I’ve been dreaming about summer dresses. This happens to me every year around this time. In Florida, we are enjoying 70-80 degree days. Our legs are freshly shorn, toenails shiny with paint, and our skin exfoliated and soft. The only thing missing is that ever elusive, perfect summer dress.
Maybe it’s not an elusive thing for you, but I can never find the ultimate dress—you know, the one that manages to combines figure-flattering form with flowy casualness. The one that doesn’t make me look like a whale at the beach, but that looks good while I’m at the beach looking for whales (okay, I know, we don’t have whales off the Florida coast).
Another factor that makes me really want to find the perfect dress this year is that the sales are unbelievable. My old standby, Old Navy is currently offering 40% off some summer dresses—they’ve even got some as cheap as $15.00. Macy’s is having a dress sale too, and they’ve got some significant markdowns—up to 40% off . Not to be outdone, JCPenney has marked their dresses up to 50% off. Oh, and let us not forget Sears' dress extravaganza.
So, the first problem is that there are too many options to choose from what with everything everywhere being on sale. Next comes the accessory issue. I mean, it’s not like I can buy a new dress and not have new shoes, a bag and jewelry to go with it—that would be lame. Nordstrom has many sandals on sale at up to 50% off and so does Piperlime. Overstock.com is killing me with their clearance sale jewelry selection. Kmart is also having a blow out sale with up to 70% off. eBags, Banana Republic and Nordstrom all have up to 50% off some handbags.
So what’s a girl to do? With all of these choices, how can I possibly pick just one perfect summer dress, shoes, handbag and jewelry? Looks like I’m going to have to clean out my closet to make room for a few….dozen…
Yolander Prinzel
Picture of a non-Floridian whale by matthew_hull.