tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27335367987186785252024-03-19T05:23:28.660-05:00Life's LessonsThings I've learned the first almost 23 years of my life.Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-85943065715022222002011-02-08T16:24:00.001-06:002011-02-08T16:25:36.222-06:00Creeper at Wal-mart<span style="color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Why is it that whenever I go to Wal-mart or grocery shopping around here, I either get hit on by a creepy old guy or I happen to find someone who wants to tell me their entire life story? Today when I went, I managed to find someone who was able to do both these things...</span> <br />
<span style="color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So I was standing there, minding my own business, smelling hand soaps to decide which one I wanted (For those of you that don't know, I am a very indecisive person. This man managed to make my decision go a lot faster.) and this man comes along and says, "Smells good, doesn't it?" Ok, creepy. But being the nice person I am I respond, "Yeah, it does." Then he said something like, "Oh, you <em>are</em> blonde." What that had to do with anything, I don't know, but he then went on about how he always had problems dating women, that they were usually too old, and how he hasn't found the right one yet. He then told me something like how he couldn't date me because I'm young and he just turned 50 and if he doesn't meet someone by the time he's 60 in like 2025 in 11 years (don't ask me how that adds up, those are the numbers he said) then he'll probably just give up. Then he decided to tell me (while looking at the soaps) that his hands are so chapped right now, probably because of the weather. It was about at that time that I decided I really needed to get away, so I smiled and slowly walked away. Luckily, he didn't follow...</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Why do I always meet people like that? Maybe I just look like a nice person and they need someone to talk to. I guess I need to figure out how to look mean so I can get my groceries in peace and go home.</span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-35421665825972850172011-01-13T20:47:00.000-06:002011-01-13T20:47:32.231-06:00Bruno Mars - Marry You (HQ+FULL)<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zmmwFHW9IjU?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-80842297511275875452011-01-07T11:22:00.000-06:002011-01-07T11:22:08.079-06:00<div><div style="position:relative;width:400px;height:400px;"><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/love_actually/set?.embedder=1751512&.mid=embed&id=26821525"><img width="400" alt="Love Actually" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFktKbFU0SUFhNEJHdjF2ODAxa1N3cWcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Love Actually" height="400" border="0" force="1" /></a></div><br/><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/love_actually/set?.embedder=1751512&.mid=embed&id=26821525">Love Actually</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.embedder=1751512&.mid=embed&id=1751512">bwierz23</a> featuring <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/steve_madden_pumps/shop?brand=Steve+Madden&category_id=43">steve madden pumps</a></small></div><div style="padding-top:16px;font-size:0.75em"><p style="clear:both;margin:0em;padding:0px"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=1751512&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=27329785"><img width="50" hspace="4" align="left" src="http://cf2.polyvoreimg.com/thing.27329785.s.jpg" style="border:1px solid #cccccc;margin:0 8px 8px 0;padding:2px;background-color:#ffffff;" height="50" force="1" /></a><div style="margin-bottom:8px"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/thing.outbound?.embedder=1751512&.mid=embed-imagelist&id=27329785">All | Designer Clothing | NET-A-PORTER.COM</a><br/>2,125 GBP - 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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9; color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Marie Claire magazine published an article online of gifts that they don't want. Here are some of my favorites:</strong></span><br />
<div><a href="http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/trends/articles/bad-holiday-gifts"><span style="background-color: #a2c4c9; color: #351c75; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>41 Gifts We Don't Want</strong></span></a></div><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="background-color: #a2c4c9; color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span> <span style="background-color: #a2c4c9; color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong></strong></span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-77774779629875208932010-11-23T20:10:00.000-06:002010-11-23T20:10:40.885-06:00Leggings ≠ Pants<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been wanting to post this for a while and just haven't gotten around to it, so here it is.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leggings are not a substitute for pants. They should be considered a substitute for tights. In other words, cover your butt when wearing leggings.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've seen so many people the past few months wearing leggings with a regular shirt that doesn't even go past their hips. I'm sorry but a majority of people are not in the best shape to be wearing something that tight without something else over it. It is so unflattering! Yes, leggings may make your legs look nice, however did you ever turn around and look at your butt in them? How about walking and looking back in the mirror to see what it looks like? Most of the time, it is not pretty. Leggings are thin and do not hold things in place like most pants do. Instead, you get a jiggly mess where you can see every movement and everly last bump and all the cellulite... ugh. Here's a few examples:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="1148" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-11821" height="200" src="http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/1148.jpg" title="1148" width="320" /><img alt="1213" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-12326" height="200" src="http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1213.jpg" title="1213" width="320" /><img alt="1365" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13930" height="250" src="http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/1365.jpg" title="1365" width="400" /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, they are extreme examples from </span><a href="http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.peopleofwalmart.com</span></a><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and they are leggings in terrible colors, however I think they get my point across. And really no matter what your size, cover your tush when wearing leggings. It's the decent thing to do. Leggings can be really cute when worn in the right way, like with a tunic shirt or long sweater. Just please, for the sake of people walking behind you, cover up!