on impulse purchasing

Now, I feel as though I am pretty level headed when it comes to shopping. While I do enjoy it, I try and only buy things that I know I will wear on a regular basis.

That being said...

On Tuesday I went to H&M for a little, um, let's call it recon mission, and something caught my eye. And in a second, my practical, color coded little closet goals flew out the window. It was all wrong for me as it was fairly grain-sackish in shape and I tend to gravitate towards things with more structure but what with the ochre and the navy and the scalloped trim and the oh, I don't know, rational flew out the window and I bought it.

And then I got home and was all...'um, okay, what now?'

And then I thought back to all those hundreds of episodes of TLC makeover shows that I've watched while eating vats of ice cream, never imagining that anything would stick and all of a sudden, BAM. I had the answer!

Well, not just a belt - the shirt helped downplay the um, fanciness of the dress a bit. I think with some navy tights and brown boots it will be a good fall outfit for a night of drinks and a friend's play opening. I think I'll hang on to this one for a little while.

Here's hoping your Labor Day Weekend is off to a good start!

Cheers and fancy-yet-affordable chiffon dresses,

Kim