https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:52:06 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1311404 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 22:45:20 +0000 Sveta 1311404@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great dress, Viva! I am sure you will be able to style it to perfection!<br />Hang in there, and if you need to do more shopping to cope - so be it! Definitely healthier than gorging on sweets or drinking.&nbsp;<br />I always wonder if we need to cope with our elderly parents as a repayment for their coping with our childhood tantrums and teen wilds...on the other hand I hope my boys won't need to search for coping mechanisms on my behalf in 30 year time! :-)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1311396 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 22:31:25 +0000 DonnaF 1311396@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the dress!&nbsp; And it's returnable so you can more easily return than your original status than gorging on chocolates or ice cream.&nbsp; DH always has a glass of wine waiting for me after my weekly trip to my mom's. . .but you've also made me realize that my online shopping is a coping mechanism.&nbsp; At least she has a Nordstrom and almost every other store in her town so I can drop off returns before seeing her! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1311345 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:48:54 +0000 Angie 1311345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOVE the dress.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1311288 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 21:02:11 +0000 Laura (rhubarbgirl) 1311288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha - I placed a *huge* Loft order a couple of weeks ago while my parents were visiting to see the new house. 90% of it is going back. :/ </p> <p>I like the dress tho; seems just your style. By the time it arrives maybe you can think more calmly about it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1311233 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:26:14 +0000 Sharon 1311233@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, you have to give yourself little incentives to remain sane when parents are in town. The dress looks like a great choice. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1311218 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:14:41 +0000 annagybe 1311218@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1311216 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:13:16 +0000 minimalist 1311216@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, spending on yourself is so much smarter than the spending my dear departed mother's stressing me always incited me to -- on her! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310764 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:52:33 +0000 Suz 1310764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha, <b>pil!!</b>! So funny!</p> <p>I think this is right up your style alley. And will look great.&nbsp;</p> <p>Do what you need to do. It can always go back if you reconsider. And hang in there.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310757 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:40:56 +0000 pil 1310757@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>A little subliminal message in the military style dress wishing your dad would 'snap to'? I do love it for you though, even the sandals in the catalog picture are similar in style to your new silver ones. Hope it works for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310752 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:31:52 +0000 TraceyLiz65 1310752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I switched to shopping for clothes when I lost weight to deal with raw emotions... have calmed that down, thank goodness.... It is totally understandable, just make sure you accept that as a tool and don't beat yourself up for it...&nbsp;<br />I think the dress looks very versatile and like you mentioned, multi-seasonal... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310750 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:25:59 +0000 viva 1310750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy - I love the idea of a cropped sweater! Brilliant! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310740 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:08:43 +0000 Anonymous 1310740@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can sympathize and shopping is easier on your body than sweets or wine. This dress looks like it will fit well into your wardrobe transitioning into fall. I like your ideas for footwear. You might even pop a cropped pullover sweater over it for winter, so that it serves as skirt and button-down underneath. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310735 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:59:07 +0000 Glory 1310735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like it! I agree with Ceit that it looks right up your alley!<br />Gotta do what you can in the coping department. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310733 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:56:53 +0000 Debora 1310733@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Viva, I can sympathize. The dress is beautiful and a perfect little pick-me-up. Love your styling ideas. It will be so cute with the Vince sneakers and will transition nicely into fall and winter. Sending you hugs and good wishes. I hope the rest of the visit goes smoothly for you. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310713 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:22:55 +0000 Anonymous 1310713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That looks right up your alley! And cope how you need to. It can always go back if it doesn't suit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310709 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:09:42 +0000 crutcher 1310709@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think that dress is just perfect...It looks like one you could style for many different occasions...You need to congradulate yourself on that one..<br />Don't beat yourself up for emotional shopping..There are many paths you could take to escape life's realities...Shopping is the least of the others...spoken by someone who is doing just the same thing now that you are doing...</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/visiting-parents-are-bad-for-your-wallet#post-1310706 Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:01:27 +0000 viva 1310706@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My elderly parents are visiting, and although it's Mom's Alzheimer's that requires my full-time attention, it's my father's personality that is the most trying aspect of the visit. After a difficult day, I ordered this dress. Totally an impulsive, emotional buy. If it's not perfect, it will go back. But maybe it will be a fun transitional piece. Who knows?</p> <p>What do you think? Maybe with VInce sneakers in the fall, and then with a long-sleeve tee, tights, and booties in early winter? </p>