</span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-6143375657471213072010-11-23T18:44:00.000-06:002010-11-23T18:44:56.110-06:00My Favorite Christmas Song MedleyIn honor of Christmas being just over a month away, here is one of my favorite Christmas song medleys. Enjoy! :o)<br /><br />12 Days of Christmas- Straight No Chaser<br /><br /><iframe height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2Fe11OlMiz8?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="425"></iframe>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-16329678509449766112010-10-30T15:32:00.000-05:002010-10-30T15:32:58.095-05:00More from ModCloth<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Sweets Shoppe Dress" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static2.modcloth.com/productshots/0045/4624/15105-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Sweets Shoppe Dress" width="224" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutest sailor-like dress ever!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Sweet Temptation Dress" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static1.modcloth.com/productshots/0042/8775/14166-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Sweet Temptation Dress" width="224" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really want this dress! It has everything I love: polka dots, bows, flattering shape...</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Soda Pop Dress" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static3.modcloth.com/productshots/0039/0910/12777-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Soda Pop Dress" width="224" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another very cute dress</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Rich Red Velvet Cake Coat" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static2.modcloth.com/productshots/0054/6395/18215-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Rich Red Velvet Cake Coat" width="224" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love the buttons on this coat</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Snowy Snack Scarf in Stay Toasty" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static1.modcloth.com/productshots/0046/6276/15519-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Snowy Snack Scarf in Stay Toasty" width="224" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is so cute. A toast scarf.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Serve Chilled Wrist Warmers in Smart Cookie" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static1.modcloth.com/productshots/0046/6258/15518-2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Serve Chilled Wrist Warmers in Smart Cookie" width="224" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And cookie mittens!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Going to Seed Mini Trash Can" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static3.modcloth.com/productshots/0036/6750/11881-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Going to Seed Mini Trash Can" width="224" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If only I had the right kind of house for this strawberry garbage can...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-78951101167634262412010-10-27T16:26:00.000-05:002010-10-27T16:26:29.351-05:00ModCloth<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE Modcloth.com. They have such cute clothes and decorations at reasonable prices. Here's some of my favorite finds from today.</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Too Much Fun Dress" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static2.modcloth.com/productshots/0044/7801/14879-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Too Much Fun Dress" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Absolutely love this dress!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="My Favorite Spot Dress" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static0.modcloth.com/productshots/0044/9109/14905-1.jpg?1279634504" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="My Favorite Spot Dress" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another cute polka dot dress. I love polka dots. :)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Gift of Gab Top" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static0.modcloth.com/productshots/0053/9723/17044-1.jpg?1287586768" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Gift of Gab Top" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love the bow on this cardigan.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Puddle Pleasures Skirt" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static3.modcloth.com/productshots/0053/3356/21524-1.jpg?1287595604" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Puddle Pleasures Skirt" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cute skirt. I might need to try and make something like this...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Forest Assured Jacket" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static0.modcloth.com/productshots/0054/2135/19719-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Forest Assured Jacket" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Absolutely adorable coat. I love the flower.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Tenleytown Bag" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static0.modcloth.com/productshots/0051/2698/18780-1.jpg?1288122848" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Tenleytown Bag" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="With Poise and Lace Flat" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static0.modcloth.com/productshots/0049/5022/17404-1.jpg?1287416893" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="With Poise and Lace Flat" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can definitely see myself wearing these shoes...