I was finding everything "okay" until you started bugging me again. Then I glance at the general direction of the store clerk and find them staring me down like I was some criminal. If I was going to steal something (which I would NEVER do!), I would probably try to remain as inconspicuous as possible and not wear butterfly tights and loud colors and carry a big ol' H&M bag full of stuff (not hot merchandise of course!). Imagine what she would say to the police: "Some girl in butterfly tights and loud colors stole everything in the store!" Then they would roam the streets of SF hunting me down only to find me in the most obvious place ever: a Muni streetcar, my getaway vehicle. Way to go, Kate Spade sales clerk. My lame attempt at sarcasm.
Ugh and here comes another irritating moment: I was at Walgreen's looking for Mint Meltaways (only the most delicous and nostalgic mint chocolates that remind me of my childhood...remember Jen?) when I found a whole bunch, screamed and jumped up and down, got weird stares from everyone around me, and grabbed four boxes (I only had $10) and went to pay for them. Then the lady sales clerk couldn't get the price of the box from scanning it, so she was asking everyone how much it was and everyone said it was $2.99, but I insisted they were 2 for $5 because the price tag on the shelf said so. Somehow, she couldn't wrap her mind around the idea that an item could actually be $2.99 AND 2 for $5. Honestly, it was like working with a child...or a senile old person. Not to be rude. Well, a little rude. Because I was irritated. Because I was standing at the counter for twenty minutes haggling over the price when it would have taken two minutes to show the lady the price tag on the shelf, except she was too lazy to come out from behind the counter. Maybe she was embarrassed of her shoes or something, or maybe she was wearing an alcohol bracelet on her ankle, but honestly, I felt like I wasted all that time there when the solution was really quite easy. Maybe I should have gone over the psychological and profitable benefits of selling products for "$2.99 for 1 or $5 for 2" and how they would make more money by selling certain products for those prices. Anyway, looks like I'll have to go back because I got a $5 coupon for World's Finest chocolates, and they only have Mint Meltaways at that particular Walgreen's. So that's my angry rant which I'm not really angry about...just thought it was irritating and annoying and I just felt like typing about it. Funny how I went from a nautical outfit post to the economic benefits of certain selling tactics at Walgreen's. Sigh...



































































