orangerful: Santa Yoda felt your presents (star wars)
So, I recently realized that I need to toss out most of my old Her Universe shirts. It's sad but true, that the "plus size" Juniors shirts are not cut for someone who is an adult with boobs. Recently I noticed that they are just rubbing under my arms the wrong way and causing problems.

Luckily, there are plenty of new Star Wars movies on the horizon so I have been buying up the plus size shirts from Torrid and Hot Topic to replace my collection LOL.

Yes, that is my excuse for impulse purchasing the new Han Solo top and bottoms from Hot Topic a few minutes ago, even though the pricing is a bit silly, I couldn't resist!

Also I have a soft spot for bell bottoms (I blame George Harrison and his sweet style on the cover of Abbey Road).

Her Universe Solo Bell Bottoms

And, of course, I needed the top to match! LOOK AT THOSE GLORIOUS 70s COLORS!

Now I need to swear off shopping for awhile...I was really bad this past month with all my Kohls/Haute/Birthday cash that the stores gave me. This will be it though, I promise (oooh wait what is this email from Torrid with the other Star Wars tops...)

This is what happens when you are home and they are working on replacing both your front AND back door so you just sit at your computer, unguarded.
orangerful: (grrr)
If you've ever been in an American clothing stores, staring at the pants sizes, wondering WHY GOD WHY ARE THEY ALL THE SAME SIZE YET ALL DIFFERENT - turns out it was the Department of Agriculture's fault

Here's Why Clothing Sizes are the way they are

*sigh* I wish they could just go to actual inches, save everyone the hassle and humiliation of trying on 5 different pairs of the same pants to figure out a companies sizing for that season in that fabric on that day.
orangerful: (star wars vii girl // orangerful)
One of my friends in my Star Wars Club emailed me this t-shirt. I debated ordering it, because after shipping it was kinda pricey for a t-shirt but...I pretty made HAD to have it for my collection, didn't I?



They are actually on sale now at a discount, I think the sale ends today? But I think you can agree, this was a necessity.

Plus, it is still March so I'm calling it a birthday gift to myself...

...along with the other two geeky shirts I just ordered from Hot Topic...
orangerful: (retail therapy // orangerful)
I've never been a fashion person. I've never really thought about clothes too much, apart from my Her Universe geeky outfits.

But now that I have discovered Torrid...dear god, hide my wallet!

They just launched a new line designed by Rebel Wilson. And I want SO MUCH OF IT (well, not the stuff with the weird koala design, that doesn't do it for me...but the other stuff that I'm pretty sure I could wear to work if I wanted to be fancy, GUH!).

I LOVE THIS DRESS AND I WANT IT!

I guess finding a story that actually carries attractive clothing in sizes that definitely fit me makes a big difference. Who knew digging through the racks at Kohls or hoping that Hot Topic makes an XXL in a shirt would be so destructive to my fashion self esteem?

Anyway, not going to spend money now. I'm going to add them to my wishlist, and if they are still available next time I want to shop...then I will get them.

...or I will send the list to my Mom right NOW and tell her that I am not going to buy them but if Santa would like to order me anything, I would much appreciate it LOL.
orangerful: (oops face // orangerful)
I thought I would be cute today and wear a skirt (it was 65 degrees out when I left at noon!!!) but then I was worried about being cold so I put on my thigh-highs...and apparently the elastic in the left leg is shot. So all day I've been wandering around and randomly tugging at the leg to keep it from sliding down. Luckily, the skirt goes over my knees so it takes awhile to fall all the way down but it's just been driving me crazy!! Must toss them out when I get home. I just don't like putting on full on pantyhose that go all the way up. They bug me.

Ah well, 45 minutes until closing, 30 minutes until I actively start chasing people out, and an hour until I get some Chipotle because Wednesday nights I never feel like cooking LOL. So lazy.

Also, the fact that both Kristen Bell and Tatiana Maslany have guest appearances in Parks & Recreation makes the show 10000000 times better, and who knew that was even possible???

Toddler Time tomorrow morning. Which means I can't stay up all night playing AC: Unity (which was fun, but I've barely started even after 2 hours of playing...I get so distracted by side missions)
orangerful: (aluminum falcon // snarkel)


Ashley responded to my tweet, which was a suggestion on how to get the rest of the money out of my wallet. Well, pretty much. I suggested that they have some feature on the site that would link together the shirt styles because I have a few that I really love and it would be SO awesome if there was just a list of all the shirts on the site cut in the exact same way.

I got my order from ThinkGeek yesterday which included a new Her Universe shirt and another TARDIS skirt (this one is slightly different, it is a mix of TARDISes and the Union Jack...I NEEDED IT! And I had a 20% off coupon!)

Anyway, it's one of the reasons I love Her Universe. I feel like Ashley is trying her best to build a brand that is for the female fans. She got a lot of flack for the sizing and now she has added a LOT more sizes and some plus size shirts, skirts, and dresses to the line. I don't mind paying a little extra for her clothes, knowing that she seems to really love what she is doing and wants to make sure the fans are having just as much fun as she is.
orangerful: (doctor who pointing // orangerful)
I wore my TARDIS Her Universe dress to work today and no one had said anything (except for Karen, but she knew I was going to wear it and was just being nice). Anyway, we went for a walk to get coffee from the show down the street and a guy on the back of a motorcycle holler at me that he liked my dress. :) And then the girl at the coffee shop totally got it too.

Maybe it's because while I'm at work I'm wearing a little short cardigan to cover my shoulders and it's obscuring the TARDIS-ness of the tress. Or maybe people here are just not hip and with it today.
orangerful: (katee and viper // orangerful)


Got this email from Her Universe! I am so excited to see the new Marvel merch! I hope she has some more cute skirts. I love my TARDIS skirt and I need to get the new Star Wars one.
orangerful: (retail therapy // orangerful)
Yeah, well I totally FAIL at saving. But the purchases today were NECESSARY purchases...

