Really.

A: Really?

source: The Sartorialist

M: Really. REALLY?

A: REALLY.

M: With the Kelly bag? REALLY.

A: On the handlebars? REALLY.

M: When a car hits her and splits her pretty little head open, I'll make a Twibbon in support of her. Wait, no I won't. REALLY.

A: Or, when that dangly strap of Hermès leather goodness gets tangled in her wheel and flips the bike over? I will not cry for her Argentina. REALLY.

M: I think that flowy skirt might take her out first. Or the streetcar that runs on those tracks. She's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, is she?

A: She's really not. I mean, PUT THE GD HERMES IN THE BASKET AT LEAST.

M: She's got...another bag in the basket? And do you spy the Hermès box in the shopping bag? I might hate her.

A: OH MY GOD. REALLY. I am angry now. Because in my head she popped into Hermès, bought that Kelly on a whim, put all her stuff in it and slung it across her handlebars after putting her old bag in the basket.

Or, the whole thing is fake.

M: I am starting to think nothing is real. The Shobbit is on Hermès bankroll or something.

A: It's like you're trying to make me ugly-cry.

M: I'm sorry. This is worse than finding out there's no Santa Claus.

A: Actually, I don't want that dummy to have that Kelly bag, so it makes me feel a little better to think it's just a loaner.

M: This is true.

Adrien: Sale Goggles. Or, I try on the World's Ugliest Pants just for you.

The things I do for you people. I mean it. It's my birthday month and Anthropologie sent me a cute little 15% off birthday discount card. My last perusal of the sale racks there left me shaking my head, so I wasn't sure I'd really find anything. But, I do need a belt (see my last outfit) and I thought it was worth a look. I took Kate with me because I'm mean like that.

Now, it's been well-documented that I have a love/hate relationship with Anthro. What I love I really love and what I hate is just, well, hateful. I can't abide the no-color frills and floof that they seem to be stocking, but I do really love a simple drapey top, interesting and vintage details and the shoes. Oh god, the shoes.

We delved into the sale racks and it quickly became clear that the only things left were the horrible things. So, hell, I decided I'd try on a few of them. This first top (not on the website) actually looked interesting on the hanger, but the material felt awful and it was too big:

And remember when I was all, "I will try on skinny cargo pants to prove they look awful!" yeah, well, THEY DO:

These are the Joe's Sateen Skinny Cargos. Please note how cute they look on Kate who's standing next to me. Hmph. She didn't buy them, though, because even though they were on sale, they were still a bit too much.

Next I tried on these Ella Moss Free-Spirited Tunics which, again, looked cute on the hanger, not so much on me:

The size small was ENORMOUS. And not in a "tunic" way, just in a baggy sad mess way. The second one is an extra small and it fit, but was not for me.

Finally, just for kicks, I tried on something horrid called the Lunar Mum Crops. That is a bad name for a pair of truly hideous pants. I mean:

FOR YOU. For you I have tried these on, taken a photo and POSTED IT IN ON THE INTERNET WHERE IT WILL LIVE FOREVER. I hope you appreciate it.

(PS. I did buy something! But that's a story for another entry.)