Experiences

OMG I had such a great day this past Wednesday, perhaps one of my best days as a girl! Sorry for the long post and hope you can take the time to read it. I chronicle outings like this so I can remember them and like sharing them with my friends here!
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I was up early and a spur of the moment decision to get dressed up and go out shopping hit me like a freight train (BTW I love when that feeling happens). I knew the stores opened an extra hour earlier at 9AM rather than the usual 10AM so I hurried up and cleaned up, did my makeup, got dresses, and did my nail all in record time! I was planning to get there as soon as it opened because even though I do out shopping dressed a lot I tend to shy away from the really busy shopping times when it is really crowded. I wanted to go to Nordstrom (had a small coupon!) and you can park upstairs in the garage and enter on their second level which is exclusively all women's and girl's departments. So setting this scenario I will tell you that I didn't get back home until 7PM and had a blast of a day unexpectedly! Details are as follows.;
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1st pic- I wanted to wear this new outfit out but know the cute skater skirt is really short and I thought the whole ensemble is kind of over the top girlie girl but figured I was only going to be out for not more than an hour so I wore it. I have had the killer blue 5" heels for a bit longer but had only wore them out to a night spot twice, not for shopping as it makes me pretty tall. (9:05 AM)

2nd & 3rd pic- First stop was their new TOPSHOP department which features trendy junior fashions, I think it's only been there about 3 months. I tried on many outfits and dresses and was helped by a lovely young sales girl who is actually an aspiring photography which I found out when I asked her if she would mind taking a few photos of me. We exchanged contact info after asking if she would be interested in doing a photo shoot for me out on location somewhere someday. I didn't get either of these 2 outfits but did buy a cool multi colored mini skirt!! (9:05-10:45 AM)

4th pic- The next department was Better Dresses and a sales girl I had met before, Cindy, was working and we said hello and wished happy holidays. Cindy is always dressed to perfection and this day was no exception, so I complimented on her look and told she always looks fantastic which she really appreciated! I tried on this gorgeous long blue dress and the same one in maroon. First I tried the one in maroon in a size 14 and Cindy said it looked a bit big and went to get another size but came back with the blue in a size 12 ( yes, very happy here!!) as their were none in the maroon. As soon as I came out in this dress she was raving about how good I looked in it! Cindy has been working there as long as I have been shopping there and has seen my figure improvements over time and always compliments me on my work in that department! I decided to hold off in getting this even though the sale price was pretty good. I tried on 2 more dresses there and then moved on. (10:45- 11:30 AM)

5th pic- This was in the regular dress department which had some really pretty holiday dresses on display. I tried on 2 dresses here including this one pictured, a pewter color cocktail/ party dress with a poufy crinkle skirt. I decided that it looked better on the hanger (but it was another size 12!! Yay!).This dress department was recently renovated and had an outstanding and very feminine dressing room are that you will see in some future postings. (11:30- 11:55AM)

6th & 7th pics- I left Nordstrom feeling great and walked back to my car in the delicious crystal clear sunshine with my new skirt in a holiday shopping bag and smiled to everyone I passed getting warm smiles in return! I decided to drive over to the Bloomingdale's entrance and look around. Very expensive in here but I love looking!! As soon as I go in I see another sales girl friend, Marissa, dressed in a black skirt, tights, and boots with a pretty green peplum jacket, a big furry hat and collar wrap! Quite an unusually sight at any time of year here in the tropics!! She saw me and laughed out loud when I said "What on earth are you dressed for?" Another sale associate was with her ready to take pictures of Marissa and they explained their corporate offices were encouraging them to dress up a sales associate in their best winter holiday fashions and send it in for some kind of prizes, so they thought it would be a funny pic from their warm weather sales team! I asked Marissa if I could take a pic of her, which I did, and then got one with us together that I already posted 2 pics ago. She looked amazing! I walked around about half of the sales woman's wear sales floor feeling almost giddy by now and ended up back in Marissa's department ( BCGC ) and tried on a dress and 2 skirts. I didn't get the leather skirt in pic #6 but I did get the skirt in pic #7. It's kind of a hounds tooth print of red and black with 2 large pleats on each side and a black leather accent waistband. I very proud you tell you it was a size 10 as with most of us we go down a size in bottoms from our dress sizes ( thrilled!!)! Best thing is that the skirt I chose was on sale already and the store was giving an extra 15% off so I think I got a good deal at $3o for a pretty skirt especially in Bloomies!! I paid for it and said good bye to Marissa and left Bloomingdales. (12:15- 1 PM)

NO PICS - By now I was figuring I have been out so long today that I might as well make it all day thing so I parked by one of the mall entrances and walked one wing of the mall and stopped in the Steve Madden shoe store ( I wish my feet were smaller!). They always have gorgeous shoes. I visited the Marciano dress store and although the 3 sales girls I know from there didn't happen to be working, I talked with one as I was looking at the new dress arrivals. I told her who I knew that worked there and showed her pics of the 3 different Marciano dresses I have gotten already. She was impressed about how good I looked in them! I asked if there was a place I could leave a hello note to the girls I missed and she came back with some paper and pen but also brought a holiday card that was being signed by sales associates and some better customers and asked if I wanted to sign it and they were going to put it on the wall from Christmas to New Years. I thought that was very sweet and signed it "Thanks for all your help and fun shopping - Lisa"! I walked back into the mall and like my last visit, it had gotten pretty crowded but I didn't rush and wasn't aware of any weird looks so I window shopped back towards where I came in. (1:10 - 2:15 PM)

