Good Tuesday morning!
I’ve had about 3 sips of coffee, slept longer than I wanted too, need to shower and need get the girls to preschool sooner than later which means this will be short.
A few weeks ago I spotted Emerson’s Seersucker & Brass Dress online & loved it… even pinned it on Pinterest. The stripes, the buttons, the pockets… just a wonderful combination. But there was one slight problem… $218 + shipping. Not exactly a budget-friendly dress, not exactly a purchase that I could justify in any way, shape or form.
Then I found this one online… at Walmart.com by my long-standing favorite Walmart designer, Norma Kamali. It was $18 when I bought it {with $.97 shipping} a little more justifiable. I bought it in the color “Mattress Tick” and when it arrived, I loved it. The color of the ticking stripe is very nondescript, kind of grayish black. I’ve spoken highly in the past of Norma Kamali and her clothing {and swimwear} line at Walmart. I have a skirt by her that it is the softest cotton I’ve ever felt… I’d put money on it being pima… and I’d put money on this dress being pima cotton too, if it’s not, it sure feels like it.
Ok, so I loved everything about it… the pockets, the fit, the color, the feel but there was one thing that needed a little switch-er-oo in my opinion. The buttons…
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… they left much to be desire and most certainly made it very average… very $18.
So I hopped on the trusty internet and bought some brass buttons {like Emersons} from Benno’s Buttons in Dallas, TX.
I sat outside with my scissors & thread while the kids played and sewed 7 new buttons to my $18 dress and it took me about 5 minutes to realize it was going to be a good thing.
And when I was all finished up…
And then on Friday the kids and I went to the lake for the day with friends. I sprayed sunscreen on my face & hair, came home, looking very sweaty and nasty and decided it would be a good idea to take a picture of myself in my renovated dress, which is why I am simply a headless woman in these photographs. Justin called in the middle of this, asking if I could order some Mexican food for dinner and made the comment that I seemed a little distracted. I didn’t have the heart to explain that I was posing in front of the mirror photographing myself while Eufaby {our beloved dog} looked on in complete confusion. So for the sake of taking a really good bargain and making it look better here are pictures of me in the dress all finished up…
I think I may even like it better than Emerson’s because it is cleavage free and I don’t feel like I need a cardigan to wear it in public. 
