yesterday my roomate and I went on a fabulous adventure in downtown Charleston!! first we went to a fine lingerie store called Bits of Lace. The sales ladies were very good and proclaimed that my real bra size is a 34 B I got 2 AWESOME bras (total cost: $140 ) On the way out the door I wore a new bra and put my old, streched out, ill fitting bra in the trash!! such a good feeling

I got this one in nude

http://www.bitsoflace.com/chantelle-new-essentia-contour-bra.html

Then, hard work done, we frolicked on down to a vintage store. I was unimpressed, but did find a fun 70s cowboy shirt. The selection was much too large, too tightly packed on the rack (almost impossible to flip through the clothes), totally unorganized, and didn't consist of good quality items.

Finally we went to the local thrift store to buy a housewarming gift for a friend. We found some nice blue and white coffee mugs for 39 cents each. But the star was this awesome corset top for $3.99!!! Any suggestions on what to wear it with? It's very pirate-ey with the puffy sleeves so I think it would be fun to do like a female Cap'n Morgan type thing. (I don't have boots though )

yippie-cai-yay, motherfucker!!!



RRRRrrrr, maties

5/8/2011 4:34:40 PM

the pirate shirt is awesome!


and my target mission was 80% successful...

damn you, elusive coral cover up!


i'll post pics as soon as i get a chance to stitch up the neck lines in these

5/8/2011 4:42:46 PM

^^ AWESOME! what size bra had you been wearing, out of curiosity? did she tell you you were wearing too big or too small?

that bra is cute, btw! looks like it would make your boobs look super hot/perky/flattering

5/8/2011 4:49:38 PM

ok...i know alot of you have talked about etsy before. i've been trying to find a cute bag for a long time without much luck and i found one on etsy. my only hesitation is it is coming from malaysia. they have 154 positive reviews, but i've never ordered anything from there. opinions???

5/8/2011 5:11:32 PM

Nerdchick, I want that red top so bad. I bet I could not wear it like you do! Looks so great on you and is just so feminine! LOVE!

5/8/2011 6:16:23 PM

help

there are 4 things in my nordstrom shopping cart

yes, i need them. maybe not all of them but i don't really have a lot of spring clothes (a lot of my ones from last year and the year before have fallen apart because they were largely from target). what should i do? purchase. don't purchase. get rid of one and then purchase?

BUT WHICH ONE

maybe i'll see what's available for instore pickup and only get those things?


#nordstromaddiction

at least i didn't look at the shoes. then i' drealllly be screwed

5/8/2011 6:17:52 PM

i wish i had as much $$ as all yall seem to have

5/8/2011 7:43:52 PM

Shopping addictions ftl.... but, I think you should buy 2 things.....then in about2-3 weeks buy the others. Spread it out and it won't feel as bad and you're giving yourself time to decide if you really need/want the others. You may find something else you like better between now and then. My opinion.

5/8/2011 7:59:57 PM

^ that is a good idea.

^^ a lot of the time i talk about shopping online i never pull the trigger. this stuff has been in my cart for a few hours now and i'm still like...do it don't do it do it don't do it. i DID just buy 2 dresses this week so...blah. sometimes when i "shop" online and then post pictures here it is almost like real shopping and gives me some satisfaction haha. but i do need some real clothes not fantasy clothes!

so...here we go...keep in mind these things (maybe with the exception of the grey shirt) can be for both my normal life and i can wear them to work.

ok this i'm def getting in the royal. same brand as the dresses i bought earlier this week but different style so i don't have 8 of the exact same dress haha ($48):
http://tinyurl.com/43upqs6

these 3 things i really really really REALLY want but...they are the ones i will delete if i delete items:
http://tinyurl.com/3j7x39h...this is on sale for $16 (in grey...the other color is already gone). i think it is a simple but cute top to wear with jeans and sandals.

http://tinyurl.com/3vd5k3f...you need to zoom in on the top of this dress to see the pretty part. i love this because it looks comfortable, it is cute BUT i am unsure about the color. i mean ideally i will eventually have a tan, but i'm still fair skinned and will never be as tan as that girl. but i DO have dark hair and eyes going for me. it is $42.

http://tinyurl.com/3uua7es...this top i like because in terms of tops to go with jeans, i'm kind of lacking. i really only have tshirts (like the kind you get at old navy for $5). which is fine but then if i want to wear jeans going out on the weekend...i don't really have a lot of tops. HOWEVER my reservation with this top is color. it says that it is ivory, but it looks pretty white white in the picture (i know the pictures can be deceiving). i def want it to be ivory. the reviewers say they wear it with a cream cami, so i'm guessing it is more ivory. i would wear it with dark skinny jeans and cute sandals (probably my gold sandals). $38

so it is 4 things + shipping for $150 which isn't TOO bad. but i don't really want to spend that much. i just like all of the things so much it is hard to pick what to cut out. i'm thinking that mauve dress is something to hold off on...it would probably look turrible on me!

what do you guys think about the rest? i know my style is often super different than a lot of peoples in this thread but oh well...tell me what you think anyway

[Edited on May 8, 2011 at 8:19 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2011 8:19:07 PM

The mauve dress is my favorite by far

5/8/2011 8:24:43 PM

the first blue dress is cute. the 2nd top is meh, i like the pink/red color better. i don't like the last two at all.

5/8/2011 8:25:08 PM

yay feedback! ok i got the blue dress and the grey top

will revisit the other two items in a few weeks if i can't stop thinking about them!

5/8/2011 8:42:08 PM

thanks guys, glad you like the shirts!

kadwhackle, my old bra was a 38B and I'm now wearing a 34B. I have measured my underbust to be a 38, then you're supposedly supposed to add 4 to that for your band size??? I'm so confused considering what I've read online seems to be completely wrong. The bra lady took one look and said, "your bra is way too big. there's no way you're a 38!" (she didn't measure, she just eyeballed me in the dressing room ) So she put me in the 34B and OMG what a difference ... no falling down straps, no gaping in the cup, it was amazing!!

My roommate was wearing a 34C, and she found her real size to be a 32D. Victoria's Secret had previously convinced her of the other size, probably because they didn't have 32D.

5/8/2011 9:20:33 PM

Sooooo.... Not as many people as I expected like my hair :/

5/8/2011 9:42:38 PM

Victoria Secret stopped carrying 32D for a while but I think they brought it back recently. I am a 32D and was quite annoyed when this happened.

5/8/2011 9:44:13 PM

Sammeh can you post a comparison of the red before and the red currently? I feel like I liked it more before but I can't remember what it looked like

5/8/2011 9:53:31 PM

i liked the color you posted, sam!

can you post a picture of your whole face and not just the red hair? i just saw the one of the hair, which is cool and all but doesn't show me how it looks on you!!!

but i liked the color...it looked really really pretty.

5/8/2011 9:55:30 PM

Before


After


I started to dislike the other color because it was orangey. :/ and I realized I liked a darker red with my fair skin..

5/8/2011 9:59:04 PM

i like both colors!

but i am partial to dark hair so i like the second slightly more!! it looks really good!!

5/8/2011 10:11:46 PM

I like both on you (also omg love your dress + necklace for the wedding)

I like the top more though but it could've been slightly more red like you wanted

It's basically the difference between Isla Fisher and Scarlet Johansson:

5/8/2011 10:25:13 PM

I just want to reiterate how much I also love Chantelle bras, Nerdchick

It's a shame they're so expensive, but you get what you pay for

I just can't go back to wearing brands like Bali that just don't support me as well

it's important when you've got breasts as large as mine

Quote :

"I have measured my underbust to be a 38, then you're supposedly supposed to add 4 to that for your band size??? I'm so confused considering what I've read online seems to be completely wrong."

LOL, I seriously hope there aren't other women out there doing this! Your measurement around in inches is what your bra size should be (or if you're in between, a size up or down)!

Quote :

"My roommate was wearing a 34C, and she found her real size to be a 32D. Victoria's Secret had previously convinced her of the other size, probably because they didn't have 32D."

