H & M (Happy and Magnificent)

Tonight we went to Tacoma to pick up our newly fixed car (yay!), and to celebrate (or because we were half-way there anyway), I went shopping at H&M.

A couple years ago, my sister, Sarah, came home from Vienna with a suitcase full of new clothes and a million praises of a store called H&M. Their clothes were wonderful, the prices were cheap, they had these amazing sales, blah, blah, blah. Slowly they have been appearing in the United States, and I am fortunate enough to now live near one here in Washington.

Sarah, you can't get mad, because I did call you when I was in the store. I told you it was just to make you jealous, but I also would have bought you something. Maybe.

I spent a total of $38.

Below, I am modeling my FABULOUS wool coat. It used to be $129, but I got it for $20. The inside is lined with red satiny fabric, and the outside is sleek black wool. My favorite part about it is that it is large enough to fit my gargantuan shoulders, but it's trim enough to keep me from looking dumpy.

Oh wait, I didn't go in for a coat.

Below are some pants I got for $5. Yes, FIVE DOLLARS!! When I tried them on, they fit just like they'd always been my pants. They're long enough, and even if I had them tailor-made, I couldn't get them to fit better. They look like khakis, but they're actually polished cotton. I hope to keep them nice, but I do spend all day getting baby food flung at me. We'll see how this goes.

In the background, you can see Penny's crib, out in the main room. We'll see how that goes as well.
My goodness, I have cute feet!

And Kevin took some random pictures. I'm including this one not only because it highlights my amazing buttoning skills, but because it shows off my haircut! I realized this morning that my hair was taking me ages to wash and then dry, it used too much time and conditioner in the shower, Penny had too many opportunities to grab it, and it was just heavy.

So Kevin cut it for me! (I can hear you ladies gasping in horror.)

Well, I trimmed it up in the front. And I still need to work on the layering in the back. And it's a bit shorter than I thought (8" shorter in some places). But I'm glad to have it done.

Behind me you can see an open cupboard and a haphazardly strewn sewing machine cover. That will all come to an end as Kevin's parents return tonight. From now on, it's nothing but white-glove immaculacy. Wish me luck!