In the (Old) Navy

Over the years I think I’ve gradually worked my way down the Gap ladder. In college, when I had my first decently paying job I would sometimes buy clothes from Banana Republic (however they discontinued size XS for their jackets, which I wasn’t happy about). Then I realized buying from the Banana wasn’t budget-sustainable at the time, and I went through a Gap (and H&M) phase, which I’m sort of still in. But more and more, I’m now finding myself at Old Navy, scoping the clearance items and finding some really good stuff.

Last weekend Thom and I were at the Colma location, and I picked up a long-sleeved polo shirt marked down to $5.97, and two pairs of shoes for $17.50 each (regularly $24.50). One is dark gray, and the other plaid, which is especially cute. Thom also got a pair of plaid shoes for himself, and concerned that we might accidentally both wear our pairs at the same time, I said, “With us having the same shoes, we should coordinate…”

“So we can wear them at the same time?” he asked. He was kidding. (I hope.)

What else am I digging right now? Novelty T-shirts from Target, and Blue Marlin track jackets and hoodies, which I’ve been finding marked down at Burlington Coat Factory.

One other thing I got at Old Navy was a magnetic letter A, to go along with the P, L, and Y we took home as party favors at Kelly’s fondue dinner party (see Julie’s photo of us being creative with the other letters). I was arranging them on our metal cabinets, and told Thom, “Look, I’m kerning!”

“I love you,” he said. We’re such type geeks.