On Our Way To Crazy

You guys, I think I have a problem.

This summer, I made a conscious decision to wear more dresses. I am, as a general rule, a jeans all the time kind of girl. I have a few pairs of capris, but I definitely do not wear shorts, so jeans it is. All the time. (The bermuda shorts I posted about a while back aren’t really working for me… I can’t get over feeling like they are mom shorts.) So this year? Dresses.

I don’t think I have told y’all before about my obsession with NY&Co. It’s actually more of a love/hate obsession, if that’s a real thing. Because I don’t dress up for work anymore, I have no use for about 90% of the things they sell there. But the other 10%? Oh, I love the other 10%. They have some great casual stuff and almost all of my jewelry comes from that store. And NY&Co is where I found THE DRESS.

One of the great things about the store is their coupons and sales. They will email me and tell me that I can get $30 off if I spend $75. I love that deal. So much. It was that coupon that led me to shop there when I first found THE DRESS.

I bought the black one first. Simple, easy, perfect for the couple of parties I had coming up. So I bought it. And I wore it. Twice in two days. Don’t judge me!

(Why can’t I manage to just smile like a normal person?)

(Both of those babies have since been borned.)

Then I got another coupon. They get me with their great deals! I am such a sucker for marketing! This time they had a couple of new colors and a pattern. I tried to buy the blue, but they didn’t have my size, so I got the brown. I was easing in to my newfound dress wearing. Start with neutrals. See how it feels.

(Like my necklace? Guess where I got it!)

I lived with the black and brown for a while. I wore at least one of them every week. I got a lot of compliments on them and loved being free from the bondage of my denim dependency. Then? Another coupon.

I just went in to look, I swear. But apparently I am not the only one in love with THE DRESS. Where there had once been three choices there were now ten. Every color and pattern you can imagine. Green? White? Black and blue checked? Brown with pink swirlies? They had it all. What was I supposed to do? How do you make a choice like that? Who needs three versions of the same dress?

I do, apparently. After much soul searching and trying on, I went with red. Bright! Bold! Way out of my comfort zone! I bought it a week ago and I have worn it three times. Sadly, I don’t have a picture, but just pretend this is me:

(I, of course, would never wear white shoes with THE DRESS, though. Seriously. What is happening there? Who styled this shoot?)

So now I have three versions of the same dress. And I still want this one. And this one. And this one. But that’s normal, right? A person can forge an entire wardrobe out of one item. Aaron does it all the time. If he can wear nothing but black and grey, I can wear nothing but the City Style Dress, right? Right? I don’t have a problem. I can quit anytime. I just need another coupon.