Look what came in the mail...
Hooray is right!$50 bucks at J.Crew!
Everyone knows my favorite store is J.Crew. I love love love love everything about it. It's uber-preppy and comfortable and their clothes have always fit me really well. Since they offer a 15% discount for students and teachers and have some fabulous dresses, we decided to order the bridesmaids' attire from there.
All brides say, "oh isn't this dress great? You can totally shorten it and wear it again." (Seen 27 Dresses?) I really wanted this to be true for my girls so I got their input on the dress, the color, and asked if they really would wear them again. I got a resounding YES and we determined that flip flops and a cardigan would take you to a garden party (oh Charlottesville) while fancy jewelry and heels would carry you to a more formal affair.
I decided that I would order all the dresses on my J.Crew credit card. Once I hit a certain number of "points" I get rewards in the form of gift cards. The girls' dresses turned out to be a REALLY reasonable price and basically need no alterations besides a snap or stitch here and there. Crew will ship the dresses to different addresses (FOR FREE) so we couldn't get a better deal at David's Bridal - seriously.
Of course the dress we chose (Sophia style in clover green) fits differently than all their other dresses so there was a lot of returning to the local store and reordering. Months later we finally have all five dresses delivered to all five bridesmaids, all fitting marvelously. And me? Well I got a $50 card out of the deal. I'm thinking if Crew comes out with some super sweet pink kitten heels I may use it toward my wedding shoes.
So thank you to my bridesmaids for... well - buying the dresses! And thank you to J.Crew of Charlottesville who saw me a little more than usual the past few weeks. :-)
More DIY projects are in the mix and soon to come on the blog. Tonight was date night - hooray - and now I'm off to prep for a part-time job interview tomorrow morning. Part-time is better than no-time I suppose! Then Christopher and I are meeting with the wedding coordinator from the church so I'm sure we'll have updates tomorrow!!
If they weren't $300 and I could walk in shoes without an ankle strap (stupid high instep and bowed legs), these Stuart Weitzmans would totally be mine...
All brides say, "oh isn't this dress great? You can totally shorten it and wear it again." (Seen 27 Dresses?) I really wanted this to be true for my girls so I got their input on the dress, the color, and asked if they really would wear them again. I got a resounding YES and we determined that flip flops and a cardigan would take you to a garden party (oh Charlottesville) while fancy jewelry and heels would carry you to a more formal affair.
I decided that I would order all the dresses on my J.Crew credit card. Once I hit a certain number of "points" I get rewards in the form of gift cards. The girls' dresses turned out to be a REALLY reasonable price and basically need no alterations besides a snap or stitch here and there. Crew will ship the dresses to different addresses (FOR FREE) so we couldn't get a better deal at David's Bridal - seriously.
Of course the dress we chose (Sophia style in clover green) fits differently than all their other dresses so there was a lot of returning to the local store and reordering. Months later we finally have all five dresses delivered to all five bridesmaids, all fitting marvelously. And me? Well I got a $50 card out of the deal. I'm thinking if Crew comes out with some super sweet pink kitten heels I may use it toward my wedding shoes.
So thank you to my bridesmaids for... well - buying the dresses! And thank you to J.Crew of Charlottesville who saw me a little more than usual the past few weeks. :-)
More DIY projects are in the mix and soon to come on the blog. Tonight was date night - hooray - and now I'm off to prep for a part-time job interview tomorrow morning. Part-time is better than no-time I suppose! Then Christopher and I are meeting with the wedding coordinator from the church so I'm sure we'll have updates tomorrow!!
If they weren't $300 and I could walk in shoes without an ankle strap (stupid high instep and bowed legs), these Stuart Weitzmans would totally be mine...
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