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Fashion Friday: Edition all I care about right now is the Cotton Bowl

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Those of you who are Aggies are probably well aware that there is a very big game tonight. And the rest of you may or may not care. But I can’t pretend that it’s not all that’s on my mind.

I’ve spent the better part of the afternoon piled up in some message boards as if they can predict the future and tell me if the Aggies will be able to beat LSU and Les Miles and his pure brand of crazy. No one seems to know that answer. Although I did find this video that I’ve watched 942 times.

But I don’t want to let down those of you who are here for the fashion and not for the football. So here are a few things I’ve found this week. And almost all of them are on sale.

1. the nouveau copenhagen cardigan

Okay. So this isn’t on sale. But something about it really appeals to me. The colors? The Fair Isle knit? The fact that I’m cold right now?

I don’t know. I just like it.

2. killington stevie bag

Yes. This is still a pricey purse. However, it is significantly less pricey than it was a week ago. And still just as cute.

There are some Les Miles crazy deals at Kate Spade right now if you have some Christmas money or a trust fund burning a hole in your pocket.

3. line of latitude cardigan

I really like this and can picture it just thrown on over a t-shirt with a pair of jeans.

4. tuxedo shirt dress

I featured this before but I like it even better now because it’s on sale.

5. precocious plaid scarf

Love this scarf in all the different color variations. I may need to get myself one before the alleged ARCTIC BLAST hits next week.

6. tulle ruffled coat

I’ve loved this coat all season and it’s on sale.

7. orla kiely classic shoulder tonal trim

Orla Kiely bags always get me. There is just something about them that I adore.

8. ruffle trim henleys

Saw these in Old Navy last week and thought it might be the kind of thing I’ll want in multiple colors. A great basic but with a little extra flair.

I don’t like to talk about my flair.

9. slim fit corduroy pants

These are a question mark. On one hand, love the idea of a skinny cord tucked into boots. On the other hand, need to know that they won’t give me a bad case of mom booty with their nondescript pockets.

Of course that could be alleviated by wearing a long sweater over them.

10. sperry rainboots

Do I even need to tell y’all that I still don’t own a pair of rainboots? And now we’re in the middle of a drought and I can’t bring myself to buy a pair. However, these may convince me to just go ahead and take the plunge already.

That’s it for today. Y’all have a great Friday.

And beat the hell outta LSU.

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  3. That Line of Latitude cardigan? Totally adorable. And the price? WOW! And then I looked at the available sizes….

    Oh well.

    We’ll be rooting for the Aggies tonight. I don’t say that often. 🙂

  4. TJ Maxx and Marshall’s carry Tulle! In fact I have a grey/charcaol coat almost exactly like the one you featured. It’s by Tulle, but I don’t think my buttons are exactly like that one. Tulle has some really cute coats, so check those two stores for great deals. I also love that cardigan from Sundance!

  7. I totally ordered those rain boots today! So i have yellow sperrys coming to compare to a pair of yellow crocs I just bought. The crocs look like boats though but they are half the price of the yellow sperrys and are really really light. A win for rain boots. But the sperrys I think will look better. Decisions decisions…

  8. The mom booty. I totally have one of those no matter how much I might want to deny it. I could kiss the designers of all those cute, long cardigans right on the lips.

  9. what is all this whoop about?

    i like the free people stuff a lot a lot a lot. i agree with you about the skinny cords. i don’t know if i can go there…maybe if my new year’s resolution to lose 30 pounds pans out. 😉

    • never mind the mom booty, how do you bend over in those low slung jeans without mooning everyone?? those low slung jeans with bu$$ cracks showing just drive me nuts. do the girls know how much they are showing?? or do they want to show so much??

  11. You have excellent taste, you really do. As much as I love that first sweater and the gorgeous bag, I can’t justify the cost of either one. I’m on a thrift store budget until spring 🙂

  12. Got both boys decked out in A&M gear for school this morning – I am so nervous you’d think I was actually playing in the game! Doesn’t help that we’ll be watching with some hard-core LSU fans who may or may not still be friends with us at the end of the evening…

    Honestly didn’t even look at the fashion choices yet cause, well, they don’t have anything to do with football and I have quite the one track mind today. I’m sure they’re fabulous as always!

    Gig’em! BTHO LSU!!!!!

  13. Good luck on the game. As an OSU fan I’m very familiar w/Les Miles’ particular brand of crazy. Did you know that every game he coaches he walks onto the field and eats a piece of grass… even if it’s astroturf?! He says that’s how he gets in tune w/the game… or something.

