Old Lady Style

Today I went shopping with one goal in mind: to find something very nice, professional, and business like to wear to teaching interviews. I have a lot of dress clothes, but I wanted something really nice so that I would make a great first impression.

During my shopping trip, I learned that apparently I dress like a 60-80 year old, or Laura Bush according to my friend Emily.

I tried on a lot of business suits at Belks and I really liked this one (except it was in a light blue color):


I liked it because I thought it was professional, and I could wear the blazer with different colored pants/skirts and it was on sale from $200 to $40-ish. Well, I could not make my mind up, so I decided to picture message my friends. One loved it, and one said it looked like Laura Bush. I decided to have it held and think about it....when the sales lady found out I was holding it for myself she said, "This is for you?! No this is for a grandma! You do not need to buy something like this." And she would not hold it for me! It was actually really funny, and we were all laughing about it.

I decided to go look for something at TJ Maxx because I had saw a skirt/blazer set there recently and I hoped it might still be there. It was, so I tried it on. It was beige with a little bit of shimmer and some ruffle around the jacket part, and it did not have a collar. I walked out of the dressing room and a woman outside said "Super cute suit! But it's way too old for you! It makes you look thirty years older!" I guess I'll be ready to go shopping by myself when I'm 60.

I ended up going to New York and Company and buying a skirt, a pair of shorts, a few shirts, and a necklace because I had a coupon there. I never realized how particular they actually are. My coupon only printed the bar codes which I thought would be fine, but I ended up having to go charge my iPod in my car, go back into the mall, connect to WiFi, download the coupon, and bring it back to New York and Company. I was so annoyed that I probably won't be shopping for a while, even though I got really great deals. Here is what I got: