Preppy preppy princesses!

It wasn't just Ralph Lauren stuff in the bags. There was JCrew stuff too, and three pairs of barely worn Chucks in Dani's and my size (black, light blue and olive green). There was baby JCrew stuff for Alex - she has an entire new wardrobe now. She got six short-sleeve plain t-shirts, four tank tops, two pairs of leggings, a denim skirt, a dressy skirt, two new bathing suits, four pairs of shorts, a pair of flip flops, and a bunch of ponytail holders.

This is not at ALL our style. Almost all my shirts are black. I have one white tank top. Only my nice clothes have colors. This is a huge departure from our regular clothes. Nothing we got was black. There's some navy blue flip flops, but no black. There were some abercrombie tanks that are awesome.

Our style has had to completely changed now. Alex went to school today in camo capri pants with a hot pink polo shirt. Danielle wore a demin skirt and layered two tank tops. Tomorrow we are taking some of the stuff to Brooklyn, to a seamstress my mother used to know to have clothes altered. Some things are perfect in length but way too wide. I can hem things just fine, but this is fancy sewing that's out of my league. While we are out there we will drop off our thank you notes and return the containers the leftovers were in. Danielle was kind of bummed at first that this stuff is so preppy but as Alex told her, "We're poor and it's free so LIKE IT!" plus my thing is that it's all mostly NEW. It even smells new.

Alex put a fan outside our bedroom facing out, away from us. The goal is to blow the smoke away from our bedroom so our preppy new clothes won't smell like smoke. (I don't think it'll work.) This morning Danielle was getting dressed and said to me, "I can't remember what I was wearing every day before Sunday."