8th & 9th pics- After returning from the mall to my car being rather ecstatic over the shopping experiences, I decided to drive over to one of the nicer restaurants adjacent to the mall that also has a excellent bar area. I figured the lunch crowd had dwindled down and I would go in for a cocktail even though it was officially too early for happy hour that starts 4PM!! I went in an there was only 1 other person at the bar just finishing up a solo lunch and perhaps 3 or 4 booths in this area that were occupied by people. A booth near and facing me were 2 attractive women that had finished lunch but were having a drink and laughing and having a good time. I know that they were talking about shopping and makeup and were taking pics of each other and selfies holding something up to their faces that I thought were eye shadow color swatches or something. When they were getting ready to leave one of the women walked over to me and said hello and introduced herself. She said that I shouldn't think they were crazy but they were in Macy's and bought a new mascara and were just laughing over it because of the name of the mascara. I looked at her lashes and asked if she was wearing it and she said yes and they sure did look good. Then as she was giggling uncontrollably she shows me the mascara package and it's name was "Better Than Sex"! I laughed with her and asked her was the name right? She said better than some she has had!!! It was a good laugh and I told her a bit about myself and she did likewise. I was honest with her and whispered that she better be more careful with her leg positioning in a dress under a booth as she was giving me quite an up skirt view! She laughed again and said she doesn't wear dresses too much and is a bit of a jock and agreed she needs to handle wearing a dress a bit better. She called over her tennis partner she was eating with and told her what I said which made the other woman bust out laughing! Obviously they had more than just one drink but told me they do a lunch every year and the one who has lost the most matches together throughout the year has to pay the bill. We chatted for a few moments and I told them I went shopping since the mall opened and needed a rest. They asked where I was and I told them and that I got 2 new awesome skirts and they told me what they bought. We wished each happiness and they went to their merry way! By this time 2 other people sat down at the bar. One woman and then a young business man. I was occasionally chatting with the female bartender that I had met there before and they woman that sat down even though she was a few seats away from me. Then 2 other women came in at sat at the opposite end of the bar and a group of 4 women came in and sat on the other side of me. The young business guy was stealing glances at the woman at the bar I was occasionally chatting with and it didn't go unnoticed by her because she was turning my way and making funny faces showing she was interested or amused by him. After he finished his beer he was either feeling out numbered by women of was just plain stupid and got up and left! I picked up my stuff and moved over to the woman I was talking to and she said yes please sit with me. It's just a girl thing that you feel when the time is right! We chatted and got to know each other. She is married and originally from Colombia but living here now. She wanted to buy me another Cosmopolitan (yum!) and I agreed but said I better order some food as I hadn't had a thing to eat all day. We looked over the menu and decided to split a grilled artichoke appetizer and a kobe beef sliders plate. While waiting I walked over to the 4 women that had come in because one of them had a big black suitcase full of jewelry she makes. I looked at the jewelry and they were very nice. She said that Macy's will be letting her do a 2 day trunk sale in their store after the holidays are over. They do that to highlight local designers and she gets an invite to show her stuff to their corporate buyer. I wished her luck and she gave me her card and said look on her website as to when she will be in Macy's and come visit her there. I went back and munched out with my new friend who was very entertaining and the place was starting to fill up with people pretty good. Megen, the bartender came over and told us we get a free drink because the last one was bought after 4PM during happy hour. We ordered and I told my new friend I had to use the ladies room before I exploded and she said she has to also so off we went. Now this has happened to me a few times before and not surprising because its another of those things women do together. I love it as it is a really feminine feeling being thought of as one of them! Inside she had me cracking up and almost falling over in my cubicle telling me to hurry up!! I told her it takes me a bit longer to get all square but she kept on giving me royal ribbing and teasing and then busted my chops as I took longer than her in the mirror primping! Loved that! We went back to the bar and had our new drinks awaiting us and talked with some other people and before I knew it, it was 6:30PM and we both said it was time to go. One guy who had just come in sitting on other side of her attempted to buy us both new drinks but we declined saying we had been there too long already! I walked out with her and exchanged numbers and hugged and got in our cars. I was on cloud 9 driving home as you can imagine! ( 2:25- 7 PM)
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In summery it was one of the greatest girl days I had ever had just because of the length of it, the unique things that happened, and that it wasn't planed, I just went with the flow! My apprehension in such a flirty outfit paid dividends for me as I did ask some of the girls I knew if it was too short and none them said it was too short and just perfect for me! Marissa even said " I would expect nothing else from Lisa !" and one new sales girl I met in Nordstrom confided to me she thought I was someone famous when she saw me far away across the store and that I had legs that most women would love to have and that I should continued to wear short skirts and show them off!

I got home and put my 2 new skirts away, undressed, took my make up off, and took a warm bubble bath reflecting on the fun of the day. Then I slipped on some lovely silky lingerie and sat down to catch up on work emails and things to do that I neglected in lieu of having a fun filled girls day out! Needless to say I slept like a baby that night feeling totally feminine and extremely happy! I wish for fun days for all of you, whatever you like to do!!