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Museum Hopping Boot" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static1.modcloth.com/productshots/0049/4098/17437-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Museum Hopping Boot" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And these boots.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Scoops of Flower Measuring Spoons" height="320" id="big_image" src="http://static1.modcloth.com/productshots/0038/4873/12506-5.jpg?1286145077" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Scoops of Flower Measuring Spoons" width="224" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this! Flower shaped measuring spoons in a flower pot! So cute.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-68458806312243323712010-10-23T00:10:00.000-05:002010-10-23T00:10:20.200-05:00Full Moon<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ugh... what a night. It really is strange how you can tell when there's a full moon just by the customers that you get. It's true! Full moons do bring out the weird ones.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight I really didn't have a lot of overly weird people at work, but my night was just a little bit tougher than normal. I just hate people some days. They're messy, disrespectful, lazy, and careless. It happened more than once tonight where I had the entire fitting room rack finally cleaned off and I was just waiting for the last fitting room to open up. Then when it finally did, I find a FULL fitting room with maybe one or two items hung and the rest on the floor. Seriously, how lazy can you be? I even heard a friend in one of the fitting rooms saying to the other girl "You're really just going to leave all this in here? You're so lazy." And I thought "Yes, finally someone who understands," and then they just left it all in there anyway. Really people? I feel like everyone needs to work in a direct customer service position to understand what it's like.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later on, we were looking around for a hard tag in suspicion that someone had stolen some pants. I looked under a bench in a fitting room and found a pair of underwear. Unfortunately, it was not a pair of underwear that we sold in the store. Luckily, I did not touch them. I don't want to know what might be lurking in there. Sorry to whoever finds them next. I went on to recover my department and on a folding table I found a pair of pants and a bra that we do not sell in the store. Unfortunatley, I did not know that they were not from our store until I picked them up and looked at the brand. I was very unhappy to find I was touching someone's bra that they had been wearing for who knows how long. They went right into the dumpster, and I went right to the sink to wash my hands. Gross.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another thing I found was damaged merchandise. First, I found a pair of gray leggings with a line of brown marker drawn down each leg. Are you trying to prove a point by doing that? Because I'm not understanding exactly what you're thinking... Then I found that someone must have really needed some plain old generic white buttons. They needed them so bad that they had to rip them off the front of a blouse. And it wasn't even all the buttons. Just 4 or 5. Plain white buttons. Are you really that cheap that you can't just go and buy some at Wal-mart? I'm sure you can get at least 50 plain white buttons just like that for about $1. But instead you had to go and damage a piece of perfectly good merchandise to get a few buttons. I just don't understand.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People are just frustrating.</span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-65682394859490913712010-10-21T17:22:00.000-05:002010-10-21T17:22:17.155-05:00Bombshell Fantasy Bra<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So I was looking through the most recent Victoria's Secret catalog when I came upon the Bombshell Fantasy Bra. It has over 3,000 diamonds, light blue sapphires, and oval-shaped topazes, all hand-set in 18K white gold. All that for a price of $2,000,000!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wp.clicrbs.com.br/n9ve/files/2010/10/GYI0062128185.jpg"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-7129" height="259" src="http://wp.clicrbs.com.br/n9ve/files/2010/10/GYI0062128185.jpg" title="Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images/AFP " width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">First of all, who would pay $2,000,000 for a bra? Second, who would wear a bra full of diamonds? If I got it, I would be afraid to wear it. I wouldn't want to lose a diamond. And I would be afraid of cutting myself on one of those. Plus, when would you wear it? I would wear it maybe once, but never out of the house. After that what do you do with it? I would probably put it on display. I wouldn't want to keep something that expensive in my underwear drawer. Either that, or put it in a lock box somewhere. It's really pretty, but I think I'll wear my diamonds and sapphires on my jewelry where it can be seen instead of on my lingerie.</span></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-45291899105905211402010-10-21T16:54:00.000-05:002010-10-21T16:54:43.950-05:00More Christmas Decorations<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I subscribed to a group of e-mails from Better Homes and Gardens (bhg.com) for easy holdiay decorating ideas. I received the first e-mail and there are so many cute and easy ways to decorate! I want to decorate my whole house! If only Markus would let me buy all the supplies for it... but until then, here are some of my favorites!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Updated Display" border="0" src="http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/2010/05/ss_101416871.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is so cute. I LOVE the green, blue, and silver combo!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How pretty is that? If only I had a really nice table and dining room to put it with.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Button tree" border="0" src="http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/2009/05/ss_101335155.