I mean, AD got his new computer put together this past week. It's a BEAST! I mean, it really has to be with Starcraft II coming out in a month, he wanted to have the best video card to handle the graphics heavy awesomeness. And after I saw how smoothly Sims 3 ran on it...well, of course I NEEDED to upgrade. Placed my order with NewEgg this morning - thank goodness their credit card has no interest for 12 months on orders of $500 or more (which mine was...). So soon, I will be on a machine that can run Sims 3 with no problems and will be ready for Starcraft II next month, plus Civ V in September and eventually Diablo III, whenever the heck Blizzard launches that thing.

And then we went to the mall because AD was looking for a shirt to wear on "casual Fridays" at his job and we went into Hot Topic. AD found me some really RED hair dye and...well, I NEEDED it! I want to have CrAzY hair when I go to Comic-Con and I think bright red will be pretty durn crazy. Plus, having AD dye my hair for me with this $13 hair dye is a lot cheaper than going to a real salon. Plus, I won't get the LOOK from the stylist when I'm about to go for it (they always look worried, like half-way through the process I'm going to start screaming and I'm going to rip the brush from their hands and run out of the store - note to stylist: if I'm in there asking for RED HAIR - I WANT RED HAIR! It grows back, I know it does, it always does, so just dye it *kicks soapbox back under desk*)

And while we were at Hot Topic, I saw this little Yoda doll and when I examined him more closely I saw that he TALKED! And then I realized it was the same Yoda doll I've had on my Amazon wishlist for over a year so I HAD TO BUY HIM DIDN'T I????

And then I wandered back into the Clearance isle and there was a Supergirl t-shirt for 50% off in my size...so...yeah, I bought that too. I love Supergirl. When I was a little kid, I had Supergirl pajamas (and, to be honest, I'm in my pajamas right now which partially consist of a tank-top with the "S" logo on it...)

SEE - ALL OF THESE PURCHASES WERE JUSTIFIED! ;-P

Then AD was nice enough to take me to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory and...OF COURSE I HAD TO HAVE CHEESECAKE! But he paid for that so it's not as bad hehe.

It's been a very busy Saturday, to say the least. Tomorrow I've got to be all presentable because we're going to company picnic for AD's work. Hopefully we will not melt. Our nephew will be there, so at least I know there will be SOMEONE I can talk to about important things (Buzz Lightyear vs. Ironman).
orangerful: (retail therapy // orangerful)
So, remember that dress I was talking about on Thursday? Well, I went into Kohls today to return some of the other items that did not fit and lo-and-behold, they had the dress in the story, one size down from what I bought. So I figured, what the heck, let's try it on and see if it fits.

It did. Perfectly! So I bought that one and I'm returning the other one. Also, it appears I'm supposed to wear it without a bra? I dunno, clothes are so confusing.

In other shopping areas, found a swimsuit BOTTOM that was adorable, but the stupid top was not so much. Apparently, the "tie-up" tops are in right now, where you tie it around your neck, which is all well and good if you have normal sized boobs, but for those of us that were overly-endowed, these kinds of tops lead to neck pain. And that was the kind of top made to go with the bottoms I found. I said "screw it, they're seperates, I'll buy 'em seperate!" and just got the bottoms, thinking I could wear them with my old top...except now I can't FIND my old top. Blah. I'll figure something out eventually.

I don't think the fashion police patrol our area so I might even just clash horribly with the other top I found (the bottoms are hot pink, the one top I did find is black, blue, yellow stripes....yeah, not really sure I could pull that off)

I do now have pool passes though. We've lived in this community for 5 years and we've NEVER used the pool. Its a bit silly. Hopefully Amy & I will change that over the summer, make swimming part of our weekly works outs.

Also, I signed up for Blip.Fm because [livejournal.com profile] juliet_demarcus was using and it looked cool. Already spamming the Twitter people with my weird musical tastes. If you're on there, send me a wave (wait, can I still say that or has Google copyrighted it?)
orangerful: (retail therapy // orangerful)
Got my order from Kohl's today, about 50/50 on what worked and what didn't.

I'm really torn about this dress. It fits kind of weird, like it might be too big around the top, but the middle seems just right and I'm afraid to go a size smaller...but it's so damn cute!!!!

Plus, look at it - doesn't it seem like there's a costume in there (yes, I have a one-track-Dragon*Con-mind, and I will until...well, probably for the rest of the year!)? I mean, even some sort of Buffy thing...[livejournal.com profile] jellibean said there is a Buffy prom, I could totally wear this!

I'm going to try it on again when AD is around and get his opinion if it is too big or just plain funky.

And for those of you that don't care about my clothing issues - OMG PLUSH TALKING YODA WANT!
orangerful: (how to recognize trees // orangerful)
What's a good Sniglet for when you go to a store to return some items and end up spending more money on your "exchanges" than you did on the returns?

Also, wtfrak don't they make FUN adult pants? I mean, yeah the Misses' shirts are all bright and pretty, but where are the fun spring colored pants for us ladies? I know the skirts have colors but I want PANTS! I'm a librarian and I'm bending over all the time, sometimes sitting on the floor when I feel the urge to shelf read - Why do all the damn toddlers and teens get these funky and neat colors and we get BROWN AND BLACK! Seriously...

Okay, maybe it's just Kohls. But still, how hard is it for Daisy Fuentes to realize I would like some cool red pants to wear over the summer? And not capris - PANTS. I can't wear capris to work.

Pass it on to all your friends in the fashion industry!

:P

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