A Great Wednesday

I suppose I've been a little reluctant to post, solely because I don't want to bump the pictures of Peeps further down the page. But yesterday was such a great day I need to mark it here. In the morning, I headed over to the Mayle showroom (again) to pick up some pieces that Jessie had held for Cindy and me because she didn't know the price. I got the Fabienne vest in gray (a color that didn't go into production, I believe); Cindy got the Astrid dress, the very one that Jane had held back for herself.

After that, I went to Whole Foods to grab lunch, then to Starbucks to write before meeting Evan at West Elm to choose some dining room chairs. In the absence of a dining room, these will go in the kitchen. After that, I headed back up to Penn Station to meet Loretta, who grabbed a salad, then we headed over to the Rachel Comey sample sale to meet Cindy. The first person we saw was Yoon, whose gorgeous Rio Plata Mayle top we'd just discussed. Yoon--we have to hang out sometime soon.

I thought the sale was overpriced and there wasn't so much stock (prices were higher than at Mayle and I know the price points for Rachel Comey are a lot lower, although it's also clearly a far smaller enterprise). The dress I'd been thinking about was there (the top was not, or rather, it was only available in ivory, not the print I wanted). Dresses werer $165 and up, tops around $145 or so. Items were also moving fast. Shoes were a better deal, but Rachel Comey's shoes run small--at least in the larger sizes--and there was literally nothing that fit me. Cindy did a lot better, however. I left empty handed, thinking that I could get what I wanted much cheaper elsewhere. Tax was not included, making the final decision for me--along with Cindy's veto of the dress I slipped on over Sonya.

If it wasn't great enough to meet up with Loretta and Cindy, we also saw Elise at the sale--she's currently interning with Rachel Comey. We will definitely see her again soon.

We then went to the West Village to Julie's apartment, where we met up with Monica and then spent a wonderful evening together. After looking at our new Mayle items, making some trades and trying on pieces, we all headed up to Julie's roof for drinks and snacks, before finally heading out to dinner. It was a great night with great friends. Julie was a wonderful and graceful host and we'll certainly all get together again soon.