I never really write about shopping anymore, though I continue to do it. Dressing my new post-pregnancy body continues to be difficult – this doesn’t mean my body is better or worse than before, just different. My years of experience knowing what something on a hanger would look like on my body are now kind of useless. And excuse my over-editing-to-compensate-for-bad-photography. Anyway,
Here’s what you can get at Saver’s on Memorial day for $90. If you get there early like I did, and leave your baby at home, that is.
Clothes for myself:
Lightweight cotton printed Forever 21 mini-mumu.
Grey SO skinny jeans, black Xhiliration dress, grey Gillian & O’Malley nightgown, maroon plaid Westernwear snap-up.
Clothes for baby:
Cherokee dress with pockets, 24m.
Yellow Baby Gap caftan, 3T. A toddler caftan! Love.
Baby Gap dress (3T), Kenneth Cole Reaction denim dress (18m), Cherokee dip-dye dress (3T), Baby Gap pink floral dress (2T), Brandless pink courdoroy dress (24m)
Old Navy blue floral tiered dress, 2T
Baby Gap denim jacket (2T), The Children’s Place sweater (12mo.), Carter’s fleece jacket (24mo.), Baby Gap fleece peacoat (18-24 mo.)
Ralph Lauren t-shirt (18 mo.), Baby Gap polka-dot t-shirt (2T), Genuine Kids blouse (18 mo.), Cherokee henley (3T), Cherokee cardigan (24 mo.)
Old Navy tank (18-24 mo.), sprockets t-shirt (3T), Blueberi Boulevard smocked blouse (2T), Plum Pudding Ltd smocked blouse (2T), Cherokee blouse (24 mo.)
Nick Jr. green pants (18 mo.), b.t. kids jeans (12 mo.), sprockets jeans (18 mo.), Disney leggings (18 mo.), tagless leggings (12 mo.), Hanes sweats (12 mo.), and Okie Dokie sweats (12 mo.).
Etcetera:
Books: “Chrysanthemum” by Henkes (an adorable book for Grady), “The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat” by Eric Lax (a father’s day present for my dad), “The Book of General Ignorance” by John Lloyd and John Michinson, “Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live” by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller, “The Heart of a Woman” by Maya Angelou, “War and Peace” by Leo Tolstoy, and “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand.
A pillowcase to be used for the material – probably made into a dress for Grady.
Some stripperiffic brown heels.
Obsessed with that corduroy dress. I love you. Your shopping habits amaze me. $90 for like 50 things. You know what you are doing.
Oh, how right you are. The post-partum body is just DIFFERENT. It’s just your proportions are all different, etc. Eventually it will go closer to normal. I just tried to put on one of my favorite summer dresses and apparently my ribcage has expanded by two inches. Hmmm.
And, how I love Henkes! Chrysanthemum is one of my favorites, but I also love Chester.