    Anywho, I’m digging those Old Navy henleys… I’m kind of over plain tshirts as a base and those could step it up a notch

  14. I’m right there with you! I have been nervous for our Aggies since I found out we were headed to a bowl game! Guess it’s good that Aggies can’t head in to ANY game with overconfidence??? Unfortunately, my faith may not be what it should because my hopes (okay, who am I kidding…my prayers) have been to just show up and play decent and not make it look like the whole thing was a fluke or mistake! Isn’t that pitiful?

    Gig ’em Aggies!

    PS> And like a previous comment, we are watching the game with my stepdad who is LSU through and through. Doesn’t feel right!

  15. Gig’em Aggies! (that’s what you say, right?) I can root for y’all tonight because you’re not playing a Big 10 team 🙂 (I’m a Buckeye, OH St) Good luck! :0)

  17. I get ya with the skinny cords..actually tried those on in the store…yep, mom booty! they had the curvy boot cut style which were much nicer, but then ya have the whole, “can’t stick the legs into your boots”…oh well…sorry for the lame post comment on just cords…have a great day!

  19. Good Luck with the game tonight! As a born and bred Gator fan, I am quite familiar with the trials of playing LSU, some good and some bad. The worst is always that fourth quarter. As a former Dallasite and friend of many Aggies I will be cheering for A&M. 🙂 Go Aggies! BTHO of LSU!

    Oh and I heart the Kate Spade bag!

  21. I bought that ruffle henly at Old Navy earlier this week! Would have been my biggest deal of the day except for the shirt that I got at Macy’s, which I knew was marked down but not exactly sure how much due to their crazy signage – made my day when the clerk said the final price was $4.20!! That’s cheaper than a Starbuck’s fun latte!!

  24. The Old Navy henleys are super cute! And where are all my fellow SEC fans?? Even though Les Miles is crazy and the fact that I almost cried when the Vols win over LSU was overturned, I don’t hate LSU enought to root for a team outside the SEC. We can still be friends though? Right? LOL!

    • I’m with you sister! I love me some Big Mama, but it’s SEC all the way! (Oh, and I’m a Tiger!) Sorry, but once this is over can we just please be friends?

  26. Cute Orla Kiely bag! Still figuring the budget for the first part of 2011….. big sigh.

    Could definitely use the plaid scarf as we are heading into some brutally cold weather.

    Have a great day!

  27. I was excited for fashion Friday, but no offense the video has stole the show. I almost got choked up telling my three year old that mommy went to that school where all the people are wearing maroon. He doesn’t even know what maroon is. But, he wants to watch the video over and over. Go Ags.

  28. Am I a huge weenie because that video makes me cry? I love my school.

    Whoop! BTHO lsu.

    As my husband said…They can’t even spell “go”. LOL

  29. Geaux Tigers!

    I do agree that Les is crazy, however. I’m just glad he’s crazy for my team 🙂

  30. My husband and his brother are going to be at the Cotton Bowl tonight. Unfortunately they will be on the LSU side. I told him if LSU wins to act like a gentleman and be a good sport. If the Aggies win, I told him to jump up and down and scream and get in all of their faces and be obnoxious.

  33. omigoodness. love the video! goosebumps, tears, adrenaline (i might be a little obsessed with our Ags)

    i have a request for fashion friday one of these weeks: can you do an edition for the sports fanatic? i have a really hard time finding cute things to wear to Aggie football and basketball games. (and yes i’m a huge aggie basketball fan even though i never went to a game while attending A&M).

    i know you have a lot of non Ag readers, so just general ideas would be awesome. at 27, i feel a bit past the age of wearing maroon hoodies and t-shirts to a game…

    Thanks….

    And Gig ’em

    BTHO LSU!!!!

  34. Buy the boots maybe it will rain, kinda like washing your car in a drought and it rains an hour later; only in TX.

  37. When my husband coached college football, he always said A&M was one of the hardest place to play. You Aggies rock the stadium when cheering for your team. And you are well coached on when to be loud and when to be quiet! I think the Cotton Bowl is a home game. We, who are Sooner bred, will be cheering for those Aggies tonight!

  38. I totally loved the Kate Spade bag, and went to get it, but ended up with a different one – AND found this code for 25% MORE off and still free shipping – NEWYEARS25
    THANK you for helping me to find the perfect purse. Your Fashion Friday has not been in vain – GO Aggies!

