Sweater: (old) similar here | Jacket: Bernardo (50% off!) | Denim: AG (old) similar here | Booties: Vince Camuto (on sale!) | Sunglasses: Target | Necklace: Kate Spade | Watch: Daniel Wellington | Handbag: Prada
I wore this look yesterday for a lunch date with my brother and it was so comfortable. Adding a leather jacket to an outfit is an easy way to elevate the look just a bit. This jacket is such a good quality, fits perfectly, and is still easy to function in. Now is the time to add it to your closet because it’s 50% off. While I’m craving spring weather, reality is that we still have quite a bit of winter left. This jacket will also be so good next fall.
You might have seen on my Insta stories yesterday about my lunch date with my younger brother. We try to get together once a month or so, whether it’s out for lunch or he comes over for dinner. He’s just 23 months younger than me and we’ve always had a great friendship. He was telling me all about his upcoming travel plans which include Switzerland, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Thailand! He works hard and I love that he travels so much in his time off. I can live my travel dreams vicariously through him, right?
Last night I took Savannah, my 8-year-old, out shopping for the second time in a week. She does not love to shop {Are we even related?! HA!}, but shopping for this occasion always excites her: the daddy/daughter dance. I take her to shop for a special dress, for this night, every year. This will be her fourth year to attend the dance and with each year, the dress requirement stays the same.
It must be a good twirl dress.
This year, and last, it also had to be a long, floor length dress.
A little fact about Savannah. The girl knows what she likes/wants in practically every aspect of her 8-year-old life. And once her mind is set, there is seldom anything or anyone that can persuade her otherwise. For example, if we gave her $10 and told her she could buy anything she wanted in Target with that money, she would rather give us the $10 back than buy something that didn’t 100% excite her or make her happy. Contrary to her 6-year-old brother who would buy $10 worth of paper clips, just for the sake of buying something. Keeping that in mind, shopping with her can be challenging.
We went on Saturday, but in our small community, with two daddy/daughter dances in the nearby towns that night, the dress choices were slim to begin with and even fewer to choose from in her size. Her excitement quickly diminished when she didn’t find anything that fit her requirements. Too be honest, I was pretty disappointed in the selection, regardless of size, too.
So we went south, where the stores are bigger and offer more variety. Again, she was excited and so was I. There were so many pretty dresses to choose from and many in her size. We looked at them all and pointed out the ones we liked and why.
After 10-15 minutes of looking, I asked her which ones she liked best. I just knew we would be taking several into a fitting room for her to try on. A somber look came over her face and she said, “None.”
What?! None? How can you like “none”? There are so many that I love.
Those were my thoughts, but I kept them to myself because I know my girl. Instead, I said, “Are you sure?”
“Well, there aren’t any in my size that I like.”
Oh, dear. Not this. We don’t have time to go to more stores. So, I asked her to show the ones that she liked, that were too big, to see if we could ask the sales associate to check on her size.
She showed me two dresses. We asked for her size, but no luck there. The dresses she liked were way too big, all around. I told her if there was nothing she liked that would fit, she would just have to pick a dress from her closet {Who passes up the opportunity for a new dress?!}. So I asked once more for her to show me any other dress that she might want to try. She pointed to one.
It had a nice twirl. It was floor length. And the smallest size was a 10.
She’s a size 7. Just my luck.
I held it up to her. She molded it around her waist and said, “I think it might fit.” And the smile started to creep back on her face.
A glimmer of hope. I’ll find a way to make this work!
She agreed to try it on in the fitting room.
It more than touched the floor and was way too big in the bodice.
Her face lit up! She walked over to the mirror and beamed with pride. This was the dress!
Thankfully, I know an excellent seamstress who has come to my rescue on many occasions and she will easily be able to take the dress in so that it will fit Savannah perfectly.
We finished our shopping trip by finding a matching headband and pretty pink coat to complete her look. I can’t wait to see her wearing it all and I know she’s excited to surprise her daddy with the dress she picked.
Thanks for reading and stay tuned for a daddy/daughter dance date re-cap next week.
~ Amy