Howard Jones had a song

Question: Would these skirts catch your eye if you found them at

JCPenney? Kohls? Talbots? Eddie Bauer?


I was going to say no way,

I would not think these were especially great at any of those stores

and is Anthropologie duping us all

but then I remembered that Anthropologie clothes feel better

almost like there's a quality thing happening there

and that I'm wearing my forever-old, green Anthro skirt with bleach stains on the back today

and it has made me feel pretty(ish) in spite of the cold sore smackdown happening all over my face*

and thus I have concluded that I need more clothes.




*not kidding about that


it is a pathetic manifestation of how broken down my body has been due to my year-and-a-half steady stream of


pregnancychildbirthbackpainstrepthroatweaninghormonalchanges [that's a thing]

Comments

Sarah said…
you're back. the blogging world has missed you. sorry about your cold sore and wanna-be-kohls skirts. go get yourself one of those.

your fans want you to finish your dating d.c. story.
May 28, 2010 5:32 PM
amyegodfrey said…
Clever post! I'm so sorry about your ailments of late. I would like to be there to help out. Soon.
May 28, 2010 9:08 PM
Jennifer said…
Oh my gosh, this post belongs to me. Emily, I am the cold-sore QUEEN! Don't you remember? I got them constantly growing up and they were painful, ugly, embarrassing. I guarantee whatever is happening on your face right now is nothing compared to what was on my face the NIGHT DERRICK PROPOSED TO ME. No joke--we couldn't kiss for two weeks after we got engaged (probably a good thing.) I had about six of them--huge, blistery, AWFUL. I am so sorry for you--nobody sings the herpies blues like I do, and nobody knows how horrible they are until you have them. One word: valtrex. Have you tried it? It is truly a miracle drug. Call your doctor or dentist and get a scrip this minute. And you can specify what type of herpes you need it for, if it makes you feel better. :) And p.s., for me lack of sleep and/or stress, or too much sun, trigger them the most. I have actually grown out of them quite a bit, but partly that's because I keep Valtrex in my purse in case I ever feel one coming on. Seriously--it's medical marvel.

Anthropologie? Totally agree. You know how I feel about that store. May be overpriced, but it's cheaper than therapy or liposuction. Husbands don't get it.
May 29, 2010 1:35 PM
Jennifer said…
Is it "herpes?" Sorry. And sorry for the superlong post, as usual.
May 29, 2010 1:36 PM
pam said…
Just be glad you don't have to lengthen your word by adding "oldage" to the end of it!
May 29, 2010 9:51 PM
Becky said…
Emily! I, too, am sad for your ailments. But I'm excited that we'll get to see you (herpes or no) in a few weeks! And here's the thing. . .No one ever is to blame.

(Was that the Ho Jo reference? Fill me in on your puns, cuz I ain't quite as clever as you girl).

Lysine. Everyday. That's what the doctor told us to do for coldsores.
June 06, 2010 6:40 PM
Emily said…
No! Things Can Only Get Better! Becky, when are you coming? We're looking forward to it.
June 06, 2010 8:56 PM
C. Jane Kendrick said…
Emily has herpes?


(Girl, get those skirts.)
June 15, 2010 12:07 AM
Bryn said…
I'm not one to boast, but I can MAKE skirts as nice as those(I've made more than five for myself)...come over and I'll tailor one for you...lined and everything.
July 06, 2010 8:44 PM
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