On Saturday afternoon I was in such a snit that Jay ordered me to go do something fun.
But everything sounded like so much WORK so all I could manage was to flop down on the couch and watch back-to-back episodes of What Not to Wear while eating Viactiv Caramel-flavored calcium chews because they’re the closest thing to candy that we have in this house.
By the end of this TLC fashion makeover extravaganza, I started feeling as if Stacy and Clinton were talking directly to ME.
“You need jackets with STRUCTURE!”
“Colors! It’s all about choosing the right colors!”
“You’re worth it! You deserve nice clothes!”
“Look for A-line skirts that float away from the problem areas.”
“Emphasize the narrowest part of the waist!”
In my hallucinations, I am positive that Clinton even said,
“We have a $5,000 Bank of America gift card with YOUR NAME ON IT!”
That must be what happened. Because somehow I ended up at Target spending money hand-over-fist. Only when I got to the checkout counter, there was no prepaid Bank of America card. DRAT!
I came home with 7 shopping bags filled with STRUCTURED pieces, a passel of A-line skirts and OH MY STARS, THE COLORS!
(Stacy and Clinton would be proud… I just KNOW it.)
Jay, on the other hand, was less than delighted. He took one look at the piles of clothing and asked, “did we come into money that I don’t know about?”
I rolled my eyes to show him that his comment was COMPLETELY inappropriate. After all, what price can you put on my happiness?
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March 26, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Good for you! Every mama deserve a new wardrobe once in a while.
March 26, 2008 at 1:35 pm
that’s what I do… sometimes…. it’s not like it’s my fault anyways! When do I ever get to get anything for me? Never, that’s when. So, if I’m going to go shopping, for me, I’m going to Go.Shopping. dammit.
March 26, 2008 at 1:47 pm
At least you didn’t have to hide the bags in your closet . . . I’m just sayin’!
I bet you’ll look great! Did you go to the Target with the escalators? I soooooo need to go there! :)
March 26, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Shopping is my therapy. I remind my hubby all the time that it’s so much cheaper than real therapy and I look *smashing* too.
March 26, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I am a bag hider. I would have hid that stuff in my car or in my closet until no one was looking…my husband doesn’t notice if I am wearing new clothes, he just notices if I bring too much stuff in the house after being gone for a long time, LOL.
I could definitely use a wardrobe revamp, so I am pretty jealous of you right now!
March 26, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Good for you! That’s the right way to get out of a slump. Besides, just imagine how sad he’d be if you actually jetted off to New York for that little shopping spree for a few days. He got off easy. You can tell him I said so.
March 26, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Jay, stop being a shopping pooper.
Pictures Jenny??
March 26, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Oh Gad. I am always worried daughter has signed me up for that show and I’m being videotaped at this very moment in my sweatshirts and baggy jeans, whilst Clinton and Stacey are making derrogatory remarks about my back end.
March 26, 2008 at 4:02 pm
He SAID for you to do something fun!
I could not throw away all my old clothes. I just could not!!! I find myself yelling at the screen..”no…not her Mickey Mouse T Shirts!!!”
March 26, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Some days there’s nothing like retail therapy.
March 26, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Amen. I agree wholeheartedly with “WE Are That Family.”
March 26, 2008 at 6:34 pm
I love a wardrobe makeover!! I think the last I did that I was wearing parchute pants… Maybe it is time Stacey and Clinton visit me..
Congrats on your new clothes!!
March 26, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Amen. Sounds like a day well done. I need one of those.
March 26, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Say YEAH! for a spring wardrobe! Good for you!
March 26, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I second the request for pictures!
I must SEE the structure, the A-lines, the colors for myself!
Deb
sandiegomomma.com
March 27, 2008 at 6:34 am
How I love Stacey and Clinton. Love them. And you totally deserve a splurge every now and then!!!
March 27, 2008 at 7:13 am
Target does that to me every time. I don’t “hide” my bags… I just carry everything immediately to my closet and hang it up. Then covertly remove the tags and stash them under something in the kitchen garbage. Just to spare my hubs any undue stress, you see.
March 27, 2008 at 7:57 am
You go girl! Now try it all on and take pictures and post them so we can all see how awesome you look!
March 27, 2008 at 9:13 am
All I can say is, how dare they reneg on your Bank of America gift card. HOWDARETHEY!
Jane, Pinks & Blues
March 27, 2008 at 10:22 am
i need photos!
March 27, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Let’s see, excuses…pulling out the handy excuses/comebacks…
* I’m happy now dagnabbit. You can’t put a price tag on that.
* It was this or the gun show/tatoo parlor/Britney Spears shaved head makeover (choose the scariest – or all of ‘em.)
* I was under the influence of chocolate and calcium, and EVERYONE knows about that combo.
* It was Target, fer cryin’ out loud.
* Don’t make me get hormonal on you.
Feel free to pick one or add your own personal favorite.
I hope you enjoy your clothing loot. :)
March 27, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Oh yeah, and I do the same thing Tamra does. I hide the new stuff in with the old stuff and make it look like they’ve always been there.
March 27, 2008 at 4:50 pm
AAGHGHG, Stacy and Clinton do that to you too? Every frickin’ time I watch that show I decide I need new clothes, badly.
On the shopping spree though, how bad could it have been? It was Target after all, not Saks. Tell the hubs he got lucky with that one.
March 27, 2008 at 5:19 pm
That’s right girl, go shopping!
I stay away from those shows, my wardrobe is as drab as they come. I literally have all solid colored shirts and jeans and khakis, that’s it. Very, very sad.
March 27, 2008 at 7:21 pm
i’m a nitwit…shit…hey that rhymed