I ordered this cute sweater from Victoria Secret last week because I won a $50 Rewards card with my $12 purchase the week before. I was pretty excited to win, I never win and I think this sweater is really cute. Pretty much everything looks cute on a Victoria Secret model though and so I try to be realistic and picture myself in their clothes…. not as cute. But I thought I would give this sweater a try.
The sweater came yesterday and so naturally I wore it today. I thought I looked pretty cute for a 5’2 (on a good day) Mom of 7, with no boobs like the model who I am sure is 5’9 and probably 20. I wore it all day and went to the movies tonight with the family.
“You look nice today” Paul tells me.
“Thanks!” I say.
“Um, but your sweater is on backwards. Sorry.” He says.
My entire day is going through my head, all the people that I have seen and talked to who must have all noticed I had my sweater on backwards. How embarrassing. I had even gotten my hair done and surely she must have noticed… Now we were walking into a movie theater with a bunch of people that I know and I am trying to figure out how to hide as I know there is a neon sign above my head that says “This woman doesn’t know how to get dressed!”
I am a little confused though as I swore the picture when I bought it didn’t show the buttons in front. There are 3 large buttons down the back, I guess they should be in front, I am thinking.
We get in the theater and get everyone a seat. I quickly volunteer to take kids to the bathroom before the movie starts. In the bathroom I quick take off the sweater and turn it around.
After the movie I hang around talking to a bunch of people and get introduced to some PR people that I have wanted to meet. After chatting for a while we end up talking to a good blogging friend of mine. I know her pretty well.
“I was trying to get your attention earlier” she says to me.
“Oh what for?” I ask.
“Your tag is sticking out” she explains.
As I reach up to the back of my neck to tuck it in, she reaches to MY NECK and tucks it in in the front….
MY SWEATER IS ON BACKWARDS!!!!
I had it on correct all day and when it matters the most I turn it around backwards to meet VIP people! Sheesh! That pretty much figures! All I kept thinking in my head was the children’s book, Inside, Outside Upside Down!!
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Who dresses you in the morning? Isn’t that what children are for?
I heard about this lady who was a school counselor who went to work all day with a pocket on her shoulder. Finally, one of the kids pointed it out to her. Not that I know her personally or anything. But she also went ALL FREAKIN’ DAY wearing two different shoes before realizing it when she got home.
She’s highly intelligent and really, really funny. And nice. And sexy. Yeah. That’s it.
oh Nancy, LOL! That wasn’t you was it?!
LOL! LOVE the story. Reminded me of a girl I used to go to school with back in California during middle school. She purposely wore those deep V-neck sweaters backwards with a white tank/shirt under and will longer sleeves to start a fashion trend. I thought she was so cool!!! Man…what you’ll believe at 13 years old!!!
Uh oh! Paul is dead meat. 🙂 I bet you still looked super cute so you really should not even sweat it.
LOL that is so something that would happen to me with my luck.
Great story!
I’m so excited you got a rewards card worth more than ten bucks! And, I don’t know that seems like a pretty cool sweater if you can wear it forwards or backwards! Very fashion forward if I do say so myself:)
Loved your story – back in the day of panty hose, I wore a pair to work only to notice at my first break they were on backwards. I didn’t change them just laughed at myself most of the day. It’s good to laugh!!
Love this!! Totally something I would have done myself!
Poor Paul! He was trying to help 🙂
Cute story. Thanks for my morning laugh!
Oh that is too funny! We’re getting older and just trying to ‘stay in style’ as best we can. Fancy new VS sweater that makes us feel young and/or pretty all day, only to be confused and feel so unhip later. I remember once in high school I was gifted with a pair of designer jeans (something I had NEVER owned before) and they were so fancy the zipper was supposed to go in the back (weird, huh?) I didn’t know and wore the zipper in the front like I thought normal jean-wearing people did. All day people kept telling me ‘your jeans are on backwards.’ I thought they were crazy or just jealous of my new jeans. Turned out they were right. Didn’t exactly launch me into popularity.
LOL! That is really funny! I would have done the same thing… obviously!
What a GREAT story!! Thanks for the laugh I needed that today 🙂 BTW how was the movie??
This is SO something I would do! I wore a very fancy dress one time to meet the parents of a boy I was dateing only to come home that night to take it off & find it was on backwards! But that’s not the bad part, the “front” had a pocket on the chest, so all day I had had this pocket on my back! So sad! Anyway, I will say the pic makes the model look like the sweater IS on backwards it seems kind of tight around the neck, but the sweater is super cute! Thanks for keeping it real!
There are days here and there where at some point in the day I realize I put my underpants on inside out. Always makes me laugh!
Thats what happens when you listen to your husband. LOL
There should be a warning at the beginning of this entry that reads “DO NOT read this at work if you are supposed to be working”. It was impossible to hold in the laughs this morning. 🙂 Great story and thanks for the laughs!!