I have written often about my fondness for Nordstrom, a combination of their clothing choices and–more importantly–their friendly and accepting staff. I’ve been to seven different stores in three different cities and been treated well at all of them. I hope we can soon return to safe in person shopping, which is one of my favored activities. If you have a Nordstrom (or Nordstrom Rack) near you, I suggest you give them a visit when you feel comfortable doing so.
I also have a Nordstrom credit card and one of the benefits is they periodically issue $20 Nordstrom Notes. I had one that was expiring in mid-November, so I didn’t want it to go to waste. During September and October I had made several trips to two different Nordstroms and two different Nordstrom Racks, but didn’t find anything I wanted. My wife was returning from overseas (she was away because of the pandemic), so I needed to find something to splurge on.
Sum it all up, it meant I had three trips out the first week of November: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday. There is a saying that nothing inspires creativity like a deadline. My wife was returning Saturday evening, so that was my hard deadline.
My Monday outing featured a more casual outfit, a top I bought when Dressbarn was going out of business (RIP; the webstore just isn’t the same), my Spanx leggings, and a suit jacket that was a Hand-Dee-Down from my GG friend Michelle. I hadn’t worn the top nor the jacket out before, but I thought the combination suited me. My destination was the Nordstrom Rack in West County, where I had found the dress I had worn to the casino on Halloween night a few days before. This time, no winners–but I also did a Costco run at the next door Costco.
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The Thursday outing was also casual, with both the top and jeans I had bought at Nordstrom, paired with my long boots. This time the destination was the other Nordstrom Rack, this one in mid-St. Louis. Once again, I tried on a number of things, but nothing screamed “buy me”.
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That left my last chance, Saturday, and having struck out at both Racks, this time my target was the Nordstrom at the Galleria. I wore a dress I like–I refer to it as my dominatrix dress because of the color and the wide black belt–along with colored tights and my long boots. Prior to going, I searched the Nordstrom website, looking for possible items that interested me.
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I walked the floor, as I normally do (I generally know one or more of the SAS, although there has been a lot of turnover), picking items I wanted to try on. A few items were those I had found on the website, a couple I had tried on before (including a fake leather dress), and several the SA picked out for me.I ended up buying the white top and the black dress with the spaghetti straps (which I had tried on twice previously, but never bought).
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Both items were on sale for about half price, and when I got to the register to buy them, I discovered I had TWO $20 notes, so both items were essentially free. Can’t beat that!
Unfortunately, I knew this was likely my last outing for a while. Yes, my wife knows I dress, and yes she knows I go out. But going out with her home, given the spike in the pandemic, would NOT have made her happy, and wouldn’t be sensible anyway. I had to wait two months to get to wear my new top–stay tuned to read about that next Sunday.
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Love this.