Retail Therapy
Jeff and I are going to San Francisco next month for the Rhone Rangers tasting event. Jeff has to work it and I am just tagging along for fun. We are going to stay a few extra days to enjoy the city. We will be staying at a hotel in Japantown so if anyone has some tips of cool things to see/do in that general vicinity please let me know. One thing for sure I know we are doing is going to the Ferry Building Market. We are going to be doing a lot of walking and I decided to splash-out and get some new clothes. Sometimes I feel like an oddity among women as I don't really buy clothes all of that often, even though I devour fashion magazines. I feel like they are so expensive.....and I keep thinking I am going to make my own..... and then I don't.....so I end up with nothing. It's a vicious cycle. I got a bonus at work recently (yee-haw!) so in addition to paying off some debt, I did a little shopping:
I wanted comfy yet stylish walking shoes, and flats are all rage about these days (which I am sooo happy about) so I got some PF Flyers:
And some fancier flats from Steve Madden:
I found this online first at Old Navy and went to my local branch to see if they had it there and I was a little dismayed at first to find nothing but pastel camisoles and those horrid knee short-slacks looking things (yuck). But luckily this was hiding in the back sale section:
And finally, I got these capris in black from J.Crew. I love the pants at J. Crew because they come in petite and I have always had good luck with their fit.
As you can tell I am channeling my inner Audrey Hepburn. Speaking of which, I went to the Gap as well to try on their "Audrey Hepburn Cropped Pant" but they didn't have any in petite, and they were alarmingly low-rise. I also tried on these jeans, but they again, were too long, too low-rise, and the pockets were weird. Oh well!
P.S. I also got some long sleeve tees from J Crew in blue, chocolate and green. (Gasp! Yes Mom! Something other than black!)
I wanted comfy yet stylish walking shoes, and flats are all rage about these days (which I am sooo happy about) so I got some PF Flyers:
And some fancier flats from Steve Madden:
I found this online first at Old Navy and went to my local branch to see if they had it there and I was a little dismayed at first to find nothing but pastel camisoles and those horrid knee short-slacks looking things (yuck). But luckily this was hiding in the back sale section:
And finally, I got these capris in black from J.Crew. I love the pants at J. Crew because they come in petite and I have always had good luck with their fit.
As you can tell I am channeling my inner Audrey Hepburn. Speaking of which, I went to the Gap as well to try on their "Audrey Hepburn Cropped Pant" but they didn't have any in petite, and they were alarmingly low-rise. I also tried on these jeans, but they again, were too long, too low-rise, and the pockets were weird. Oh well!
P.S. I also got some long sleeve tees from J Crew in blue, chocolate and green. (Gasp! Yes Mom! Something other than black!)
3 Comments:
I have the same vicious cycle!
Call Zach! You guys should totally meet up with him when you're in SF!
And I think Audrey Hepburn is the perfect style model for you - minus the eyebrows, of course. I can just see you strolling around SF in your black capris and flats.
Yay!
hi erica,
i love your blog. you absolutely have to go to ichiban kan in japantown, which is an incredible japanese 1 dollar store with some of the most lovely little finds ever.
and over on bush and fillmore is boulangerie bay breads, which has, in my opinion, the best croissants in the city. there's also a paper source on fillmore not far from there.
if you make your way to the mission, have a bite to eat at tartine (18th and guerrero) and then walk down the block to the birite creamery for some salted caramel ice cream. yum!
all i do is eat and think about food (literally), so feel free to ask me anything about eating in the bay area.
--samin
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