Those two sizes have the same cup volume: it's actually not a huge "mistake" to make. Your room mate probably could wear either, so long as the band was snug (mostly this depends some on the brand and type of bra).

[Edited on May 8, 2011 at 11:00 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2011 10:52:55 PM

Thanks ladies.. I am feeling really self conscious about it now, I guess. I've had a lot of compliments and a few people even told me it reminds them of Mary Jane from Spiderman (and Florence Wench), which to me is a plus.. but then my mom and fiance' and a few others are acting like they'll basically just get used to it. My grandma told me it was very "me" and that she loved how shiny it is.

I'm just annoyed because people don't live with my in Bama, so they couldn't see that it was starting to turn more orange than anything and my roots were showing pretty badly. :/ Regardless, I'll probably tweak the color a bit when I get my roots touched up.. I just wish everyone else loved it as much as I do.

/rant

5/9/2011 10:45:32 AM

Heey, I know one of the girls in that picture! Small world

5/9/2011 10:47:03 AM

^^ yeah Sam I wouldn't listen to those haters. Your hair looks GREAT!! Believe it or not, people you otherwise trust may not know what they're talking about when it comes to fashion.

I used to dye my hair red all the time and IMO it looked really good/natural. There was a guy at work who would give me a hard time about it! I'm in the Navy so you're supposed to have "professional" hair color. Of course he can give me military advice that my hair was too red or whatever. But he admitted it was in the range of natural colors, he just said it didn't look good with my complexion. Weird! And he did that more than once. Luckily I don't work with him any more.

5/9/2011 11:23:22 AM

i really like the hair sam. think it looks way awesome

5/9/2011 11:28:18 AM

I love your hair, Sam

5/9/2011 12:50:52 PM

i think your hair looks great sam. GREAT!


and like nerdchick said...don't listen to the haters.
if YOU like it-stay with it, if not then don't

i actually had someone a few weeks ago say....and i quote
"Your hair looks like shit".

ha, and i like it

[Edited on May 9, 2011 at 1:15 PM. Reason : nm ]

5/9/2011 1:15:46 PM

I, too, like the hair

5/9/2011 1:17:02 PM

here is one of the cover ups i bought...

a few stitches at the bottom of the v-neck and it looks like a regular dress...

5/9/2011 1:25:12 PM

HHahahaha Joie... no one has said that yet, but I have had a few people look directly at my hair (it's a little obvious seeing as I'm a shorty and they're staring above my forehead) but do a pretty terrible job and showing their reaction of "whoaaa" :-P

Thanks again ladies it's nice to know some people recognize vibrant red is actually a natural color and not crazy!

5/9/2011 1:30:04 PM

I posted this on the last page but no one said anything.

I'm looking for a pair of sandals I can wear to the office and be comfortable and not be like rainbow flip-flops. I saw these:
http://www.dsw.com/shoe/minnetonka+women's+becky+sandal?prodId=218044
but I wasn't quite sure about them. They are definitely comfortable though.

Any ideas ladies?

5/9/2011 4:33:36 PM

honestly they look a little boring, so they're probably work appropriate

5/9/2011 5:07:26 PM

I just clicked on comfort sandal on dsw and saw lots of cute options! I shall post some in a few when poeple quit walking around my damn cubicle

[Edited on May 9, 2011 at 5:15 PM. Reason : e]

5/9/2011 5:08:48 PM

^I'm very curious which ones out of those comfort sandals you think are cute.

5/9/2011 7:05:50 PM

Bought this, another top, and 2 pairs of bermuda shorts at old navy the other day. That shirt is my new best friend!!

5/10/2011 12:30:51 AM

for those of you non-premies, i'll catch you up real fast. for the past two days i've been trying to go brunette. the first time I used the wrong thing and it did absolutely nothing (i didn't read the directions oops). today I did it right, except my hair is NOT brown. it is black. and I am super not pleased.

anyway.... here are my results. it was not a permanent color so hopefully it will lighten with a few washes. however if anyone knows of some way i can lighten my color without frying my hair to death please share my hair does not like going light and i am definitely not putting any sort of bleaching agent in it.

