Friday, January 30, 2009

Catchall

Tomorrow, I am attending my casino party. However, I will unfortunately not be sporting the lovely J Crew dress I purchased and shared with you last week. I just happened to check the status this morning and it is stuck in IL...still. I rang up the call center and they were less than helpful. I will spare you of the details and a rather long story because I would hate to turn anyone off from the store. I mean at the end of the day they have darling clothing, but I will be sticking with Lilly as much as possible from here on out and for very good reason too. Anyway, I have other things I can wear and I sure hope I am able to come with a new ensemble. I am hopeful! While this was the downer of the day I did have a delightful day overall and this incident is now water deep under the bridge.

On a positive note today I FINALLY got around to hanging this wonderful painting on silk that mother picked up for me on her first visit to India. Isn't the hot pink so fitting? Oh, and the elephant is too! She represents my political party and it is of course a preppy figure! Perhaps when I start my India handbag import business I will bring some of these back for buyers as well! Other wonderful news was I got numerous compliments on my ensemble and Harper has been moved out of the NICU and Kelly can now stay with her at night! What an answer to prayer, God is wonderful! What delight this brought to the end of my day. Hooray!

Before I sign off I wanted to give you all a heads up: I added three skirts to my ebay listings. Two are Lilly so feel free to bid!!

20 comments:

Good Gals Inc said...

That totally sucks about the JCrew thing. I hate when the shipment on anything I'm looking forward to gets delayed. That is such a cool piece of art!

~Mrs. Guru~ said...

Sorry about your dress. I am sure you will pull off the perfect outfit! Have fun!

emcr1229 said...

Love the artwork. I know you will find the perfect thing to wear - and so sorry about the issues with J. Crew - I personally have never had a problem and they have always been so helpful. Which is good because I am very particular about customer service - especially in these economic times.

Preppy 101 said...

So sorry about the dress! You have such darling things though Hopsy that you will still be the cutest one there. Do post on what you end up wearing!! Love the silk painting! Yes, pink + elephant = perfect.

Pink Maple said...

Do you ever read the J Crew Aficionada blog? I've been reading a lot about shipping problems lately still resulting from their website upgrade. I am sure though that you will find something else fantastic to wear!

I love the silk painting by the way. I collect elephants, I have a small collection from my grandmother, and I love the hot pink!

Tales From My Empty Nest said...

The silk elephant picture is so awesome!!! I bet it is much prettier in person. I'm so sorry about the dress, but I know you will come up with another great outfit. I'm so thrilled with the good news about Harper too. I'm like you, that just made my week! Have a fun weekend! Love & blessings!

AEO said...

Just wanted to let you know that I went to TJ Maxx last night and they have added some J Crew to their store! I got two great dresses there for $19.99 each!! You can see pics in my blog- they're adorable! Just in case you have time to head over this weekend to shop......

Have a great time at the party tonight. Who are you attending with?

Prep in the Big Apple said...

Hopsy. That painting is absolutely gorgeous! Sorry to hear about your problem with J. Crew. I've had some problems with them in the past when they first changed the website. Which lucky dress will you be wearing instead?

The Southern Housewife said...

Good luck at casino night, Hopsy!! :) I wish the picture we got when we went to India was as cute that one! Sadly, ours in hanging in our garage as it does not match anything in the house :(

The Pink Tutu said...

That painting is beautiful!! So sorry to hear about the dress. I hope you find something else fabulous to wear. Have fun!!

The Cape House said...

That wall hanging really is beautiful! Wish the skirt was my size :)

Her Preppiness said...

Love the painting, sorry about the dress.

Holly said...

That is an awesome elephant! Definitely worthy of framing! :)

Kate said...

I love the painting!

The Preppy Gator said...

Sorry about the dress! J Crew shipping seems to always take sooo long. I am sure you will find something fabulous to wear! Have a great time.

Etiquettely Correct said...

Have fun at your casino party! I had some back luck with J. Crew around Christmas. I ordered two dresses for a cocktail party we had - I figured I would send one back depending on which one I liked better. Well the lovely J. Crew only sent one! Oh well - I still love their clothes.

SPG said...

I love the elephant picture!!!

Rachel H. said...

Sorry about the dress! That is a beautiful photo! I love it!!

Pink Bliss said...

I love the elephant!!!

KStar said...

Yay!!! I just found out I won the Harolds silk skirt on Ebay!!!!