someone should pay me to shop

On Tuesday i went to a Lancome welcome school that showed us all the fun new makeup stuff we are going to recieve throughout the year. There are lots of exciting new product i can't wait to try and buy. Since the meeting was in mcallen we stopped at the outlets to shop at the Lancome outlet in Mercedes. I wasn't driving, we would have just gone to the mcallen mall (joe brand is the only store in south texas that sells most of the Juicy line.) I did however buy a Star Bronzer Poudre in Lumiere. This bronzer has a back story. In high school, they had a limited edition bronzing brush. This bronzer is serously the perfect color and it doesnt rub off alot on clothes. A friend of mine Melissa, used to have this magic bronzing brush, seriously thats what it was called, and we used to pass it around like the village bicycle, we must have gone through about 5 of those brushes in senior year. We were like a group of 6 i think though. we used it for everyday, for night, for the beach for blush, for all over body bronzer, for shadow you name it. So now they only sell the pressed powder but it's ok since its a great color. so i got that and an absolue powder that gives you a luminous glow. Now if i can only get myself to use it before noon.

Like a Penguin

I hate that i can never get good pictures of black clothes

I thought this little penguin tuxedo jacket was so cute when i first saw it. But at 198 it wasn't THAT cute. As always i waited for it to go on sale because i knew it would. Since it is not a typical 'brownsville' style item i wasn't that worried about it. It is by plastic island and perfectly fitted. There was only one extra small left just for me. I don't quite know what i am going to wear this with, maybe jeans and a tank top to start off but we will see where this little peguin jacket takes us.

Jagger By Sky Brand

If you have seen the show Real Housewives of Orange County you have probably notices their casual yet over the top clothing. They are notorious for their bejeweled dresses and tops with chains, leather and rhinestone accents. It's sort of an amped up version of BEBE Their clothing is all thanks to Sky Brand. The sad part is that they don't sell Sky Brand anywhere close. Maybe at the Saks outlet in mercedes but i haven't checked. The good part is that they do sell Jagger at dillards, which is a subdivision of Sky. It's pretty much the same thing. It is not an imitation though. I have seen several tops and dresses at charlotte and agaci (when i happen to walk in there...uuugh) with cheap looking chains and rhinestones. Jagger and Sky use great quality metal chains that will not rust or get the clothing dirty or leave you marks for that matter. The weight of the embelishments is also meant to help the article of clothing drape better over the body, which is another difference between Sky and imitations. The imitations usually have very light chains and plastic rhinestones that don't weight down the material. I came across these 2 dresses but my only concern was what shoes go with the striped one. The black dress has a faux sleeve, the bottom of the sleeve is open so it's not hot. I can never have too many LBD's (little black dress) Since the Striped dress has sort of amber rhinestones i guess i need all gold sandals or heels, or another solid color from the stripes like blue or brown. They will join my growing collection of Jagger/Sky dresses and tops. I like that these are kind of unique pieces especially in the valley and i always get compliments on them.

shopping in the little boys section.

I can't help it when stuff fits me in the little boys section. Sometimes they have really good deals on little boys clothing and you might not find the equivalent in the little girls section, or the ladies/junior section for that matter. I've been looking for some cute button ups for when i go to the ranch with cesar (even though that is not going to happen again because we broke up AGAIN and i bought these before, but that beside the story) I found these adorable ralph lauren button ups , the pink is pretty girly looking and the plaid one i think i can worl with. The only thing that gives them away is that mens and women's shirts button on opposite sides.

For Example

Here is a little history lesson in case you didn't know. Men's shirts have buttons on the right side because they are supposed to dress themselves. Women's shirts buttons are on the left because their servants would dress them and their garments were made to be easily buttones by right handed servants.

RUFFLES!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE ruffles. Today's find at dillards was this adorable Kensie dress with lots and lots of RUFFLES! I could not get a picture because it is black. It is becoming a habit of mine to google pictures for whatever i buy since alot of it is black and my camera won't take good pictures but i will make sure to update if i get a good one. I was lucky to find an extra small on sale for 70% plus dillards has an additional 40% off the sale price (original price was $188, you do the math) . They might as well give the stuff away. My mom said today, you know nothing fits in your closet because everything you own has ruffles. i said I KNOW! its awesome isn't it?

isn't it? ... ok i guess it's just me then.

reason #6375 i don't shop at agaci

I make it well known to everyone around me that I have an extreme dislike for agaci the store, the clothes...everything! I know that store is quite popular here in brownsville but i HATE it. It is like a cheap imitation of Forever 21, they both have bad chinese manufacturing but everytime i go in there it is like everything that did not make it into Forever 21, they dump on agaci. I have bought stuff there like 3 times since it opened and i actually modeled for them... which i probably won't after this but whatever. Besides the fact i don't like the clothes they sell there, even if i did like something, they sell like 64321654 of each shirt so if you buy a shirt there, you will see 321334 people wearing it as well. I am not judging anyone that shops there, i just have a personal dislike for that store.

Cesar and I were having a lazy day on sunday and we went to the mall for ice cream and to walk around a bit. I saw these sandals at the agaci window and i had been wanting them since i saw them at aldo for 60. Well i went in and checked and they were 17.50 so i wanted to buy all 3 colors, black, gold and silver. But then....

I saw these silver ones which are really cute too. So i asked for ^ in gold and these in silver.I walked out and forgot about the sandals until wednesday... I literally had the silver shoes on for 5 minutes around my house and the strap broke! Shoddy chinese manufacturing... (no pic available :( i tried but when i was going to the girl took them away)

I obviously was going to exchange them and its a good thing i looked in the other box, the other shoes were black instead of gold, so i had to exchange both pairs. That is an extra trip to the mall... I know im there everyday but just in my store, it doesn't mean i walk around the whole mall. PLUS, she returned them and then resold them instead of EXCHANGING them like i told her to so I have to wait until the 45 i paid for both pairs gets refunded into my account. My mom said not to make a big deal because its not like I don't have more money in my account or i need those $45 now....but its the principality of having to wait 3-5 days for your money to be available. I am never shopping there again unless they have something EXTREMELY cute.

extra discount days!

I love it when dillards has an additional discount on top of their sale prices. It makes me very happy and very poor. Lots of cute things to post soon.