Woot Woot for the Weekend!

Hello all!  It's finally Friday and I'm so glad it's here.  It's going to be a very fun and busy weekend.  A huge surprise is going down this weekend but I can't blog about it until Sunday or Monday...so you'll have to wait until then.  It's so hard to contain myself though! :)

I went to Anthro and returned a couple of items yesterday.  Oh wait...I need to rephrase.  I exchanged a couple of items from Anthro yesterday for the Speckled Ink Dress. 

Cat understands that I just can't return something at Anthro without walking out with another item.  At first I didn't even notice it hanging alongside the back wall, but when I saw this very cute girl grab the gray one (was that you, LC???  Haha...just kidding), I decided to grab the lavender.  I normally don't go for jersey dresses because they show every bulge on me.  And who wants to see that!!!  But when I tried this on in a Medium, I thought the fit was great!!!  There's a zipper in the back of it, but I didn't have to unzip it to get it on.  I was afraid I wouldn't be able to zip it up alone in the room.  A lot of the current reviews on the Anthro site says the fabric is cheap, the length is too short, and the unique bodice is not friendly to those that are well endowed.  Here's what I think:

Fabric - Is a little thin but not too thin.  I was afraid the jersey would show my underwear line and the bulges around my tummy but it didn't.  I believe the cut of the dress helped with that since the skirt laid straight down into an A line. 

Bodice - I'm definitely not well endowed so this was not a problem for me.  I actually thought the top of the dress made me look a little fuller than I am, which I love!!!  Also, I played around with the grecian style straps and had to ask an SA to help me style it.  But in the end I loved it.

Length - I'm 5'5" and this dress fell right at my knee caps so I had no problem with it being too short.  For those that are taller, I can understand the frustration.

I took a picture of me in the dressing room with this on but again, it came out too dark.  So everyone will have to wait until I style it as an OOTD.  :)  I can see myself wearing this dress to my bridal shower or rehearsal dinner.  Definitely a LOVE!

Now onto my OOTD.  I knew today we're going to have steak near where I work so I won't have a chance to go home and change before dinner.  So, I decided to wear something that'll allow me to eat lots.  This pencil skirt is a little loose at the waist so it was perfect.  I bought the blouse a while back with my girl friends, but it had a button missing.  It was on sale, so the SA gave me an extra 15% off!  A couple of nights ago, Chris sewed a new button on, and voila!  Oh and another reason why I luuuurrrveeee Chris, he sews buttons!!!  What do you guys think?  Are the ruffles too much?  I feel like a lion with a huge mane. 

P.S. Girls, don't you love flushing the toilet with a pencil skirt on?  That manuever takes talent doesn't it? :)

Blouse - Anthropologie

Cardigan - J. Crew

Skirt - Macy's

Shoes - Steve Madden (Nordstrom)

Have a great Friday everyone!