Shirt - Max Edition (Steinmart); Pants - Steinmart; Shoes - Coach (TJ MAxx); Necklaces and Earrings - Premiere; Bracelet - Old Navy
This shirt. I love this shirt. The color. The pattern. The sleeves. the plunging neckline. The way it enhances my chest. I coveted this shirt for MONTHS. I would visit it in the Steinmart Boutuque section and try it on and see how great I looked in it, but put it back because the price was just too high for a shirt. Until finally, one day shortly before Christmas, it made it to the Red Dot Clearance rack. My 30% off coupon (as us Steinmart addicted shoppers used to get mailed to us before the invention of the Elite card) made it less than $10, and it finally came home with mama.
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That was two years ago. Then I had Eli.
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This is the kind of shirt that gathers just-so in that place right below your boobs which can make you look pregnant if your belly is a little to plump. It wasn't until now that I finally felt like my boobs actually stuck out more than my stomach (quite a feat for an apple with a modest cuppage) and I brought the shirt out of the anals of my closet and dusted it off. Pairing it with my Coach loafer wedges and some super wide leg pants I felt fantastic.
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Until I stopped to buy a soda in the afternoon and the cafeteria lady asked me how my babies where and when I was going to have this one.
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The shirt is back in retirement for a while. And I ate a whole box of cookies. Back to the diet tomorrow.
Cardi, Skirt and Tights - Old Navy; Tank - Macy's; 
Redemption comes in shades of purple. I love how this outfit turned out and especially love that I could work in both tights and my favorite pair of frivolous shoes. I didn't need purple suede wedge loafers. Who does? But a pair of $300 shoes that I found on a clearance rack for under $30 was too good to pass up. I figured that I'd find a way to work them in. And I have, repeatedly. 
Rating - Two Thumbs Up. 
