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June 4, 2005

Solo Shopping

I did some shopping this week and had some interesting experiences. First, I developed what I like to call the Bar Raising Test for buying clothes. If I can't bring a friend to tell me "your butt looks big in those pants" then I need a way to determine these things on my own. What I do is wear my favorite outfit and if the clothes I'm considering buying looks better on me than my Bar Raising Outfit I give myself the green light to buy it.

Secondly, I found myself completely out of my shopping league this week. I was frantically trying to find a dress for Becca's wedding. I had already searched everything at Pacific Place, Nordstrom, Barneys and Macy's. I had never been in to Mario's so I thought it would be worth a try. A cute guy in a suit offers me Perrier. Since most of my shopping is done in warehouse settings (Costco) I was expecting a little styrofoam cup sample. Not so. Cute guy in suit brings me a glass of sparkling mineral water in a crystal glass (!). I tried to act like this was a normal shopping experience for me but I slipped with a "WOW!" Couldn't he see I was wearing Gap pants and a shirt with a stain on it? If not, the flip flops truly should have blown my cover.

I browsed over to the dress section trying to play it cool again. I chugged my perrier and got out of there when I saw the $2000 price tags per dress. Sorry Becca! I needed a decimal point or two removed before I can shop there.

Prologue:
I did find a dress at BCBG.

**And no I didn't wear my favorite dress for my bar raising test.

Posted by jana at June 4, 2005 12:05 PM