Tuesday, February 19, 2008

All you do is blink.

This four-day weekend seriously flew by faster than any other. The problem was that Jessie's visit was just way, way too short. But also way, way amazingly fun. We had a tragic goodbye this morning but it definitely will NOT be two years until we see each other again, so that is the good news. And also, we had a fabulous time while she was here, so that is the other good news.

We spent yesterday at the biggest mall in the DC area, checking out all the department stores in hopes of finding a purple bridesmaid dress for her. And you know what is frustrating? Even though I keep hearing all sorts of things about how purple is supposedly in this season? It was almost nowhere to be found. We dug a few things off the clearance rack at Macy's, but nothing was right, and all the other stores were a complete bust. Almost.

At one point we were so desperate that we went into a Jessica McClintock store and actually had her try on what may have been the most hideous purple dress in existence. It was so purple that it was nearly neon, and it had a really inappropriately low-cut halter neckline, and the skirt was pleated, but like really intensely pleated, like an accordion, seriously. And also the skirt didn't even come down to the knees.

But we were so determined to find a dress that she tried it on anyway, and oh my god, I'm so glad she did because the laughter that it induced was absolutely amazing. Let me note now that I actually have her permission to post the following picture, with the request that you all ignore the highly visible bra:


We did actually wind up finding a really nice, inexpensive dress in gold, but the store said that it came in purple too, but they didn't have the catalog yet, so let's keep our fingers crossed that that works out, because wow, even though I'm a girl and they're supposed to be good at shopping? By the end of the day, I just could not take it anymore. It was just so much. And Jessie felt the same way. We may have spent a good twenty minutes collapsed in this awesome armchairs at Bloomingdale's that were obviously placed there for men to sit in while their wives/girlfriends/whatever keep shopping. But maybe that's why Jessie and I get along so well.

She is great. The visit was great. I know that as I write this she is still in our apartment, but I miss her already.

38 comments:

  1. That sounds like SUCH a fun weekend with your friend. And also, that color purple looks really good on her! Your wedding is going to be so pretty!

    I'm wearing a purple sweater today and I thought of you this morning. :)

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  2. Seriously. It is 2008. Aren't we supposed to have tele-transportation by now!

    Reading your post made me miss my friends who are all too too far away.

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  3. holy mother that IS purple. incredibly purple. i'm glad you had a good weekend!

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  4. My eyes are melting. Wowza that's quite a purple dress!

    I'm glad you had fun!

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  5. Ok, other than that being really really purple, am I wrong in thinking its kinda cute?

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  6. whew, sounds too much for me..
    OM thinks i like shopping but i keep trying to tell him, no, I like OWNING, not actually the driving, finding, trying on, purchasing parts.

    Tre excited you had such a nice time though!

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  7. That is VERY purple. Might be too purple? IF there is such a thing!

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  8. I'm so glad you had such a nice weekend with your friend! And I would have to agree that that's just a smidge too much purple.

    :)

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  9. Oh that purple, purple dress... It;s so shiny... I can't wait to see the one you did choose!

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  10. Oh that sounds like so much fun! The two times I've been a bridesmaid looking for dresses with the bride it was never fun. :( Lame!

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  11. Well, despite the purple accordion dress bust, it looks like the two of you had fun. And sometimes, with friends? That's all that matters.

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  12. Wow! That dress is, er, interesting... Though sometimes it pays to try on dresses that look heinous on the rack. One of the hottest formal dresses I ever bought was one that I tried on for a laugh because on the hanger it looked absolutely hideous...

    That purple dress, however, does not fall into the above category :) Glad you found something else though!

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  13. Aw, i'm glad you had a good time with your friend! It seems that both of us got to chill with our best friends over the weekend. A fantabulous thing, I gotta admit.

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  14. Um, I kind of like the dress! I have a very similar one in teal! It's not so bright, though. And it's a halter dress.

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  15. So fun! I know exactly how you feel about the shopping. It's only fun if you don't have to find one SPECIFIC thing. Why is it you can never find that thing? YIKES!

    I hope as the season progresses you'll be able to find you perfect purple because that one is just...wow...there are no words lol!

    And I love you hair - beautiful!

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  16. That dress is hilarious. I have some photos of my girls in awful dresses from when we were shopping……GOOD TIMES!!

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  17. I actually ended up buying the wedding dress I tried on as a joke. Ya never know.

    Though I'm thinking a metallic purple dress is probably unlikely to be surprisingly prettier on the body than on the hanger.

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  18. yay fantastic friend weekend!!

    i'm so with you on shopping. i can handle a mall for MAYBE two hours, then no matter what i need/want/originally came for, I. NEED. OUT.

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  19. That dress was a little crazy. I'm so glad you had such an awesome time! I'm even more happy for you that this time it won't be so long between visits!

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  20. Nothing beats good times with great friends! Yay for a good weekend!

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  21. That sounds fantastic - and I love friends like that! *misses them*

    Crazy dresses!

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  22. OMG! I'm blind. That is the brightest, purplest, dress I've ever seen. Well at least you had a great friend weekend.

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  23. ah! i thought i commented! im so glad you had a nice weekend :) and that dress is hilarious. oh and your hair looks great, i hope you love it!

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  24. I am so glad you two had so much fun together - good friedns are priceless - especially those who will go to the ends of the earth with you to find a purple dress they look good in!

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  25. Sounds like a fun weekend Jess. It's always so nice to catch up with people who knew you when you were young.

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  26. Wow, that is indeed a bright dress! Incidentally, one of the worst bridesmaid dresses I have ever worn came from that store. It was - I kid you not - gold and black checkerboard. Can you imagine a gold and black checkerboard on a not-exactly-petite ass? Shudder. Thank God they have other, prettier, selections there.

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  27. Wow, that dress is am-az-ing! You should have totally gone for it :P

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  28. That dress is practically metallic it is so shiny. Like some weird armor designed by someone on a hallucinogenic.

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  29. Is it horrible that I would totally rock that dress? haha! I mean not in a wedding...but at the bar or something.

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  30. Yikes, that purple dress. Although if there was a woman who could carry it off, it might be your friend, because the description seemed way more tragic than the actual picture.

    Sounds like you had a great weekend.

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  31. I love purple, but that is plain torturous. Too much purple. Ah my eyes....

    I'm glad you had such a great weekend.

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  32. What a wonderful girls' weekend! I don't know... I'm not sure that dress is shiny enough. Maybe something with sequins?

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  33. your love of purple? has led me to give it a chance when buying new clothes! i bought an awesome deep purple wrap shirt that i love! so...thanks! lol

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  34. Oh honey! That is one not right dress! Glad it was a good weekend. Two years? Too long! I know I know, life happens.

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  35. Wow. That is hella vibrant purple.
    Glad you had so much fun, though!

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  36. I actually liked the purple dress. I'm ashamed of my taste.

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