Show your Stripes

If you can't tell from every post I've done about clothes lately, I love me a classic stripe. And that's certainly not limited to fashion...

I have tasted justice, and it is sweet

Good news friends and family, I am getting a reimbursement for my towing fee from the outlets!!!!

I had written a demand letter to the GM for the Park City Tanger Outlets on Wednesday, (I even copied the Mayor of Park City and the president of the Utah Better Business Bureau) citing all kinds of Utah Administrative codes and the Park City Municipal code about signage requirements for no parking and tow zones and the general manager called me the next day!! She said that it sounded like I was a frequent shopper and that they felt bad that I'd had such a negative experience and that they would be happy to send me a check for the $250. I just had to send them a copy of my towing receipt and the check will be in the mail next Thursday!

I love America.

And I still love the outlets.

Canvas

"We are both so lucky to have grown up on catalogs." - Parker Posey, Best in Show

If your childhood was anything like mine, than on any given day you were sure to find a hoard of catalogs ranging from JC Penney to J. Crew, Sears to Pottery Barn, and Better Homes and Garden to Martha Stewart Living arriving in the mail for your mom on a daily basis. To this day, there is a nice little stash of catalogs in my parent's home that I occasionally peruse when I'm over there.

However, I rarely ever buy anything online, let alone from a catalog. In fact I can say with gusto that I have never called and orderd anything from a catalog. I'm Gen Y after all... but it's always fun to look. Having said that, Land's End was always among the myriad of catalogs that my mother received. Their clothes have always been traditional and classic, but habitually....stale. So I was delightfully surprised when I recently stumbled upon their revitalized offshoot, Canvas. It's mantra is classic looks, modern twists which is right up my alley. I've included some of my favorite pieces/looks below. Enjoy!

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Women's Nautical Sweater Jacket / Slim Leg Cropped Chino

Women's Madras Skirt

Women's Eyelet Shift Dress

Women's Pleated Pattern Skirt / Canvas Washed Tote

Women's Patch Pocket Skirt /Canvas Leather-trim Bucket Tote

Women's Boatneck Sailor Dress / Nautical Rope Belt

Women's Seersuck Pintuck Shirt / Leather Hobo

Women's Gingham Poplin Shirt / Slim Stretch Crop Pants / Nautical Tote

Women's Chambray Shirtdress / Ragtop Tote

Women's Pleated Tartain Shirtdress / Canvas Bucket Bag

J & M

This is the necklace

from this Etsy shop

that went in this box

that went with this box

which was filled with these

from here (who includes gift-wrap which I can't say enough about how much I love that)

for this bride-to-be's lovely bridal shower last Saturday

Congrats to the couple, only a month left!

The Good, The Bad, and Mall Cops

This picture has nothing to do with this post, but there are times in life that are so unjust, you just have to go to your happy place. Mine looks something like this...


It started out as a wonderful Friday night. I was recently given a J. Crew gift card, so Katherine and I went up to the outlets to see what kind of President's Day sales were going on. There were some fabulous finds, great deals, and good times were had by all.

We walked back to the car thoroughly, and pleasantly retailed out.

Only to find that the car wasn't there...

No.

It can't be.

Where is my car?!?!

I started to freak out a little bit. My initial thought being that it had been stolen, because there was no way it had been towed.

In a panick, and not having any clue what was going on or who to call (plus it was freezing by that time) we went back to J. Crew where the nice ladies working there told us that they had seen the security guard back there earlier snooping around. They called him, and when he arrived, he told me that he'd had my car towed because it was blocking the bus route.

Are you kidding me? There were zero No Parking signs, not a Bus Zone sign to speak of.

Then the super-helpful security guard gave me the phone number to the towing company and left. The towing company is a good 15 minute drive up Highway 40 from the outlets. Great. How are we supposed to get there, you took my car!?!?!?!

Luckily, (and honestly I think Katherine and I met our guardian angels last night), these two heaven-sent customers from J Crew offered us (complete strangers mind you) a ride to the tow yard. They even waited in the car while we went in to pay the $250 CASH-ONLY fine, just to make sure we got our car. Yes you read that correctly. $250 dollars cash. Weirdly enough, I didn't have that much on me at the time, but luckily they had an ATM at the towing place.

After begrudgingly forking over the dough, I finally got my car back and drove home, fuming the entire way and plotting how to best get my money back. I am seriously considering suing the outlets because there was absolutely no signage to say I couldn't park there. I even went back to the scene of the incident to take pictures.

Which takes me back to my island happy place.


All in all, I learned something last night. Yes, there are major d-bag mall cops in this world who have to get their jollies from going on a power trip, and that's just sad. And the injustice of it all made me a sick to my stomach for a few hours last night.

But more importantly, there are good people in this world too. I seriously cannot express how grateful I am to the girls who gave us a ride to the tow yard, and refused to even let me give them gas money. Who I can literally say are my heroes and I honestly don't know what we would have done without them. So thank you girls for restoring my faith in humanity. I guess when you think about it, $250 for restored faith in humanity isn't too bad.