I know things have been quiet around here and I'm sorry for that. I need a new laptop so badly right now that half the time I'd just rather not even try to get any real work done on this computer. Trying involves screaming, grunting, slamming my fists down on my desk, that sort of thing. I'm kind of torn because, as I understand it, Walmart is the place that currently has the best price on the kind of laptop I prefer (though I think Best Buy will price-match).
Furthermore, my brother-in-law is telling me to wait until the new Windows OS comes out later this year. My cousin asked if I can repair my laptop -- you know, add RAM or whatever -- but I'd just as soon pay for a brand new machine and clean up and donate this one. It's more than a few years old. And I just remembered that there's something wrong with the disc drive, anyway.
The Dell Mini I bought from my friend Barb a couple of months ago is definitely faster, but that has its downsides, too, especially if I'm doing any length of writing. But it's certainly more zippy as far as web surfing. A new page can take up to 2 minutes to fully load on my regular laptop-- multiply that times working on it for hours at a time and you understand why I'm so frustrated.
Anyway! We haven't played "Keep or Return" for a while, so let's have some fun.
I bought this striped, cotton cowl-neck Sweet Pea dress at Von Maur last week. It was marked down to $39 fro $78. It's very comfortable and I like the style. Two problems with it, though: one, I'm not crazy about the colors, lemon yellow and heather gray, and two, I'm at a loss for shoes. I thought some cute deck shoes would be great, keeping with the casual nautical theme, but a trip around the MOA didn't yield anything that I loved, at a price I loved.
The style is pretty timeless so I could eventually find shoes that work, even if it's not this summer. But then we're back to me not being crazy about the colors. How much wear would I get out of this dress? $39 worth?
Keep or return?
well.... doesn't it depend on how it looks ON YOU?
Posted by: Reuben | July 29, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Return it. You don't seem excited by the prospect of wearing it and I think that means you probably will wear it only once, if ever, should you decide to keep it.
I have a closet filled with dresses I found at a great price that I never ever wear (and never will) because I don't have the right shoes or am just not as crazy about it as I thought.
The dress is great; it's a very classic style as you said. Personally, I think those colors would look really great on you, but that being said there are plenty of colors people insist look great on me that I am just not into either.
Take it back and use the money for something you love and will wear out by wearing so often.
Posted by: dahli | July 29, 2009 at 01:18 PM
Didn't you say recently that yellow wasn't a good color on you? Return.
Posted by: Jenny Kerwin | July 29, 2009 at 01:22 PM
The bigger question is, why do you want a Windows laptop????
Not to be a Mactard, but seriously what ties you to Windows?
Posted by: david | July 29, 2009 at 03:01 PM
Love the dress, I'd pair it with gladiators in a brown or tan leather.
Posted by: Renee | July 29, 2009 at 07:01 PM
Get a new laptop. Life's too short to fuck around with an old one.
Posted by: toobeaut | July 29, 2009 at 11:48 PM
Return the dress, save up for a better laptop.
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Posted by: Seriousfunmpls | July 30, 2009 at 09:18 AM
Have you been to Opitz for shoes? They've got a large, if mercurial, supply and some excellent deals.
And I had good luck with Cyberpower when designing my own laptop. It's a gamer site, so any laptop you can assemble strong enough for games will be amply capable for more mundane, business-like applications. I would use General Nanosystems for a tower/workstation.
Posted by: Christian | July 31, 2009 at 07:58 AM
Return it ...........
Its horrible
Posted by: john | July 31, 2009 at 09:27 AM
Don't hate just because I look better in it than you do.
The only problem with the shoes at Opitz is that they're pretty far out of season. Not much of a big deal for men's shoes and classic ladies' styles, but frustrating if you're looking for trendy. Brown gladiators would be a great trendy choice but they're already [weakly] on season #3; they won't be back next year so I run the risk of having outdated footwear next summer.
The 'returns' win. I'll take the dress back today and see if anything good got marked down this week at Von Maur.
I've looked at Macs; they're more expensive yet I don't see why. Also, just an observation: most of my friends that have Macs are always taking them in to Firstech or wherever to have something repaired. I've never had to have anything fixed on my laptop, it's just sort of slowly dying.
Posted by: Alexis | July 31, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Hey! If i were you just keep that dress. maybe in other times or other occasion you can you used it. it seems the colors of the dress looks great and the style was very simple. keep it up!
-altheya-
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Posted by: Seriousfunmpls | August 05, 2009 at 09:33 AM
You will always choose something else. Return.
Posted by: carol | August 05, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Return. I love the idea of deck shoes (I went through several summers sporting the nautical look) but I find those colors difficult to style. Definitely a keeper if the color scheme were different.
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