Spring Fever

Anyone who knows me well knows to roll their eyes when I mention J.Crew. I'm obsessed. Or at least I have been for the last few months. I used to be a hard-core Express girl and even worked there for a summer. But, I guess one morning I woke up and decided that I didn't want to dress like a skank anymore. I wanted to be classy. Actually it wasn't so much a change in me, it was a change in Express. What initially attracted me to Express was its business wear - dress pants, blazers, button-up shirts in every color - but now Express is playing up its clubby/casual side and I don't like it. When you see a girl making an effort to be sexy in the way she dresses herself, it comes on a little too strong. People get the wrong idea. To me, there's nothing sexier than someone who is just confident and comfortable in whatever they're in.

That's where J.Crew comes in. J.Crew is the Volvo of the clothing world: clean lines, simply well-made, casual yet classy, and most importantly, COMFORTABLE. Draw whatever "soccer mom" conclusions you want. J.Crew is worth the price-tag (especially if you get things on sale, which I am all about).

Speaking of price-tags though, being the unemployed college student that I am, I really can't afford to go shopping at all! I've spent many a practice break "window shopping" on jcrew.com, fantasizing about what I would buy if I had money (100% of my money goes to feeding myself). Here is my perfect spring outfit, which I would buy in a heart-beat if money were not an option:











This is the part in fashion magazines where they show you what you should buy instead because it's cheaper. BUT this is The Finer Things. So, my plan is to go home for spring break and hope my mom is in a generous mood when I show her my grades. I'll settle for just the shoes.