random thoughts – Day 1,253 – (Tuesday) – shopping pain

Low price for
an Elegant Stain.

The family is traveling to Vegas this fall for my niece’s wedding. This means the anxiety of packing, which is a painful task no matter what the destination or trip duration, but add a special event to the mix and it can get really crazy. 

I found some pants with great potential when wedding guest attire shopping with Mom a couple months ago, but as of now, there is still no top to go with it. The ideal situation would have been finding a top in the store as I walked countless laps around the place looking with the pants in hand, but things rarely work that way for me in the wonderful world of women’s fashion and retail.

I’ve looked in several brick and mortar stores and online at several different vendors and it’s a challenge because the pants are multi-colored. And also covered in tiny sequins. The wrong top could really set it way over the edge. More sequins might just be too much. Plain cotton anything will be too casual for a wedding. The current thinking is something in satin, velvet, or chiffon, in one of the several colors in the pants.

While in Amazon recently to source important survival items like coffee, pet stink remover spray, and shampoo, there were side quests in search of a blouse to go with the pants. Lots of tops have been located online, but some don’t have the size I need or they have not so great reviews about the sizing or the fabric. A search for Dryel in-home dry-cleaning sheets hit pay-dirt with the purchase of three blouses that may or may not work.  

Definitely not a
Solid T Shirt.

The most (only?) fun part of it has been some of the product descriptions. During a search for “satin blouse” an item with the headline “Elegant Stain Puff Sleeve Top” was in the results. I'm always on the lookout for an elegant stain. 

A search for “long sleeve blouse” pulled up a photo of a rather racy, very sheer and lacy blouse described as a “Solid Short Sleeve T Shirt” which is about as far from the photo as it could be. Some of the names  try to load in every potential keyword which  definitely keeps it interesting. And confusing.

Neither the “Elegant Stain” blouse nor the not so “Solid Short Sleeve T Shirt” were bought. But by the end of the week, there should be a delivery with one “Women's Velvet Wrap Crop Top Long Sleeve V Neck Puff Dressy Blouse Vintage 2023 Fall Winter Casual Top T-Shirt Pumpkin”, one “Women Casual Satin Blouse Shirts Tie V Neck Long Lantern Sleeve Loose Lightweight Fashion 2023 Summer Spring Tops(Solid Rose Red)” and one “Women Casual Satin Blouse Shirts Tie V Neck Long Lantern Sleeve Loose Lightweight Fashion 2023 Summer Spring Tops(Solid Army Green)”. I hope the box is big enough to hold those product names. Oy. I also hope at least one of them works with the pants (fingers are crossed).