  39. GIRLFRIEND! I cannot wait! I am totally breaking all of your Fashion Friday rules as I sit at my desk sporting an A&M t-shirt and jeans. And if you had made your Fashion List about all of the Aggie t-shirts available, I probably would have read the list, but sorry, the video has me pumped to sit here and look at YouTube Aggie clips all day!!!!

    BTHO LSU!!!!!!!

  40. So I briefly read some posts (conveniently ignoring some kitty cat fans) and noticed someone asked about Whoop! Here’s the Wikipedia definition:

    An exclamation of approval and excitement, especially used at the end of a yell. Only juniors and seniors have the privilege to “Whoop”.

    But it just doesn’t seem to describe the effect of the Whoop at Kyle Field.

  41. I’m getting NO work done today–so nervous! Is it wrong to seriously pray about the outcome of a football game??? Gig’em Ags! We need this! My husband’s sanity needs this! Whoop!

  42. I don’t have a whoop because I’m a Baylor grad married to a Tech grad, but I wish you luck all the same.
    Love that fair isle cardigan from sundance catalog. But the price – yowser.

  43. As a Baylor grad who now lives in Louisiana, I can only say, “Go Aggies!!!” I hope y’all win! (You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take Texas out of the girl!)

  45. Love your blog! But sorry, Geaux Tigers!!! We all are decked out in our purple and gold here in LA today. 🙂 I am sure it will be a great game.

  46. They put the tuxedo dress on sale!!! I loved it when you featured it a few weeks ago but thought $108 was just too much. Actually $70 is also a bit much but I’m hoping they will put it on super clearance.

    And you channeled my concerns about those corduroy jeans perfectly! Please get them and let us know how they work out.

  48. OMG, I WANT that first sweater, it is to DIE for…but way out of my price range. I will be watching it though to see if it goes on sale.

  52. It always cracks me up how many sweaters and coats you love and at least think about buying. I lived in San Antonio for a few years and just remember being hot. All of the time. Even in January. I think I wore a sweater or a coat once in three years. But thanks for making me smile and laugh daily. I really appreciate you!

  53. Gig ’em Aggies!

    Wow! I’ve never said that! Don’t think I’ve pulled as hard for another team either.
    But Alabama’s already won their bowl, and while I wish the other Alabama team luck, I cannot actually cheer for them. So i will root for the Aggies, BTHO LSUl!

  54. GEAUX TIGERS!!!!!! We love Les even with all his craziness. He manages to somehow to make things work. Hope he can do it tonight.

  55. Sadly, the Sundance cardigan will probably sell out before it goes on sale. I waffled (because of the exorbitant price) over a blue Copenhagen cardigan just before Christmas and it sold out in my size. And I briefly grieved then realized it was just as well.

    I love the tuxedo shirt but I am apprehensive that it might be a mite too short to safely wear over leggings. Does anyone else notice all of the Rampant Crimes Committed in the Name of Leggings? There was a lady in front of me at Whole Foods this week and she was in her 50’s and very cute and stylish with her chunky brown cable knit sweater and her brown leggings and her tall brown boots.
    BUT.
    Butt. When she was getting her groceries out of the cart, the sweater wasn’t quite long enough to adequately cover her bottom. It was an instructive moment. Even thick, substantial leggings should always be treated as tights and not jeans, I said quietly to myself. Always assume you will have to lift your arms to get your groceries or help someone off the monkey bars. And realize that no matter how fabulously fit you might be, nobody needs to see those parts of you out in public. And yes, I also judge people who wear their tight workout clothes into the grocery store. AND male ballet dancers.

  56. Go Aggies!! BTHO LSU!! Go Big 12! I.am.not.a.Les.Miles.fan…..seriously, he eats grass?!! Weird!

  57. First, I get such a kick out of your blog every morning. It’s my one minute of peace before the madness of having 7 month old twins commences.

    That being said, we are completely a house divided today — I was an LSU grad and my hubby was an Aggie, I mean “former student” (see, I’ve learned!). Anyway, thank GOD for twins because we get to dress one in Tiger gear and one in Aggie gear 🙂 Such fun! Good luck to us all – I just hope it’s a good game and my husband doesn’t cry himself to sleep like he so often has done in previous A&M seasons.

  59. We will be cheering on the Aggies tonight as well!! I feel a win in our future, it has been an awesome season.

    I also wanted to let you know that Academy has zebra, giraffe, and leopard print rainboots for $19.99. They rock and I got myself a pair for Christmas…I will be wearing mine to soccer this spring when the rains finally return.

