Wish You Were Here Cardi and Once and Always Tee reviews

Midterms are over, the LSAT is destroyed, and I'm back with some reviews! How did it go? Well, I know one of my midterm grades (100, A+!)! Woot a doodle doo! The other one was a lot harder though, so we'll see. As for the LSAT, it went as well as I could have hoped for. I have no idea how I did and I think I'll drive myself crazy by guessing. With the LSAT it doesn't really matter how you did anyway, it matters how everyone else did (the LSAT is graded on a curve). Scores don't come out for two more weeks, so I'm gonna do a series of mini reviews to distract myself!

As you know, I went to Myrtle Beach's Anthro last weekend. Here's what I tried on (and, ehem, bought).

Wish You Were Here Cardi ($59):



I missed out on this cardi's extremely popular sister, Cartography Cardi, so when after scouring the sale room I squealed in delight when I found one of this season's version in my size. My arms are proportionally the biggest part of me (big arms run in my family) and I usually have to size up with cardis and jackets to a medium. So I took back a medium and a small (because there was only one of each and the sale room was super crowded and I didn't want either one to "disappear" while I was in the dressing room). Shock of all shocks, the medium was too big! I tried on the small and it was a perfect fit! The material is very soft, though definitely thin. I'm glad this cardi went on sale; no way was it worth $118. Some reviewers have lamented that it's short, but I have a short torso so I was okay with that. What really won me over was the print. Don't hate me, but I think this print might be prettier than Cartography's (*is shot*). The one thing that made me hesitate about Cartography was that my friend told me from far away its print looked like blue blotches. Wish You Were Here's print is a little more subtle, and so incredibly sweet. I'd love to try to make this work with my Airmail skirt! My mom offered to get me this for Christmas and I absolutely accepted! So, though I won't see it for a few more months, this cardi is mine!

Once and Always Tee ($30)



It's the Pop of Posies Halter all over again...

When I bought the Pop of Posies Halter, I had *just* put it on my wishlist for second cut consideration. I doubt I would have even bought it then; it just wasn't high on my radar. Then I saw it in store and thought "hm, might as well try on to see what size I need, just in case I do ever decide to buy it." Then I tried it on. And didn't take it off. Okay, yes I did take it off. But only for about ten minutes to walk to the register, then I walked out the door, into a bathroom, and put it back on again :D. I love this shirt.

I'll quickly get out of the way what I don't love: the edges look like they run the risk of getting frayed, so I'll have to be careful about wearing and washing.

Okay, now that that's done, what I do love: Everything else. Since I got this shirt in navy (charcoal? dark gray? smoke? what color is this exactly?), I didn't have the sheer problems the other colors had. It's modest enough to wear to work, the sizing is perfect (not too big, not too small), and it's not low cut. Since the color is dark and subtle, the ruffles on the front don't seem like too much (and I love playing with them!). The material is very soft, reminds me of my beloved sky climbing cowlneck that I wanted in navy too when it got a second cut but missed out on. All in all, just a fantastic tshirt that looks awesome under Wish You Were Here. I didn't want to wait for Christmas for this one so I bought it myself :). Hey, I just took the LSAT! I can have a post LSAT treat...

...or two :D. Yes I did buy one more thing. And this one I have no excuses for, I was bad, bad, bad. Two words: Full. Price. DU DU DUUUUUUM!

What was so pretty it made me break my "no full price" rule? Stay tuned!

~Ria