<p>Holds your wallet, keys, sunglasses, lipstick and personal technology.</p>
<p>For $500 it better hold a bit more than that.
I have a crossbody goatskin pouch I have had for twenty five years that holds that much.</p>
<p>I do sometimes want a bag that is big enough so I can put an extra pair of shoes in, or a sweater- it gets cold at night. I also don’t want to have to pull everything out when I am looking for my cell phone.</p>
<p>I am going to have to go back to the mall :p, cause even though I was going someplace else to get jeans ( the NYDJ don’t fit me right, the regulars are too long and the petites are too short & I am so short waisted even the low cut ones come to under my chin)- but I had bought this Chanel style jacket at Macys & they didn’t take the blinking electronic tag off!
it is a plot I tell you.</p>
<p>^^LOL! Is that the official term? Like “shooties” ? Once I almost bought a pair of super-nice looking boots on sale online but fortunately I realized they would be useless since they had holes all over them and open toes - they were shooties. Yikes!</p>
<p>Are they kidding? Is this thing really called Seattle? :eek: Who in their sane state of mind would call such a torture device “Seattle”? A Birkenstock named Seattle would be appropriate, IMO</p>
<p>I don’t know about these high heel sandals with the big ankle collars. I know they’re in style but they just look strange to me…kind of kinky I guess. Don’t like em. But then again, I never wear heels other than baby kitten heels. I try to watch what Michelle is wearing to get ideas. But I can’t afford (or at least don’t want to pay) for Jimmy Choos!</p>
<p>no, these aren’t my shoes. I do have a pair of Jimmy Choo pumps (NR price was about right) and a pair of high-heeled sandals which I, as you recall correctly, test-drove by wearing them while vacuuming the house. But they are very comfy heels! Not the 4 1/2 inch monster heels in that link!</p>
<p>Bunsen, yes, my apologies for sending the robot camera to snap your closet…:). Seriously, add in raincoats and parkas and it gets worse. BTW, I have never worn skinny jeans and never will. When you are long torsoed those things are the kiss of trying-to-look-vaguely-cute death.</p>
<p>Here’s a different take on the dressing/looking young thing. We know a great, never married woman who is approaching 60. She has always colored her hair a deep red. Of late, she is letting her hair go gray. She thinks she has a better chance of attacting 60 year old men as a woman with gray hair than as a woman with red hair. ??? (Just glad I don’t have to think about attracting men!)</p>
<p>Hmmm…interesting thinking on the hair. I don’t get it. Maybe she’s trying to attract a “crunchy granola type” - someone who things hair dye is toxic perhaps? </p>
<p>In the meantime, I’m trying to figure out what to wear to two graduation ceremonies. Does everyone wear dresses to these things? I ordered a cute black and white sundress…but I would love to wear pants to one of them. Nice white ones with a cropped bright color jacket. Any thoughts? Is it a no-no to wear white pants before memorial day (or is that just the rule about white shoes)?</p>
<p>I think what to wear to graduation really depends on where it is and the type of school. We were in a big convention center arena, so it was comfortable to “dress” (e.g. it was air conditioned.) I chose my dress very carefully. H put on a Hawaiian shirt and slacks - I almost made him change but decided against a wardrobe argument on graduation morning. He was definitely not the only dad in a Hawaiian shirt that day!!!</p>
<p>I’ll likely wear slacks because after graduation, we’re going on a trip and slacks will be MUCH more useful. Haven’t finalized what to wear but will have to give it more serious thought as it’s fast approaching. </p>
<p>As missypie says, lots depends on where it is. Ours will be outdoors in open areas. I suppose I may bring a dress as well & play it by ear.</p>
<p>Toneranger, I saw a couple of women bust out the white pants in the last week or so. I like it! After a very long, miserable winter it’s very refreshing to think warmer weather is ahead. I don’t think there’s a rule about white pants. I think any time after Easter or so is a good time. What does everyone else think?</p>
<p>I don’t typically wear my “summer” white pants until after Memorial Day, I guess that was just burned into my brain when I was young… but I do love to wear my winter whites more in the late winter/early spring than in January and February when everyone seems to stick to blacks and grays…</p>
<p>In HI, there doesn’t appear to be a “season” for white; folks here are very casual about dressing and wear white whenever the fancy strikes. I’m sure other locations are more careful in chosing colors. Some of us are clutzes and don’t wear white because it never remains that color. I did break down & just bought a white jacket—will see how long it remains white.</p>
<p>I think a lot of graudation attire is dictated by what the group is doing afterward … lunch at a fancy restaurant or backyard party…</p>
<p>When my sister graduated from a large commuter colllege the ceremony was in the school gym. We were sitting on bleachers. Not an event for a short skirt and spike heels!</p>
<p>The only reason I do not wear white in winter is because white clothes can be easily ruined by the rain and road dirt. But when we travel to HI, my suitcase is packed with white!</p>
<p>I wore dresses to DDs’ HS and college graduations for one and only reason: they wanted everyone to look nice in their graduation photos. I did freeze my rear at one of the events which was held in a large pavillion without any heat (June, mid-50 degree weather), so I had to keep my rain coat on all the time.</p>
<p>I would break out the white pants (says she who is wearing white jeans at the moment). Rules be damned. Now if it is freezing out, they would go back in the drawer, for me the temperature dictates whether I will wear them, not the calendar. </p>
<p>We are going to a fundraising event this Saturday. The planning committee consisted of mostly men and we have NO idea how dressy the event will be. Drinks are being served in a barn that has been converted to a restaurant, and then we are going to people’s homes for dinner (we are divided among several spots) that will feature Honduras food. I was talking to one of the women who is hosting people at her home and she was also lamenting the lack of a dress code - she wanted to push for jeans and flip-flops, something very casual. </p>
<p>If it is warm, I am going with white jeans and nice heeled sandals (and some kind of top).</p>
Once I almost bought a pair of super-nice looking boots on sale online but fortunately I realized they would be useless since they had holes all over them and open toes - they were shooties. Yikes!</p>