Shopping frustrations
Jul. 12th, 2008 05:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseSo, apparently there is literally NO WHERE in this town that will sell me a nice professional suit for an interview.
One place downtown said they would have some professional wear arriving "in a month". One place had something that wasn't quite what I was looking for, but probably would've done the trick - except they were out of my size.
And Gottschalks, our one-and-only department store, had a microscopic "Misses" section with exactly one (count 'em, one) outfit that looked even remotely like a blazer and slacks. And when I tried them on, I discovered that they were rather specifically tailored to show off one's assets. I felt like Ally McBeal.
I think I have very nice assets. I do NOT want to be showing them off to that degree at a job interview. Or any other time when I'm trying to look professional.
Well, so much for my idea of getting a Real Adult kind of outfit to celebrate being a Real Adult kind of age. I'm going to try Alaska Dames tomorrow, but I don't have a whole lot of hope.
Ah well. I had a lovely pedicure this morning, thanks to a gift certificate (from my last birthday, in fact) that I dug up when we moved. My toenails are now Tony Stark Iron Man hot rod red. And we're going out to dinner at a nice place tonight, and then Hellboy II. Plus I had a very good breakfast at the Sandpiper. So the day's not going to be a total wash.
One place downtown said they would have some professional wear arriving "in a month". One place had something that wasn't quite what I was looking for, but probably would've done the trick - except they were out of my size.
And Gottschalks, our one-and-only department store, had a microscopic "Misses" section with exactly one (count 'em, one) outfit that looked even remotely like a blazer and slacks. And when I tried them on, I discovered that they were rather specifically tailored to show off one's assets. I felt like Ally McBeal.
I think I have very nice assets. I do NOT want to be showing them off to that degree at a job interview. Or any other time when I'm trying to look professional.
Well, so much for my idea of getting a Real Adult kind of outfit to celebrate being a Real Adult kind of age. I'm going to try Alaska Dames tomorrow, but I don't have a whole lot of hope.
Ah well. I had a lovely pedicure this morning, thanks to a gift certificate (from my last birthday, in fact) that I dug up when we moved. My toenails are now Tony Stark Iron Man hot rod red. And we're going out to dinner at a nice place tonight, and then Hellboy II. Plus I had a very good breakfast at the Sandpiper. So the day's not going to be a total wash.
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Date: 2008-07-13 03:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-13 03:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-13 03:09 am (UTC)If all else fails, I'd say go buy the fabric and buy a Vogue pattern from Joanns and sew yourself a suit; that way it's everything you wanted and in the colours you wanted. If you're up for sewing that is.
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Date: 2008-07-15 02:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-15 02:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-17 02:55 am (UTC)Didn't want to be late this time, you see. :D