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This would be super easy to make!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Green ball Christmas tree" border="0" src="http://images.meredith.com/bhg/images/2009/08/ss_101233592.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is really cute and again would be really easy to make!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, I LOVE the green, blue, and silver combo. (Green and blue are definitely my favorite colors)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-66230958930025263072010-10-21T11:01:00.000-05:002010-10-21T11:01:37.842-05:00Coats<span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As the cold weather is moving in, I am noticing more and more cute coats. And I want them all! But what does one person do with like 50 coats? Plus who has the money to buy them all since most of them cost around $100 or more. So to honor the coats that I have been seeing and the winter to come, I decided to make a post of coats. And actually all of the coats on this post I saw in the Victoria's Secret catalog I received in the mail yesterday. There were so many cute ones that I decided to make a post of just Victoria's Secret coats. :o) Enjoy!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Who wouldn't want a bright pink coat? So cute!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I love this coat! It's a cute yellow coat in the front, and then you turn around and it says look! I'm not done yet!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="block" height="320" id="vsImage" src="http://media.victoriassecret.com/product/prodpri2/V289565.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="237" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cute military style coat in a wonderful navy blue.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="block" height="320" id="vsImage" src="http://media.victoriassecret.com/product/prodpri2/V305429.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="237" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is definitely my favorite coat. I love red coats to begin with, but this one is adorable!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="block" height="320" id="vsImage" src="http://media.victoriassecret.com/product/prodpri2/V307631.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="237" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Another skirted coat in one of my favorite colors.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img alt="" class="block" height="320" id="vsImage" src="http://media.victoriassecret.com/product/prodpri2/V305427TOP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="237" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And of course I had to put on a plaid coat. Love it!</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-62173218143849331742010-10-21T10:44:00.000-05:002010-10-21T10:44:39.261-05:00Mixed Prints<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would just like to say that there are a lot of unfortunate looking people out there, and it wouldn't be so bad except most of them accentuate it by what they're wearing. Actually most of it is from how they are dressed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday at work, I saw a woman who normally wouldn't be bad looking except that she was wearing black and white army print skinny jeans with a sparkly black and white leopard print top...</span><br />
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<a href="javascript:pageTracker._link('http://www.nexternal.com/armynavy/Product7582');" title="Ladies Urban Camo Pants"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img align="right" alt="Ladies Urban Camo Pants" border="0" class="product_img" height="200" hspace="10" name="Ladies Urban Camo Pants" src="http://www.nexternal.com/armynavy/images/city-camo-strch-flare-pants.gif" width="141" /></span></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/AZI-Jeans-Forwear-Fashion-Herringbone/dp/images/B001N11LG2/ref=dp_image_x_0?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&img=0&color_name=x" onclick="return amz_js_PopWin(this.href,'AmazonHelp','width=700,height=600,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=0,status=1');" target="AmazonHelp"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="AZI Jeans - Forwear New York Fashion Apparel Scoop Neck, Herringbone Leopard Print, Long Sleeve Woman's Tunic Top" border="0" height="200" onload="if (typeof uet == 'function') { uet('af'); }" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51UC65BA0QL._AA300_.jpg" width="200" /></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine something like those mixed together in one outfit...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are people thinking? Mixing prints is a hard thing to accomplish, and that is definitely not working out. If you really want to mix prints, Stacy and Clinton from What Not To Wear will tell you to make one print big and the other one miniscule. For example:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B003ZK2262/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=1036592&s=apparel" onclick="return amz_js_PopWin(this.href,'AmazonHelp','width=700,height=600,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=0,status=1');" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="AmazonHelp"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="Old Navy Womens Argyle Cardigans" border="0" height="200" id="prodImage" onload="if (typeof uet == 'function') { uet('af'); }" onmouseover="" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Dltvwib%2BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a really cute argyle cardigan from Old Navy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You could easily pair it with these pinstripe pants from Kohl's. The stripes are miniscule compared to the argyle, so it actually will look nice together.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You could even pair it with these plaid pants from Kohl's. The plaid is very subtle so it won't clash with the argyle print.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though we always say "Don't judge a book by its cover" the fact is that we do. People judge others by how they look. Next time you walk out of the house, think about how you're dressed.</span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-44441050790224189422010-10-14T10:46:00.000-05:002010-10-14T10:50:26.745-05:00Sweater Weather<br />
