Got my dresses!

So here I was whining and complaining - and then this morning my dresses arrived!
I felt a bit sorry for the express delivery guy, because it was 07:15 and I was barely awake...and threw my WKD robe on top my nightt-shirt and opened the door and glared at him (I just didn´t see that much without glasses either) and he just grinned and said:
"I thought I heard some noise"

The dresses were absolutely beautiful, and I was happy and singing all day! Don´t tell me retail therapy doesnt work!!

Continuing buying online thread

I have a particular fondness for old time glamour - the 50´s in particurlarly. So I have to go online to get my fashion fix satisfied...Yes, admittedly there are a few stores selling retro glamour in Stockholm, but they are pretty expensive to be honest, and buying online is a way to cut costs and at the same time be a little less worried that you will meet someone else in that same expensive dress...

My number one advice is MEASURE!!!
Any company selling on-line with an ambition to be taken serious has a sizechart. In that sizechart you find the measurements, and when you take them - BE HONEST! If your boobies are 33 inches a size 8 dress won´t fit. It just won´t. End of story.
But remember too, that if the seller says there´s a lot of stretch in the garment it probably is. I prefer to go for stretchy stuff or dresses with circleskirts as I am a very curvy girl with a slim waist and a huge bum. Regular standardsizes won´t fit unless they are stretchy or hiding...

Pay by secure payment, which all serious companies offer these days. If they don´t its probably a good idea to stay away. Especially if a credit card is included in the transactions. I prefer Paypal, but thats a matter of choice.
Saying that I have to admit that the two times I have had fraud on my card it has been in connection with hotels both times. And how are you supposed to stop that, I wonder?

Don´t be afraid to return stuff if it doesnt fit. Serious companies accept returns within 10 days from the day you received the garment. I have to admit I have rarely sent something back, even when I wasn´t 100 % sure, but then I usually have a hard time to make up my mind....

Think twice.
Its so easy to be seduced by something on the Internet. It looks great on that skinny 6 feet tall model with the shiny blond curls and huge breasts. But if you are 5 ft 4 and curvy and a redhead, maybe you shuld have second thoughts? Things rarely sell out in a flash, so sleep on it before you order.

Actually I read somewhere that the debts of women are increasing quickly, because we are prone to internet-shopping. So sleep on it for two nights at least!
 

Buying dresses online

It does have drawbacks waiting for a dress that you have bought on-line....WAITING!
I ordered two dresses from a reputable English site on Sept2, and have still not received them. So I wrote a mail asking for info...no answer. Okey, so this should worry me? Nope, because I´ve checked on Facebook and they are still in business, probably selling at the Goodwood Revival, and so I have to keep waiting....

But the instant gratification that you want from shopping isn´t there, of course. Having that instant buzz when you try something on and it´s just perfect, you pay for it, and walk out with the bag...and just for a few minutes life is just SPLENDID! Well...you don´t get that from shopping on-line.

On the other hand...shopping becomes more of an oyster-hunting trip:) Sometimes the oyesters are bad and have to thrown away, sometimes you end up with something really, really good!

While waiting for my dresses, I just might share some tips that I have picked up through my nerve-wrecking experiences on the Internet...

See you later!

Summer in the city!

I´ve been away for a few weeks...and during that time I visited New York and Washington. I thought I´d share some pics with you, and memories and even some good tips.

Talking about tips, I find the American tipping system totally ridiculous. Give people a good salary instead! And this time I noticed a lot of places actually included the tip, AND still expected to have gratuity....

The dollar may be cheap for a Swede, but it turned out to be a really expensive holiday anyway due to the cost of all those restaurantvisits...

We had a great time though, me and my teenager, who told me he wanted to go back to New York and live. Who wouldn´t? At least for a bit:)

By request

So I´m gonna give you today´s outfit, simply because I get requests from my followers who obviously take delight in watching the fat lady swing:)...to be honest it occurred to me last night after a very fruitful writing-day that it´s a really un-smart thing to show loads of awful pic´s of oneself on the internet...in case one should one day actually become a writer who gets noticed! Just imagine when some unfortunate soul googles my name, and up comes...NOT the romantic writer they imagined but a crazy woman with red eyes and some very strange clothes!
Well...I started it so I can´t blame anyone but myself and here it comes. All high street today!

Dress and belt and leggings are all H&M and necklace is from Dublin, handmade by a great girl named Sarah Lee. Have to say it didn´t look too bad on photo!

Will do better!

Another day without a dress pic, but if it´s any consolation, I looked just dreadful:)) I was meeting a client so I had to put on something decent and conservative and came up with a 3-year old pink spotted dress from Banana Republic. Don´t get me wrong - the dress is absolutely pretty - just totally wrong on me! And I´m sure you have those dresses hanging around your closet as well? But I can´t get rid of it, because it´s still pretty, and somehow I hope one day it WILL be perfect....

Anyway...going to see my client I had to travel by train through the very outbacks of Sweden. It´s like true Stieg Larsson-country, if you know what I mean. Downridden factories, burned out buildings and loads of people in trainers and training clothes obviously with nothing important on their mind apart from walking the dog on a Friday morning. All young boys seem to be wearing black caps and most women wear men´s t-shirts and people qeue endlessly at Sandy´s because the one girl behind the counter is chatting to a friend, and they don´t even get pissed off!...Its like an alien planet out there! Most people are sweet and nice and talk in a language I understand, but still not...and after 9 hours I return home and feel like I´ve been in another world even though it was just Ludvika...

I left the Countryside 35 years ago and I never want to go back, but sometimes, just sometimes, I cant help wondering if they´ve got something I don´t.

And I also get so inspired by little scenes from reality - like what are three teenage Philippine girls doing playing Las Vegas Black Jack in Borlänge?
So this weekend will be the start of a new book project, me thinks. Wish me luck!!

So...there was no pic yesterday. Son and I combusted and the result was....NOTHING!!!
But in todays beautiful weather we managed to stay friends and get a nice pic on the balcony. Cherrydress from Daisy Dapper (brand:Heartbraker) and the cardi is Swedish brand Twist&Tango.