Old Navy's Bottoms Bonanza

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My husband and I (mostly my husband) do a lot of product testing/online survey stuff. It's real fun, my favorite is when a box of cookies came in the mail one day to try. Best mail day EVER! Well, recently I was given an opportunity to host an "Old Navy Bottoms Bonanza" party in the store. I was told to get together my "3 most stylish friends", so I called up Carrie and told her she could come if she brought two stylish girls with her. We went to Old Navy today to try on lots of new spring fashions, and pick out our favorite bottom/shoe combination. We took Stella along, because, well let's be honest, she's the most stylish one out of all of us.

Women's Linen-Blend Shirtdress

Here she is hugging me after I tried on this great dress. Ok, Ok. That's not me...but great dress right? To bad it only comes in shocking yellow and white. Neither are good colors for me.

So we loaded up a couple carts and headed to the fitting rooms. The first thing I tried on? Shocking pink skinny jeans OBVIOUSLY! 

The Rock Star Super Skinny Jeans in Avenue Pink

Dear chubby girls over 25: Don't wear shocking pink skinny pants. It's not pretty. 

Women's 3" denim shorts

The girls (NeNe on the left, Lexi on the right) looked super cute in their jean shorts and pink tank tops! They loved the shorts and I think those are the ones they decided to get. You'll begin to see a trend in these pictures, where Lexi and NeNe dress alike and look awesome, and I look like a crazy old lady who's photo bombing them. 

Women's Pocket Tea Length Swing Skirt

I actually really love this skirt, do you think I look like an old lady? This is the one I decided to get.  I need a different top with it, but it's so comfy. I wanted to rock the whole maxi dress/skirt trend, but I couldn't handle anything that long. Suggestions for tops?
I love the girl's chevron inspired pink striped skirts.  I maybe want 12 of them in different colors for summer. I love this one that's only online.

Carrie is a hard person to get a picture of, but I did manage to snap this great one.

Denim capris, French Terry Henley Hoodie,  Sueded Espadrille Flats

I really love this whole outfit, my friend Carrie is pretty stylish. 

The girl's put a lot more thought into putting outfits together. 

Denim Mini 

I only put together one decent outfit: I actually loved this shirt. I bought it, even though it was full price. I NEVER do that. Expect to see it a lot this summer. I loved the skirt too, but the pockets sat a little to forward for my tastes. These shoes? Perfect. Bought them, and love them.

Lightweight Button Front Sleeveless,  Button Front Pencil Skirt,  Braided Mid-Wedge Sandals

Ok, let's get real for a minute. Does anyone else (who's a little bit chubbier) find it hard to shop, not because stuff doesn't fit, but because stores only carry like, 2 items in your size. What's up with that? There were actually a lot more bottoms I had, but they didn't have my size.  It's a little frustrating. I like how a lot of Old Navy stuff, especially tops, fit, WHEN and IF I can find my size! The worst part about Old Navy? The sizing varies SO MUCH from one item to the next. Jeans are terrible, you can be two sizes different in different styles. It's frustrating. (Or wonderful, when you are a size smaller than normal.)

One thing that always fits no matter how many Cadberry Cream Eggs you've eaten over the last few weeks? Shoes. Beautiful Shoes.

Stella really loved those green polka dot shoes, and her own reflection.

I love that Carrie and I are basically the same size in shoes, we got to share the trying on fun.

Even Carrie's feet are tanner than mine.

A great time was had by all, and we got to walk away with new bottom half outfits. A big thank you to Old Navy for the fun! Now if they had only picked up our check at Hacienda

And a big thank you to Lexi and NeNe for being my style ginny pigs. I really like these girls. 

Here's to more adventures soon! 

The Failures List

I really like lists. Maybe it's my "thing". Maybe I'm a lazy writer. Anyway, here's another list for you:

1. Right now, while I'm spending time doing this, my 2 year old is in her room alone, playing with scissors. (Don't freak out TOO much, they are safety scissors...)