So one reason I like fall is because I can pull out my sweaters again! I love sweaters. I just feel so cozy in them. Here are some really cute sweaters I found online.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love this cardigan from Banana Republic. If only they had it for like half price.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These next two sweaters are from Old Navy.<br />
I love sweaters with zippers. Not really sure why.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta have argyle. Love it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this cardigan! (and the skirt!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't usually shop at Forever 21, and I'm not really a pink person, but I do think this cardigan is really cute! Maybe it's just because I like cardigans... and polka dots...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hehe... sheep sweater...</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Now I want to go shopping. :o) If only I had more money...Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-83531296071178617362010-10-13T10:11:00.000-05:002010-10-13T10:11:10.010-05:00House wife?<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So I totally felt like a house wife yesterday. I had the day off from work, so the first thing I did was went and got my hair cut. I came back home and had to make brownies for Markus to bring to work. After that was finished, I decided I wanted to make cookies for me to eat. While they were baking, I made marinade for the steaks we were having for supper. After the cookies were done, I decided to work on the pants I am trying to hem. I just received a sewing machine from my Grandma's friend and I'm still figuring out how to use it. I need to use a blind stitch, so it's a little more difficult. I think I almost figured it out. Once I finished one leg and then took it apart because it didn't really work out, I started preparing supper. I made steak (well I marinaded them and started the grill, Markus grilled them. I messed up the hamburgers I tried to grill the other day.), fried potatoes, and steamed carrots and zucchini. It all turned out pretty well. Then after supper, we cleaned. I do have to say though, I think I would enjoy doing those kind of things every day compared to going to work, or maybe I just haven't found a job that I really enjoy yet.</span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-17501453813902521552010-10-11T15:32:00.000-05:002010-10-11T15:32:44.039-05:00If you had to wear clothes from one designer the rest of your life, who would you choose?<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I've been thinking lately about what my personal style would be if I had an unlimited amount of money and could wear whatever I wanted. After much thinking, I decided that I would have a very classic style. I like form fitting, figure flattering clothes. I like patterns that are very simple, especially polka dots. I love the styles of the 1950s when you could actually see where a woman's waist was. It is a style that will never go out of style. Here's some examples of why I love the '50s:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at that tiny waist!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So some of these may look a little old, but just look at how flattering those dresses are! They definitley show the hour glass figure.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I started searching and trying to find updated dresses from today with the same kind of styling. It is pretty difficult with the popular styles today being so loose cut. However, I ran into one designer that I absolutely fell in love with. The styles aren't exactly the same as they were in the '50s, actually they're kind of early '60s, but I love her clothes. And that designer is Kate Spade.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love this coat!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cute and classic, these will never go out of style.</span></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So yes, if I had to wear one designer the rest of my life (of course if money wasn't an issue), I would wear Kate Spade. How about you? Who would you wear?</span> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-65700188816871663082010-10-11T11:07:00.000-05:002010-10-11T11:07:45.855-05:00Christmas Decorations<span style="color: #741b47;"> </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Even though I really dislike winter, I do have to say that I love Christmas. And even though I am totally against Christmas decorations being in stores in like September, I have been thinking about Christmas a lot lately and found some really cute decorations. We probably will not be putting up a lot of decorations this year due to a lack of money, so in the spirit of Christmas I decided to post them instead. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I started by finding pillows:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img alt="Gingerbread Man Decorative Pillow" class="feature" height="200" id="productImage845524892650864" src="http://media.kohls.com.edgesuite.net/is/image/kohls/663864?wid=400&hei=400&op_sharpen=1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="200" /></span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Who wouldn't want a gingerman pillow? He's adorable!</span></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And this would go really well on my couch, even though it may not go well with the rest of my furniture, but who cares! It's Christmas! :)</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Then I found bathroom decorations! Who doesn't want Christmas in their bathroom?</span></div><div class="frame"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="frame"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="zoom"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> That's all I have for now, but it's a start! Hope it helps you get in the mood for Christmas! (Also, all these decorations are from Kohl's, so not only are they cute</span><span style="color: #741b47;">, but they're also affordable!) Happy shopping!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-41824677474249878302010-10-10T22:29:00.000-05:002010-10-10T22:29:16.950-05:00Fitting Room Etiquette<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>This is for those of you who have never worked in retail and don't realize how difficult it is to keep a store clean.