5/10/2011 9:11:01 PM

it doesn't look black in the picture. it looks like a dark brown. and I kinda like it!

maybe it looks black because it is so different from before.

5/10/2011 9:16:30 PM

maybe. either way, black or almost black brown, it's not what i was aiming for i feel like i am far too pale to pull off a color this dark

how many washes does it take until yours fades?

5/10/2011 9:18:09 PM

^^^That's not black, it's dark brown like my natural hair, and it's a good look IMO

Quote :

"I just can't go back to wearing brands like Bali that just don't support me as well it's important when you've got breasts as large as mine"

I started looking for pix of StillFuchsia but could only find her face

BTW Nerdchick looks cute in those pix~

[Edited on May 10, 2011 at 9:21 PM. Reason : ^pale-skinned brunettes~♥

5/10/2011 9:20:49 PM

No more than a week. Give yours like 3 days. My haircolor is permanent.

5/10/2011 9:21:42 PM

i have dark brown hair that sometimes gets called black

and i am pale

both my skin and hair are natural right now! so you can be pale with dark hair! or maybe i'm just walking around being fugly and not knowing it (prob the latter).

ANYWAY i think it looks good; however...if it isn't permanent then shouldn't it start fading in like a week or 2? doesn't dandruff shampoo also fade color faster? i don't know. these are all things i've heard but yet to try (haven't dyed my hair in like...5 or 6 years)

5/10/2011 9:22:32 PM

what about sun-in? or does that just make hair brassy?

5/10/2011 9:23:38 PM

I'd hit it

5/10/2011 9:26:09 PM

i haven't heard the dandruff shampoo thing before. i could try that maybe. and i think you look fine cadwackle. maybe i'm just not over the shock of having hair this dark again. its been years since its been this color :/

5/10/2011 9:27:15 PM

give it three days for the shock to wear off before attempting something that may fry your hair again.

5/10/2011 9:28:56 PM

http://www.wikihow.com/Remove-Dye-from-Hair

Quote :

"If you dyed your hair a darker color with a demi-permanent (claims to wash out in 28 shampoos) dye, make a thick paste of crushed Vitamin C tablets and water. Apply the paste to your damp hair and rest an hour before washing out. This will remove most of the color if applied within a few days of the dying. You will not need to re-color your hair, the paste is non-damaging."

Quote :

"1 Purchase some Original Formula Prell or another anti-dandruff shampoo such as Head & Shoulders. 2 Buy some baking soda. Baking powder does not work. 3 Mix them together and wash your hair several times, if necessary. If you can't buy baking soda, you can just try plain dandruff shampoo."

Quote :

"Use a washing powder or clothing detergent. I dyed my hair black and after about 5 washes (leaving it on for about ten minuets) with detergent (bleaching AGENT only, not actual hydrogen peroxide etc, for example surf) it is sort of a dirty blonde, which is fairly close to my natural colour. Beware; your roots will lighten quicker than your ends, so maybe have a good haircut too!"

5/10/2011 9:31:47 PM

thanks elise! i will try the baking soda/dandruff shampoo thing and see if it works

5/10/2011 9:38:22 PM

PLEASE DO NOT MIX BAKING SODA IN WITH YOUR SHAMPOO!!!!


Back in 2004 I dyed my hair black. And I mean real black, not what you have above. I did black, almost purple-black, but what I really wanted was dark dark brown. Long story short, it was awful. Everyone said to mix baking soda in with my shampoo, just mix it with dandruff shampoo or a cleansing shampoo like neutrogena, and it FRIED out my hair. It made it so dry and brittle nothing would help. Atleast when it was just black it was soft. Now I had dry and brittle hair and it was still black.

Just let it wash out as the days go by, and in a few days it will be fine. But don't do the baking soda thing.

[Edited on May 10, 2011 at 9:59 PM. Reason : ]

5/10/2011 9:54:05 PM

Ooo what happens if you do?

5/10/2011 10:00:49 PM

hmmm, good to know.

5/10/2011 10:04:29 PM