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giggle fits & fashion by (me!) sandra mickanen, topps, writeousmom

 CH =  before i had my 2nd pair of the same jean converted into a skirt..    how fun it was..  1) to laugh so hard in the company of my sister & daughter, that i peed my pants; for real..

and neither my sister or daughter knew..  i had a back up pair of the exact same jean, 

so, the same look, the same expression a young person might demonstrate when they watch, for the first time, a magician pull a rabbit from a hat; or cut a woman in half, and then reveal her whole again..

that was the look i saw on their faces..  my sister and daughter;

when i left the room, having visibly wet my pants from laughing so hard..

but then returned to the room, quickly..  and had a brand new, dry, pair of the exact same pants on.

   -great thing to have locked in my memory..    and i don't remember our conversation.. what it was specifically that got me to laughing uncontrollably  /but now we know, the uncontrollably, refers to my bladder..   write.

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anyway..   that's how i've been shopping for years:  when i do find something i like, that fits well, on my body, and for the occasion..   i like to get it in a few different colors.  -in this case, with the jeans, i just like them so well, i bought 2 of the exact same..    

when i started to see jean skirts coming back in fashion..  so instantaneously, i knew i wanted to ask lesa if she could convert  -one- of my jeans into a skirt..

and i am so utterly, completely, delighted with the result!   wear them both very often..  the jeans, and the skirt..

it is my experience almost every time i go shopping..  trying things on..   love the fabric; but not the way the design looks on me..     love the design, find it flattering; don't care for the fabric..

love the fabric, but...  if i could just.. tweak this, add that..

it's only pretty recently that i've come to know lesa, and learned all she can do..     and at a reasonable price.

and price is another huge factor for me.

i.e., i had cause to be at santana row yesterday, passed a vest in a window that caught my attention..  i walked past it, then doubled back to the store to, i don't know..  try it on..

but before i tried it on; i inquired about the price

this particular, darling vest, at a boutique on santana row...     over ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!

now,  i knew i didn't even want to try it on.  period.   -art of immediate detachment..

another reason i love the magic of macys!   i might not find the identical vest..  but i can find a darling, fashionable vest..   and it's gonna be $60.   Sixty dollars..

Macy's is also in my financial lane, so to speak..

and the other thing I LOVE about MACYS..     -in many of these high end boutiques..   they are rather, age-specific, 

one boutique might have wonderful items for 40-something year olds.. but a different boutique for baby clothes, and a different boutique, if you are shopping for a teenager..   different for males & females, sometimes too..    and different for product;  this boutique for shoes; this boutique for sunglasses..

but MACYS!  i can enter the one store, at valley fair, for example, and shop for my grandson, niece, daughter, sister, mom, aunt..   dad, brother, son, uncle,   etc.     i can shop for socks, shoes, jewelry, dresses, lamps, candles..  sunglasses

no, wait..   they do separate women, and then a different location at same mall, for mens & home.

anyway, point being:  they are my genuine and true, one-stop-shop.   casual occasion, fancy/formal occasion..  active wear..    the variety and spectrum and price points are impressive!

      i do have one...  like, one macy thing that doesnt sit write with me, you know what i mean? and it is this:   TOYS R US,  -the real, authentic, TOYS R US stores from when i, and my children, were still children..  they were MASSIVE, MAGICAL, AWESOME, AMAZING! Imagine a Costco, but all toys!  and i was saddened when they shut down..  i didn't cry over it, but i was sad..  sentimental..  grateful they existed when they did, and glad that i, and my children, had that experience..    

 but then, fast-forward, how much time, not sure, but:  Macy's brought TOYS R US back..!

that's what the articles said..   with pictures of geoffrey the giraffe..    and i was so grateful to Macy's really..

until i saw...    inside an actual macy's store..   a pathetic few square feet dedicated to childrens toys on eye-level shelves, but with a bench in the area that had geoffrey the giraffe on it, for kids to take pictures with..

and i did see, when i was standing in line at the register..  i looked over and saw, what i'm guessing was a 4 year old, sitting on the bench next to geoffrey, having his picture taken..   smiling..

but inside my heart, mind, i was like..    what a joke.  -that's not the real geoffrey.. and this is NOTHING LIKE TOYS R US..     they're lying to you kid...

and i could go on, but you get the point..    i keep looking for an analogy..  and i think, 

yes, if you compare a little train ride offered at a park, to Disneyland..

that's a fair capture of the difference between toys-r'nt-us at macys, and TOYS R US, the original,  stand alone toy store

Macy's should call their toy section by an entirely different name.

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where was i?  oh, yes..   so, Magic of Macy's..    love their selection..   appreciate their prices..

and now that i also have a friend, lesa, that i can share my alteration and embellishment visions with, who can make them come true..

shopping is even more fun!

which is exactly what i'm about to do today, with my mom and daughter..

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hallelujah! selah! & amen!

#macys #fashion  

posted by SANDRA MICKANEN @ 9:56 AM