At the beginning Stacy was talking to some people in the back of the store, and as she walked towards the front she had her back to me, but I squeezed her arm (in a friendly way) and she turned around and goes "Oh my God Kelley HI!!" and gave me a HUGE hug. She said, "You look great!" (with this hilariously subtle tone of surprise.. I think it was because my makeup was way more prominent than she's ever seen on me.. it was good makeup though) I of course thanked her and then she said, "How are you?" which I know was a bigger question than it seemed, because she said it in a way that was just so.. Stacy..like it was this air of concern.. and I just said, "Good.. really good."
She spent some time kind of mingling around the store and talking about the trends this season and such.. just basically being adorable and telling random people YOU would look great in this, etc. It was basically to just market some of the products there, obvs. It was so fun and entertaining!
Also I should mention that at one point the song F-ck You came on and she started mouthing and dancing and goes, "I wanna be on Glee!" lol. LOVE her.
Then Stacy sat in the little area reserved for picture taking and I waited in another long line, finally got up there and got my book signed and took a couple pictures with Stacy & my new friend Heidi from twitter!! I handed Stacy her incredibly belated birthday gift, which was basically this photo album which I converted into a "Stace-book"(lol) and on like.. the first half of the pages I would highlight one thing Stacy has given/taught me (like style, confidence, etc) and then the second half was one of Stacy's qualities that I admire per page (like sunshine-y.. haha). In the gift bag was also a necklace that I got for her from Poland, as well as a very verbose letter I wrote just the other day. :) She said, "You nut- what are you doing getting me things?!" hahahaa. LUHH HER. I handed the gift off to Kasey- the assistant. I met Kasey in April but I don't think she remembered me.
ANYWAY.
THEN this guy in charge was like telling us that if you try on an outfit then you could show it to Stacy and let her comment/fix/style you basically!! So I grabbed this blue & black color-blocked dress which I did like, but just wanted to be STYLED OMG. After trying it on, Stacy said "I don't like the way it cuts you here" motioning to like right below my shoulders where the black ended and blue began. She walked over and grabbed another dress- a super soft sweater dress that came with a thin black belt. "You're not leaving till it works," Stacy said, and I love that. The one she grabbed (at random) was an extra small (lol) so I of course had to go grab my size.. which is apparently a MEDIUM. (I was kind of amazed because most always I just grab a large at any given store- I just assume I am always 'large.')
So I put that on, showed it to Stacy. She did that thing where she points up and down and said, "Love that!" I said, "Its good?" and then motioned to my midsection, "I feel uncomfortable" .. You see, this dress was kind of loose and blousy at the neck and then SUPER tight from belly button down. My ass and hips and tummy were making me feel QUITE exposed. She said that the solution would be a wider belt, and pointed out the fact that the one the dress came with was actually too big for me! She also suggested an ankle boot, so then I was escorted upstairs by a staff member, tried on kickass black ankle boots, and then escorted back downstairs where another staff member had gotten the perfect belt just for me!! They were all SO sweet and attentive! I felt like such a princess!! :D
So I showed Stacy the final result and she loved it. We took a picture or two and she of course asked, "How do you feel?" and I said of course that I loved it. Then she was like, "There's a pink cocktail dress over there that is SICK that I'd love to see you in" So THEN she had someone get it for me(!) and I was told to go back to the fitting room and wait. So yes. I was delivered the dress.. in a size 10 that I requested, only to discover yet again that something was too big for me(!!!!) so then I was delivered a size 8 by a salesperson. That one fit much better. Oh and I also left on the ankle boots, which Stacy had instructed me to do.
Went out to present it to Stacy and she said, "I think I may like this even better than the blue!" And I agreed. Then she was saying that because I have small shoulders (MY SUSPICION ABOUT HAVING SMALL SHOULDERS HAS FINALLY BEEN CONFIRMED LADIES AND GENTS. I KNEW IT.), I have to take things up in the shoulder, so that the waistline and such will fit higher on me, at my exact natural waist. So then she pinned one shoulder up while the people around me said things like "You look wonderful!" or "I love that dress!" ... It was like wtf holy crap everyone is complimenting me and I FELT SO FREAKING AWESOME YOU GUYS. I honestly have not felt that good about myself/my body in a really long time, so that was seriously incredible. Kasey, Stacy's gorgeous assistant, pinned up the other shoulder.
After that I put back on my actual clothing, bought the pink dress (which.. how could I not have after they pinned it so perfectly?) and then Heidi and I were going to attempt to tell Stacy goodbye, but she was quite busy with other people so we just peaced out.
It was such a wonderful evening. Stacy makes me feel like a fucking princess. Like a fierce hot tamale. Like a human worthy of my dreams. She is just perfect, and I cannot thank her enough for how much she has done for me. :)
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And of course, a HUGE shoutout to the New York and Company employees, who were ALL incredibly helpful, kind, and courteous.
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