i love a great rtw outfit. and i found some at target to help build my "teaching" wardrobe. this brown and white polka dotted shirt dress fit nicely. i unleashed it last friday and as i was getting ready to go give my lecture, i found myself with a bunch of dry erase markers with nowhere to store them. i started fumbling with the side seams hoping a pocket will come out of nowhere. and what do you know??? it did! the dress had pockets which were sewn shut but were easy to open up w/o a pair of scissors. you'd have thought i found gold! so i stuffed my markers, keys and my flashdrive into both pockets and ran off to class!

ps: i was reminded of the a dress a day blog whose author is totally in love with dresses which have pockets. i'm seeing why now.

so, i went shopping back in april (for a friend's dinner party) and found this cute dress at target that was a couple sizes too small. of course that was the last of that dress they had. bummer. love, love the ruffles on the neck. i think it's something i could knock-off. i'd use a wide black or cream satin sash instead of the skinny cream grosgrain ribbon.

then i followed my husband to express to buy some things. always on the hunt for bargains & discounts, i tried on a pair of shorts just to get some money off (was it $10?) any purchase we made. this, i thought, was a good marketing strategy as we not-so-skinny-skinny ladies would rather die than be caught in a pair of shorts. so i tried them on (not particular about color because hey! i'm not buying) and guess what? they weren't THAT bad. aside from the pleats, i didn't think they were bad at all and actually did consider going back to express to buy one without pleats in black or white. lesson: if you're in doubt, just try it on (in your size, of course =)

and yes... i do carry my camera everywhere!