Magic 8

So, I was at this store on Church St in Burlington called Ecco, where they have designer jeans and clothes.  I tried on a Max and Cleo dress that I fell in love with; it looked really good on me.  It is a gray bodycon dress with beaded straps that form a deep V in front.  I really wanted a bodycon dress, and this one was only $178 which is about as cheap as that store gets, but I still couldn’t justify spending that much money on a dress I had no occasion to wear.  I tried to find it on ebay to see if I could get it cheaper, but I couldn’t find it anywhere on the entire internet.

So, to console myself, tonight I went into TJ Maxx to have a look around, and I found this dress on the clearance rack.  I wanted to get it with those black strappy ankle-booties that are really trendy right now; they had some Steve Madden Girl ones for $35, but I already had shoes that would work with it and I didn’t want to turn a $10 outfit into a $45 one.  It is also bodycon and a really good neckline for me, so now at least I have a bodycon dress in my wardrobe.

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So, first things first.  I was worried about wearing tights under my dress for New Years, bc my dress clung to them and it gave me a bulge below the waistline.  In the end, I just sucked it up bc I had tall boots and it wasn’t too far below freezing.  I had tights with me just in case, but didn’t need them.  I was outside a lot, but walking (and tipsy) so I didn’t feel too cold.  Here are my favorite pics:

So, onto even more fun stuff–I got new boots in Zurich!! I wanted the Serena van der Woodsen boots from season 1 of Gossip Girl, which turned out to be Chinese Laundry from DSW, and I found these for under $100 which are pretty close, but brown instead of gray.  Still love them!   I wore them out with jeans in Zurich.  It’ll take some balls to wear them in VT, but regardless of how they look, I feel like a million bucks when I put them on so I’m sure I’ll find an occasion to wear them.  Maybe not with this particular dress.  I need a new denim mini; mine are all too big.  I also seemed to have gained almost 5lbs while on vacation, which doesn’t seem possible bco all the skiing I was doing and I wasn’t binging, and also swimming laps in the hotel pool and keeping up with strength training.  I also don’t feel like I look like I’ve gained weight, so I’m not too worried.  Probably just water/salt/travel/new routine/bit of real weight gain.