the Anthropologie tent sale - a report

I trekked over to Anthropologie yesterday, along with the rest of the Tuvaluan female population. They are having their annual tent sale and I went to check it out.
K and I are attending an outdoor/country wedding and my blouse:



is giving me some trouble. It either needs to be altered (not a problem) or I have to figure out how to tie it the way it is in the picture, because I wore it last Friday night and looked like I had gift-wrapped my chest.

Anyway.
I thought I would check the tent sale as I had seen some things on line that were nicely reduced.

And this is what I tried on: (to wear with my black trousers and black and white platforms)



Bluer than it looks it appears online, this blouse feels lovely. Light, floaty, but it's totally see-through and I am not in the mood to search down a nice black cami for underneath it. Very pattern-y for me too.

This one-



looked pretty good on me but has so MUCH GOING ON. Ties here and there and it STILL needs a black something underneath. Didn't blow me away.



Even fewer ties, which was good, but the hem hit my ass at its widest point. As my mom would say: it didn't do a THING for me.



I think I thought: if I wear a busy pattern no one will focus on my old, soft edges.
I was wrong.




It's wonderful that that tunic-y, empire waist, loose and easy style is popular this spring, isn't it? Wonderful if you don't end up looking like a 47 year old pregnant woman wearing it, that is. BUSTY MCPREGGERS.

I tried a couple of dresses too - just in case.



This one looked pretty darn good on me.
But although it doesn't seem it here - the 43 patterns were a little distracting.

And this one?



- is a delicious fabric that has been ruffled, buttoned, sashed and flounced within an inch of its life.
I actually made a honking sound in the dressing room when I saw myself in it.

So -
what did I buy?



Yummy Pacifica body butter.
Half price.