You know that blue and brown

color scheme that has been so popular for what seems like a few years now? It's everywhere. Belk even uses the blue as their bag color. I hear tell that it is so last year. Are you completely sick of it? Yeah, me, too. So, I bought a skirt & jacket set today in those colors.

Abby is getting married today. Outside. In humid and potentially high 70s, maybe even 80-degree weather. All I have to wear are hot dark suits, hot dark pants, and lots of other things that I wear day in and day out. So, I ventured out first thing this morning with no expectations whatsoever of finding anything fresh and new. (For those of you who don't know: Abby is my 26-year old niece. She is my sister Amy's oldest daughter.)

100-year old Dillard's Sales Associate Ida struck up a conversation with me while I was looking for something to wear. She told me she's old about 6 times and that's how I know she's 100. She has to be.

I know all about Ida's children and great-grandchildren and how that one granddaughter who has two kids to raise just doesn't want to work so that she can take care of them. Well, Ida informed me, the gravy train that is grandmaw is stopping.

Everybody's taking her out on Mother's Day to lunch...even that lazy granddaughter. But poor Ida, she's just too tired to shop for herself (because she worked 6 hours yesterday and her legs hurt) for something new and pretty to wear on Mother's Day. She does, however, really enjoy working and helping people find something new and pretty to wear themselves. She wanted me to be sure and check out the clearance rack. She'd just marked down several items of clothing and even though the sign says they are 25% off, they're really 50% off and she wanted me to know so that I didn't spend any more money than I had to. It was on this rack that I found the blue and brown skirt and jacket bargain. I did not want a dress nor did I want a skirt. You see, I'm not too fond of my calves and ankles and so I don't routinely display them. In any event, I tried it on and, in my opinion, it is perfect. Very comfy, mostly brown (has some conservative blue embroidery with a bit of beading) fully lined linen skirt that doesn't show too much calf and is accompanied by an icey-bluish also fully lined matching short-sleeved mandarin collared jacket. Love it. And what a bargain! It used to be $100. You do the math. Props to Ida.

Stay tuned for pictures!