derby eve's eve

seeing the arrival of the kentucky derby barbie was like a swift-kick-in-the-pants reminder that i needed to come up with an outfit for this year's festivities! we won't be attending the actual derby itself or the races the day before derby(commonly known as the oaks - the hat i am wearing in my profile picture is the one i wore to the oaks in 2007), but will be going to churchill downs on corporate day, which falls two days before derby (thursday). we were invited by our very good friends andy and amanda to join them in the state farm tent (where andy works). we are **really** looking forward to it, especially since we missed all the derby festivities last year - you know, what with me being due on derby day to give birth to our first child and all.

so....that brings me to my fashion dilemma. around lunch i received one of my daily email alerts of a great secret sale going on at rue la la (have you heard of it?? it's a fantastic private sale website for all kind of great designer brands - you can only check out the sales by invite only, so if you're interested leave me a comment with your email address and i'll send you one!). i checked out the sales, not expecting to find anything in particular, when i stumbled upon this little number:



i noticed that there were only two dresses left and i knew it was meant to be because the only two left were in my size! the fact that the dress was 60% off the retail price didn't hurt! i gleefully purchased the dress, happy by the fact that i had gotten a steal and already thinking ahead to all of the great finishing touches i already had at home to complete the look (bronze/gold strappy heels? check. big gold hoops? check. cream colored wrap to ward off the possible cold breezes?? check!)

i have an uber-talented friend that owns her own business designing hats (for those local gals, check out her hats at blink boutique!) creating me a fantastic cream or brown number and i'll be sure to post pictures when i'm done.

bring on the derby!!