2. My kitchen:

3. I'm teaching Lucy to read:

4.  Here is a list of what Lucy will eat. (A list within a list!? I'm good.)

1. Chicken Nuggets

2. Cheese quesadillas

3. Couscous

4. Butter and Cheese Sandwich

5. Peanut Butter sandwich (if she's distracted, and it's in a heart shape)

6. Corn

7. Baby Carrots

8. Lettuce

9. Fruit Snacks

10. Popsicles

5. It's been almost a week since Lucy's last bath. 

6. Lucy tells me when she's peeing and pooping, and enjoys sitting on the potty, but is still not potty trained.

7. Dora taught my child how to count.

8. We didn't go outside all day yesterday, even though the sun was shining and it was fairly warm. In fact, I didn't even shower til 5 o'clock. 

9.  This kid has a serious attitude problem, and I'm not real sure what to do about it most of the time, so I laugh...and take pictures.

10. Lucy's learned to open doors, so I'm seriously considering getting a lock on her bedroom door, so I can lock it from the outside. 

11. I fall for every bedtime trick in the book "I need water! My tummy hurts! I want to talk to Jesus!" (she seriously uses that as an excuse to stay up)

12. Lucy often eats in from of the TV. Sometimes with her pillow and blanket from her bed, just because she wants too. 

13.  Did I mention my kitchen? 

14. How about the bathroom? The bathroom is pretty bad too.

15. Oh yeah, the donkey thing. 

So for Palm Sunday, I taught Lucy's Sunday School class. So we talked a lot about Jesus coming, and riding in on the donkey, and waving our Palm Branches. Later that day, in the car, I was trying to explain that we can talk to Jesus, and that he can always hear us, even though we can't see him....it's complicated. Somehow, she decided that Jesus and his Donkey always travel together, so now when she prays, it's not just talking to Jesus, it's talking to his Donkey. And offering him bites of her palm branch. 

After so many years working at Prairie Camp, I somehow am failing to explain this whole Jesus thing to my own kid. She's getting the basic idea though. We talk to Jesus each night, say thank you for things, she likes to sing him songs. She knows that Jesus loves her, and he can always hear her. That's enough for now. I'm not looking forward to the day I have to tell her Jesus doesn't still have his donkey. It may be worse than the "there's no Santa" talk. 

All the good guys drive old people cars, and other over generalized dating advice you should definitely take.

I am fortunate enough to know a lot of really great guys. I really enjoy when the stop by, even if it's just to raid the fridge and waste time until they go on to more exciting things. The other day I looked out the window and noticed the abundance of Grandma cars.  I decided in that moment that a man's car choice directly relates to his goodness.  Because some of the greatest men I know, drive or have driven some of the crappiest cars. Trucks with windows that don't roll down, cars with trash bags to keep the rain out, Jeeps that die if you drive over bumps to fast (that one was my Dad. He's awesome).

So if you are looking for a good man, here's some solid, researched, amazing advice.

1. Don't date men who play ONLY guitar, bass or drums.  A good man can play more than one instrument.

2. Judge a man by his shoes. This will vary based on what you are looking for, but you can tell a lot about a man from his footwear. Beware men with more shoes than you.

Can anyone name these feet? If you can, you get one million nerd points. 

3.  Don't date men with best friends who are girls that are better looking than you. This never ends well.

4.  Beware falling in love with your best friend's older brother. It will happen, always, just beware. 

{I was going to post a picture of my best friend from high school's older brother that I was madly in love with, but thought that was a little too weird...a lot too weird...but you guys know that guy, we all knew that guy.}

5. Never date a man who is rude to a waitress. (This one is for real. You can learn a lot about someone based on how they treat people who serve them in any way.)

6.  If everyone in your life thinks your boyfriend's a donkey, he probably is. If everyone is "just trying to keep you apart", they probably have a good reason. Like he's a blood sucking vampire, and no matter how much he sparkles, you could do better. 

7.  When looking for a romantic hero, a man to compare all men to, read The Hunger Games, not Twilight. Or better yet, the Bible, yeah, let's just read that. 

8. Ask these three questions on the first date, if the answers are unsatisfactory, leave immediately.

9. If you can't decide if he's a good guy, or just totally faking it, spend some time with the elderly and the very young. They can see through anything, and are the best judge of character. 

10. If you want a really great guy, please fill out an application and send it to me at amberkry@gmail.com.


You're welcome single ladies.