    GIG ‘EM AGGIES BTHO LSU!!!

  60. I’m not a fan of football at all, but I’ll give a shout out of “Go Aggies for ya!”

    I love that plaid scarf, but not sure about the yellow. It is the one color I can’t really wear without looking sick because of my skin tone.

    Love those rain boots. I think we need to send some of our precipitation down your way. We’ve had quite a bit lately.

    Have a great weekend!

  61. Oohhh Big Mama! I love your blog and I love your writing. If I lived in Texas instead of Tennessee I am sure we’d be fast friends. But for the SEC! I love my LSU tigers. I, too, am so fired up about the Cotton Bowl I can’t stand it!

    GEAUX TIGERS…game on…may the best team win!

    🙂
    Maurya

  62. Just want you to know that I’m sittin up here in Massachusetts getting ready to watch the Cotton Bowl. I told my kids that you make me laugh every day, the least I can do is cheer for your Aggies…..and who knew Lyle Lovett went there? Totally cool!

  64. Watching the game……Aggies just scored again!!!!
    I’m sure I can hear you screaming all the way in South Bend!!!
    Pam

  65. Hi there! I just came across your blog and I love it. I am a Texas girl myself although I went to a small part of the A&M system…Tarleton State.
    Love the cute leopard with red trim purse. I may just have to own it. Thanks for pointing it out.
    Take care!

  67. So sorry about the game…but have you seen the cowboy shaped colorfully-patterned rain boots at Charming Charlies? You’re welcome.

  68. So sorry for your loss!
    I am sure you have seen the Kenny Chesney video Boys of Fall? I cried the ugly cry the first time I watched it.
    Today is the University of Kentucky day.
    UK football at 12:00 UK basketball at 4:00.
    C A T S Cats! Cats! Cats!

  69. Sheesh, I thought ya’ll were going to win that game. I’m sorry it turned out like that and I am an SEC fan usually.

  70. Really, really sorry about the loss. I was born and bred in ACC country and come from a long line of UNC alum so if my beloved Tarheels were ever in the Cotton Bowl (like that would ever happen) and suffered that kind of loss there would be no end to the weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. The sack cloth and ashes would be upon me and the funk would last for days.

    The best thing you can do at this point is suck it up and go order the Kate Spade purse and the Tuxedo dress. That way you’ll at least look good when you’re flipping the bird to all the LSU fans.

  72. Melanie,
    I have been reading your blog now for about a year. Your daughter, Caroline, reminds me so much of my daughter who is 26 now. My husband and I get so much joy out of the pics of Caroline and her hunting “expeditions”. My daughter followed her Dad around our yard every step of the way. When she was just three, she helped him build a treehouse minus the tree:) She had pink rubber boots when she was just 2. She is married now and has a son who will be 2 in April. We have 4 1/2 acres and have a son who hated doing anything outside! He is a CPA today and is perfectly content to sit at his desk and move numbers around. When he was a teenager, he burned the riding lawn mower up once because he didn’t know the black smoke coming out meant there was a problem….we considered from then on paying him to NOT to mow the yard! He has four sons today, ages 10, 8, 6 and a surprise baby who is 8 months and his wife mows the yard!

    Condolences on the game 🙁 I guess I should have told you up front I live in Baton Rouge! Enjoy each minute with that precious Caroline, she will be 26 before you blink. By the way, that treehouse survived all these years but didn’t make it through Hurricane Gustav. Broke my heart when it fell but was a reminder there comes a time to let go. Your heart for your family and God are such a blessing to me. Keep writing and I will keep reading.

  74. well, i am the only southern gal that doesn’t give a flyin’ flip about football….
    BUT that Killington Stevie Bag put HEARTS in my eyes and made my knees weak…
    lurrrvvv it.

  75. Yesterday, when I was coming out of United way up here in Dalhart, this guy in his Tahoe had his windows rolled down and his car music turned up WAYYYYY LOUD…..and I thought, “Good grief man, you’ve already parked in the expectant mom parking”, and then I realized the tune was the Aggie fight song, and then it all made sense to me.
    I chuckled and thought of you and your post of high hopes for the game. Sorry it didn’t go well.
    Hope your weekend recovers.
    Amy

  78. I love your blog! Thanks for taking the time to do F.Friday…can’t wait to get me new coat from Piperlime!