This weekend I thought it was a great time to start creating a trousseau. I used to read a lot of romance novels when I was younger [much to the disappointment of my parents] and of course the Victorian/Romantic Era brides would also carefully and painstakingly assemble their trousseau. So I always fancied myself creating one, minus the whole bringing sheets thing to my future husband thing.
More history:
Throughout history, single young women all over the world have prepared for their change in marital status by accumulating a trousseau. A traditional trousseau — stored in a hope chest — included bridal accessories, jewelry, lingerie, toiletries and makeup, plus bed linens and bath towels for her new home.
From Victorian times till today, the trousseau also has consisted of brand-new outfits to see a woman through her wedding, honeymoon, and newlywed days.
Oftentimes the garments in a trousseau were hand-sewn by a a mother, aunt, grandmother, or the girl herself, if skilled with a needle. Wealthier families procured the skills of a professional seamstress to outfit the bride-to-be. [courtesy of about.com]
Since I am nobodies skilled seamstress and have no intention of becoming one, my AMEX will have to replace my non-skilled sewing fingers. They are however skilled at swiping :)
So I decided to head to Victoria’s Secret during their semi-annual sale.
Mistake #1: Tyson’s on a Saturday night. very very bad idea. There was a line to go down the escalator! The escalator! Everybody and their mother were literally at the mall.
After wandering around, we found the Victoria Secret store. We first wandered into the PINK store which promptly made me feel old as I was surrounded by tweens who were trying to be grown ups.
Oh..did I mention Kevin went with me?
Mistake #2: Bringing Kevin along. But he was a good sport. A pouty sport after waiting for an hour. But a good one none the less.
Mistake #3: Going to Victoria’s Secret. I felt like I was a lion on the hunt for prey. And the prey were 34b bras and coordinating underwear and beautiful lingerie. The amount of women in there was astounding! Ladies love a good deal. It took me an HOUR to find some lingerie.
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Kevin examined some of my choices, wrinkled his nose and told me they looked cheap. Since he was not as enamored nor a willing participant of the bridal trousseau, his opinions were not necessarily desirable. He kind of put a downer on the outing. But I still put them back since he is the main audience.
So…I got some stuff which I am not satisfied with. Their bridal line wasn’t in the store. This is what I was thinking
images courtesy of victoriasecret.com

Lesson learned: Order online next time and save myself the time and hassle. My trip was a bust. I did get some VerySexy conditioner which I’ve heard good things about though :)

Alas, my trousseau is far from complete…… :(