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>1. Read the signs. If they tell you to only take a certain amount of items in the fitting room, then maybe you shouldn't take like 20 items in with you. If they kindly ask you to place your unwanted items on the rack on your way out, maybe you should kindly do so. There is a reason for everything, so obviously those signs are there for a reason.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>2. As mentioned in most fitting rooms, please bring your unwanted items outside of the fitting room you were just in and place it on the rack that says unwanted merchandise, or something of the sort. It is very unpleasant walking in a fitting room to find nothing on the rack and fitting rooms full of clothes hanging or even sitting in piles on the floor. Are people really that lazy? I can't imagine what their closets must look like. Point is, you're not at home. Please be polite and put your things on the unwanted rack.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>3. Speaking of piles on the floor, PLEASE put your clothes back on the hangers. It can't possibly be that difficult to hang something. If it is, I definitely do not want to see your closet.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>4. If you decide after you leave the fitting room that you do not want an item, it is not okay to just place it anywhere in the store. That just makes you a pain in the butt. Instead, there are fitting rooms all over the store, along with employees, or you could even give it to one of the employees at the registers on your way out, just don't set it wherever you feel. That is my biggest pet peeve ever. At least in retail.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>5. As mentioned in a previous post, please close the door when you are changing. It is just awkward and unpleasant walking into a fitting room and seeing someone else changing. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>6. I would really appreciate if people didn't go into fitting rooms 15 minutes before the store closes with 50 items of clothing and leave 40 of them behind in the fitting room (not even on the rack). Yep, that one happened last week, and 40 is not an exaggeration. I was just about done cleaning everything up, and I was putting away one of the two piles of folded clothes I had left. I come back and there is a fitting room FULL of clothing. Absolutely ridiculous! I mean how impolite can you be? At least they were left mostly hanging, though I don't think there could have been one more item hung in there... Plus half of it was juniors clothing, which obviously was not for her... Just please be considerate!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>7. Men, I would appreciate if when you tried on dress shirts, you wouldn't take out all the paper and cardboard, throw it all over the floor and leave it there, then take out the pins and leave them scattered, except for the few that you decide to use and scratch love notes into the doors with. There is a garbage can right outside the door. Not cool! I do have to say though, mens dressing rooms are BY FAR less messy than womens.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>8. And remember to always wear underwear! :o)</strong></span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-20725459621042859912010-10-07T11:50:00.000-05:002010-10-07T11:50:18.447-05:00Lesson #1: Wash before wearing<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I'm sitting in the break room enjoying my lunch, and in comes one of the other employees. "I am so disgusted right now," she said. "There is a lady in the dressing room with the door open trying on skinny jeans without any underwear on!" So much for lunch...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, first of all, why would you be trying on clothes with the dressing room door open? It was a busy day with a lot of people around. If you're that comfortable with your body, good for you, but you are in a women's dressing room in a retail store. I'm sure almost all the other ladies who want to try on their clothes do not want to see that. There are doors for a reason.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second, WHY WOULD YOU NOT WEAR UNDERWEAR? <em>Especially </em>when trying on skinny jeans. That is absolutely disgusting. 9 times out of 10, the jeans you are trying on will not fit, meaning those skinny jeans will be going back out on the shelf after your nasties touched it. And usually it's the employees who have to put them back out on the shelf... Plus, think of all the people who may have touched it before you tried it on, of all the germs that are lingering on that pair of pants. Who knows, there may have even been a person before you that decided to try them on without underwear on! Oh so gross. I just have to hope that there are not many people who decide to do that. Thank God for hand sanitizer!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lesson learned: Always wash your clothes before wearing them. You never know whose nasties may have been touching them.</span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733536798718678525.post-27767732248720914742010-10-07T11:33:00.000-05:002010-10-07T11:33:31.422-05:00Introduction<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being my first blog ever, I figured I should start out explaining where I'm coming from and what I'm planning to do with this blog. I currently work in retail and have had a few other jobs previous to this. I also just graduated from college and just bought a house with my boyfriend (well he bought it, I'm living in it with him). Working in retail, there are a lot of things that I am learning about the job and about people, and then there are a whole lot of pet peeves I am developing. These pet peeves are coming mostly from customers who have probably never worked in retail or a customer service position before, and I need to vent about them somewhere. I'm pretty sure my boyfriend is getting sick of listening to me complain, and he also doesn't understand how much work it actually is to work at a retail store. So I decided to create a blog on things I'm learning in life and things I think other people need to know. Enjoy</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">:o)</span></span>Brittanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095197544734056281noreply@blogger.com0